The Poor

There is “poor” carnally and “poor” spiritually! The “poor” are here (“the poor” appears 650 times in 170 verses) _____________________________________________ Mark 14:7 “For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.” - Psalms 41:1 “[[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.” _____________________________________________ *Warning: ignoring the “poor” is not God’s love James 2:14 “What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?” James 2:15 “If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,” James 2:16 “And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?” - 1st John 3:17 “But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?” _____________________________________________ *Warning: the church members of the Laodiceans decided what is rich and “poor” Revelation 3:17 “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:” _____________________________________________ *The church can be worldly “poor” and heavenly rich, like Smyrna Revelation 2:9 “I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.” _____________________________________________ *Our High Priest’s example of being worldly “poor” and spiritually rich 2nd Corinthians 8:9 “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.” *Remember: Be “poor” in lustful pride and rich in faith !! _____________________________________________ 1st Corinthians 13:3 “And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.” 1st Corinthians 13:4 “Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.” _____________________________________________ END - The Poor cybercoc.org #cybercoc #churchofchrist #cyberchurchofchrist web: cyberchurchofchrist.org email: [email protected]