Poverty Alleviation: Why the Church is Called to Help

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Should the church be involved in poverty alleviation? How does the Bible help us understand our responsibility and response? Can the church even make a difference?

Oren and David tackle these questions in the second episode of their series on poverty alleviation.

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Show Notes:

• Biblical mandate
  
• Old Testament
  
• Lev. 25:35–38; Deut. 14:28–29; Lev. 19:9–10
  
• “There should be no poor among you,” God declared (Deut. 15:4).
  
• New Testament
  
  • Matt. 25:31–46; Acts 6:1–7; Gal. 2:1–10; 6:10; James 1:27
    
  • 1 John 3:16–18
    
• It's part of the mission of the church
  
  • Poverty alleviation is a gospel issue
    
  • Kingdom work is to be done by kingdom citizens
    
    • Luke 9 & 10
      
• The example of Jesus
  
• The poor need the compassionate, gospel-centered response of the church.
  
  • "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." Yikes!
    
  • The church can't fix every problem, but it can do better than the lost.
    
• God intends for the rich and poor to worship together.
  
  • The church is meant to be the most multi-ethnic, socially diverse community in the world.
    

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