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Originally Posted by Socialite
I don't think he is, and haven't heard anything about legit poor, other than starving Africans with Malaria.
Even if they had their chances and ignored them, that fails to understand poverty -- and the oppression that comes with it. Talking to a hopeless man about making wealth is like talking to an Auschwitz prisoner about the stain on his clothes. We have this great ability to judge and condemn people that haven't pulled themselves up by their own boot straps, through the golden calf of the American Dream. If they haven't earned their way the way we have -- it's a direct picture of our spiritual walk. Those who save themselves, focus on their great works in how they view other Christians who haven't as arrived as much as they... the extreme end is legalism.
Grace is not a second chance, it's a new Way -- which means, it's a 3rd, 4th, 123rd, 180th chance....
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Oh I agree but how many times are you going to give the guy on the street 5 dollars when you follow him to the booze store everytime? Eventually something else has to give.
I've worked with homeless and definitely want to continue that when I can but many are so used to their lifestyle, they really don't want change or don't have any desire to change. What do you do with those? Make them change?
I mean we have people so down that they are committing crimes just to get in jail for 30 days so they can eat and watch TV and have no worries about provision. That is the reality of our society for some, but certainly not everyone. I totally agree!
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