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restlesschristian:

“But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.” Luke 6:24

“Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” Matthew 19:24 AND Mark 10:25 AND Luke 18.25

“Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own? No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.” The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they ridiculed him. Luke 16:10-14 See also the Rich Man and Lazarus later on in that chapter.

“Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” Then he told them a parable: “The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?’ Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, ‘Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’” Luke 12.11-21

Those are only a few of the verses about Jesus speaking about the wealthy. There are a lot more. Far more than any verses about homosexuality (a topic about which Jesus said nothing and yet some Christians seem to be obsessed with). These verses are not in dispute. They are not unclear.

To go along with this, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of verses about taking care of the poor.

Do not tell me that the “free market economy” will make rich people who will then take care of the poor. It is obvious from recent history that is an absolute lie. (See also: the housing market crash, where no rich people lost their houses.) The rich take care of the rich. Thus it has ever been, in Jesus’ day and in ours.

Strange that those who support these economic policies are also the same ones who would want to (publicly, at least) wrap themselves in the cloak of Christianity and “family values.” Seems like some folks haven’t been reading their Bible.

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(Source: Washington Post)