Tuesday, December 16, 2014

God’s heart for the poor

James 2:14 

What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?

James 2:5-6

5 Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? 

6 But you have insulted the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?

James 5:1-6 

1 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming upon you. 

2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. 

3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 

4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. 

5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. 

6 You have condemned and murdered innocent men, who were not opposing you.

1 John 3:17-18 

17 If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? 

18 Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.

Psalms 16:8  

I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Thought on this verse

Strong is our Lord and powerful the force of His mighty arm! You shall never need fear any power of earth or heaven for naught can shake you from His unbreakable grasp. His hands of power and might are hands of safety and protection for His own-and hands of wrath and destruction for His enemies. Rejoice, O believer, that you are His child!

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