The Homeless

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Exodus 23:6- "Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

Ok I read this and my soul started wreaking havoc on me. I felt ashamed, embarrassed to be from a "biblical"-christian-community" known in the bible belt part of the state; yes, I felt bad to be known as a Lubbock Texan cause of this. You trying to tell me that we are outlawing being a homeless citizen? Want to tell me which Bible proclaims that Lubbock City Council? I got 2 right n front of me, and here's what THEY SAY about our treatment of the homeless.......

JAMES 2:1-13!

My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don't show favoritism. 2Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. 3If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, "Here's a good seat for you," but say to the poor man, "You stand there" or "Sit on the floor by my feet," 4have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
5Listen, 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? 6But 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? 7Are they not the ones who are slandering the noble name of him to whom you belong? 8If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, "Love your neighbor as yourself,"[a] you are doing right. 9But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. 10For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. 11For he who said, "Do not commit adultery,"[b] also said, "Do not murder."[c] If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker. 12Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, 13because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!

What about what the bible says about the Poor?  Here's what God does for them:
1.Regards them as equally with the rich:
Job 34:19: who shows no partiality to princes and does not favor the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?

Proverbs 22:2 Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all.

2. Protects them from their oppressors:
Psalms 35:10- My whole being will exclaim, "Who is like you, O LORD ? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them."

Psalms 12:5- "Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will protect them from those who malign them."

3. Exalts them.
I LOVE THIS VERSE! 1st Samuel 2:8- He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. "For the foundations of the earth are the LORD's; upon them he has set the world.

Psalms 107:41- But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.

4. He is THE REFUGE OF:
Psalms 14:6- You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.

5. He Provides for them:
Psalms 68:10- Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, O God, you provided for the poor.

Ok by going against the poor Council you are literally fighting God, and he wins no question.... Did you forget that his very SON, THAT SAVED YOU, WHO IS LORD OF ALL, Exsisted a poor man?
Matthew 8:20- And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.

He Preached to them; with their needs in his mind:
Luke 4:18- "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed,

Alright if this aint hitting home for you what does the bible teach about Neglecting our poor brethren? 3 inparticular sectionts that should totally be rocking these Law breakers:
1. Matthew 25:42-45- For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.' 44"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?' 45"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'

2. 1 John 3:17- 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?

3. THE HARDEST HITTER James 2:15-17- 15Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. 16If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? 17In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

That is pretty much calling your very belief out! WE AS CHRISTIANS are called even to Defend them, and do Justice for them:
Psalms 82:3,4- 3Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. 4Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

We aren't to be unjust towards, or deny them their rights.
Exodus 23:6- "Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

There is much more on the subject of the poor, but with just this you can hopefully grasp the idea of oppressing the poor the way our council has, and how bad it really is. I am making a letter to the council and this is going to be in their as well as a few more verses. I hope that of the few of you that read this, you get the same conviction I did to OPPOSE THIS CRAP! God cares deeply for the poor of this world, and when we oppress them we are pretty much guaranteeing ourselves a really rough future.

Certain Characters that God used in the Old Testament that either were poor, or showed favor of the poor were some of the following:  Gideon in Judges 6:15 Ruth exemplified in Ruth 2:2 Boaz in Ruth 2;14 Job in Job 29:12-16 Zaccheus in Luke 19:8. Dorcas was MAGINFICENT at it in Acts 9:36,39.

Ok people, I pray that this oppression ends, and that God is magnified through all of this.  The poor deserve better than this, I know God will save them even if we don't but I know I can do just this little bit here to maybe help their situation out. All Praise and Glory are his.