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Class Roles Poverty No Excuse For MistreatmentClass Roles Poverty Make sure that the poor are given equal justice in court. Exodus 23:6 Known by pedigree called together the people that same day. They were counted according to their clans and families. Then Moses and the others listed the names of the men twenty years and older, just as the Lord had commanded. Numbers 1:18 Classless day of judgment The Lord is going to twist the earth out of shape and turn it into a desert. Everyone will be scattered, including ordinary people and priests, slaves and slave owners, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, the rich and the poor. Isaiah 24:1-2 Simple people brought to Christ My dear friends, remember what you were when God chose you. The people of this world didn’t think that many of you were Bureaucracy Roles Politicians wise. Class roles poverty Only a few of you were in places of power, and not many of you came from important families. But God chose the foolish things of this world to put the wise to shame. He chose the weak things of this world to put the powerful to shame. What the world thinks is worthless, useless, and nothing at all is what God has used to destroy what the world considers important. God did all this to keep anyone from bragging to him. You are God’s children. He sent Christ Jesus to save us and to make us wise, acceptable, and holy. So if you want to brag, do what the Scriptures say and brag about the Lord. 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 No class distinction in Christ Slave owners, you must treat your slaves with this same respect. Don’t threaten them. They have the same Master in heaven that you do, and he doesn’t have any favorites. Ephesians 6:9 Paul could have boasted of class status Finally, my dear friends, be glad that you belong to the Lord. Class roles poverty It doesn’t bother me to write the same things to you that I have written before. In fact, it is for your own good. Watch out for those people who behave like dogs! They are evil and want to do more than just circumcise you . But we are the ones who are truly circumcised, because we worship by the power of God’s Spirit and take pride in Christ Jesus. We don’t brag about what we have done, although I could. Others may brag about themselves, but I have more reason to brag than anyone else. I was circumcised when I was eight days old, and I am from the nation of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin. I am a true Hebrew. As a Pharisee, I strictly obeyed the Law of Moses. Class roles poverty And I was so eager that I even made trouble for the church. I did everything the Law demands in order to please God. But Christ has shown me that what I once thought was valuable is worthless. Nothing is as wonderful as knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have given up everything else and count it all as garbage. All I want is Christ and to know that I belong to him. I could not make myself acceptable to God by obeying the Law of Moses. God accepted me simply because of my faith in Christ. All I want is to know Christ and the power that raised him to life. I want to suffer and die as he did, so that somehow I also may be raised to life. Philippians 3:1-11 Wrong of discrimination My friends, if you have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, you won’t treat some people better than others. Class roles poverty Suppose a rich person wearing fancy clothes and a gold ring comes to one of your meetings. And suppose a poor person dressed in worn-out clothes also comes. You must not give the best seat to the one in fancy clothes and tell the one who is poor to stand at the side or sit on the floor. That is the same as saying that some people are better than others, and you would be acting like a crooked judge. James 2:1-4 Gossip Roles Speak Neither Good Nor Evil Adolescence Roles Biblical Ignorant Generation
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