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b) Author provides the reasons to help those in need. Throughout the three chapters, he is convinced that helping the people in poverty is what God wants us to do, but the church has failed to help out the people in need. Blue states that “the Lord himself is found among poor” (p. 18). The author provides many different supports from the Scripture. In addition, “Jesus is very clear that concern for those in need is a litmus test of faith, not to be failed by any who hope to enter his kingdom” (p. 23). The reason why Jesus came is “to bring good news to the poor” (p. 26). God “has not forgotten about the poor,” and “the kingdom of God is not just about us” (p. 23). The Bible is clear on helping the people with need is a “personal responsibility, it also affirms our corporate responsibility to help one another” (p. 26). God wants us to live “according to his word” (p. 35). God is “interested in our being of practical help to those in need and destroying the things that oppress people” (p. 36). Isaiah 58 “tells us that the Lord wants us to share our bread with the hungry, bring the homeless poor into our homes, share our clothing with those who need some and not hide ourselves from the rest of humanity” (p. 43). For these reasons the author believes that Christians are called to serve the people in poverty.
The author says that we are to help those in need, and we can accomplish so by providing direct relief and teaching the skills. He feels obligated to direct relief because

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