Integral Mission: What does the bible say about poor? Is God of the bible, God of the poor too? This PPT presents scripture that reveals the heart of God for the poor and also the consequences if not responded to...

1. S c r ip tur e
R e flection…
Prov
31:8
Deut
15:7

2. “If there is a poor man among
you… you shall not harden your
heart, nor close your hand to
your poor brother…” (Deut. 15:7)
“Is this not the fast which I‟ve
GOD OF chosen… to let the oppressed go
free…share your bread with the
The
POOR
hungry… bring the homeless
poor into the house; cover the
naked … do not hide yourself
from your own flesh?” (Ish 58:6,7)

3. GOD is in the
Business of the
POOR
“… The LORD will maintain the
cause of the oppressed, and justice
for the poor.” (Psm. 140:12)
“For You have been a defense for
the helpless, a defense for the
needy…” (Ish 25:4)

4. “ …for I was hungry and you gave Me
food; I was thirsty and you gave Me
drink; I was a stranger and you took Me
in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I
was sick and you visited Me; I was in
prison and you came to Me.‟” (Mat:
25:35-36)
He who oppresses the poor
GOD Reproaches his Maker, but he who is
i D e n t i f i e s gracious to the needy honors Him.
(Pro: 14:31)
With the He who is gracious to a poor man
POOR
lends to the LORD, and He Will repay
him for his good deed. (Pro 19:17)

6. T O A DVO C AT E
“Open Your mouth for the dumb, for the
rights of all the unfortunate. Open your
mouth, judge righteously, and defend the
rights of the oppressed and needy.”
(Prov. 31:8)

7. T O C RY
FOR JUSTICE
“Do justice and righteousness, and
deliver the one who has been robbed
from the power of his oppressor. Also
do not mistreat…the orphan, or the
widow...” (Jer 22:3)

8. TO GIVE
“If there is a poor man among you… you shall
not harden your heart, nor close your
hand to your poor brother…” (Deut. 15:7)
“Sell Your possessions and GIVE TO
CHARITY…” (Luk 12:33)
“…GIVE to the Levite, the stranger, the
fatherless, and the widow, so that they may
eat within your gates and be filled.” Deut
26:12
(Ref: Luke 6:38, Acts 20:35

9. sOME
cONCEQUENCES
“Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor,
will also Cry himself and not be heard.”
(Prov 21:13:)
"[The wicked] do not plead the cause, the
cause of the orphan, that they may prosper;
and
they do not defend the rights of the poor.
Shall I
not punish these people? “Declares the
… (Ref: Ezek. 22:29,31, Is. 10:1-3, Luk 1:52, Deut.
LORD.
26:12, Lev. 19:19, Luk 12:33, Mat 5:42,
(Jer. 5:28)
Psm 10:14). )

10. The Law Of Christ Galatians 6:2

11. The entire law is
summed up in a single
command:
“Love your neighbor
The Greatest as yourself.”
Commandment. Gal 5:14

12. Jesus said: “„Love the Lord your
God with all your heart and with all
your soul and with all your mind.
This is the first and greatest
commandment.
And the second is like it:
„Love your neighbor as yourself.‟
The Greatest
Commandment. All the Law and the Prophets hang
on these two commandments.”
(Mat 22:37-40)