Apprentice 2 Jesus

One of the central issues in making Christ the center is his view of the poor. Jesus spent his time with the poor.

As Pentecostals, we need to regain the Kingdom view on the poor. Too often we are ready to blame liberals, or the “system”, or lack of family values.

We do not grasp the situation of the poor and the institutions that have locked people into almost continuous cycles of poverty. Working parents may be working poor. They have little chance to gain more education, because if they stop one of their jobs to go to school, they lose wages. If they lose wages, they may get behind on rent, and on and on.

Affording down payments for their own homes can be a huge task.

What are we doing to keep our eyes on the poor? What are we doing to extend our hands to the poor?