Sermon Tone Analysis

The treatment of the poor

They are not to be neglected

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5 Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

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They are not to be unjustly treated

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35 “If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall support him as though he were a

stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live

with you.

36 Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God, that your brother may live beside you.

37 You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.

See also ; ; Nathan rebukes David in the parable about the rich man and the poor man; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; favouritism forbidden in Christian meetings

They are to have special rights and privileges

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9 “When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the

gleanings after your harvest.

10 And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard.

You shall leave

them for the poor and for the sojourner:

I am the Lord your God.

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They are to be cared for

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11 And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do

likewise.”

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36 Now there was in Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas.

She was full of good works and acts of charity.

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They are to be helped generously

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They are to be helped without ostentation

Jesus Christ’s compassion for the poor

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18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.

He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

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The attitude of the first Christians towards poverty

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35 In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’

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10 Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

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Compassion for the poor will be rewarded

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17 Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.

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16 Do not neglect to do good and to

16 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

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34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,

36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’

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Examples of the poor who need help

Orphans

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18 He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.

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14 But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits

himself; you have been the helper of the

fatherless.

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2 to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their

prey!

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Widows

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29 And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your towns, shall come and eat and be filled, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do.

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5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment.

I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

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