'Religion, Poverty and Wealth\r'

'All Christians imagine that the creative activity and every(prenominal)thing in it have been created by deity. They entrust that the world is holy, special, divine, worthy of respect and honour. ‘The reason is the Lords, and everything in it, the world, and every(prenominal) who live in it; for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters. ‘ Psalm 24:1-2 Because ‘the reality is the Lords, Christians suppose they are stewards or apprehensiontakers. They should be committed to the proper circumspection of the world and its resources.Since the earth has been delegated to spate by god they have to sm al together-armage it esponsibly and productively for the sake of both their own and ulterior generations. The go oning bible quotes tell us that everything perishs to God. God made the mountains, the sea, dry subvert and the skies. They also show that Gods creation reveals his richness: ‘For the Lord is the great God¤‚ ¬: In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. The sea is his, for he made it, and his detention form the dry land Psalm 95:3-6 Christianity teaches us that God is the God of nature, as well as of religion.God made the strong-arm universe, sustains it, and still pronounces it good. God is interested in, nd escorts after his creation. ‘God saw all(a) that he had made, and it was very good. ‘ contemporaries 1 Christians believe that God made hu hu bitskind beings to be kindred himself. ‘So God created troops in his own work come on¤‚¬: male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, be breeding and increase in number, fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the lean of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground. Genesis 1:27-28 Human beings are providential beings made in Gods likeness and possessing capacities which happen upon them from the an imal creation. Since God is interested in the arth, so should the Christian want to care for all that God has made. God tells man to have a bun in the oven after the earth and Christians believe they have a responsible lying-in in Gods plan for creation. God tells man they should care for the world and Christians believe that they should look atter it because ne nas feastn it to them. Theretore they should respect it and cling to it.As well as caring for the earth, saviour taught his followers to whap God with all their heart, and to spang their populates as themselves. In Matthew 19:16-21 messiah told a rich, young man that if he wanted eternal bread and thatter he should love his neighbor as imself, which included selling his processions and giving to the poor. write out of God cannot be separated from love for humanity. Christians try to live their lives by this rule. Christians believe they should take what they say and sing in church, in to their everyday lives, so that it affects all of their life, at home, work, school etc. faith that God our Father accepts as consummate(a) and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress. ‘ James 1:27 Christians should sincerely yours love their dwells and should be concerned for their natural welfare: the well being of their soul, their body, and their community. Christians look to Jesus for an example for their lives. Jesus low-down himself and became weak and vulnerable to serve people. He healed the sick, feed the hungry and was a friend to the dropouts. He said he did not come to be served but to serve.Therefore if the Christian models his or her life on Jesus, it will involve entering into early(a) peoples worlds. Jesus was moved with compassion by the sight of needy human beings and Christians follow this example. Faith and love go together for Christians: ‘Faith by itself if it is not go with by action is dead¤‚¬:l will show you my faith by wh at I do. ‘ James 2:17-18 This implies that the Christian should show their faith by lovely and serving others. ‘If anyone has material possessions and seize his fellow in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him. 1 John 3:17 These verses give an example of how Christians should lay down their lives for others †to facilitate those in need. When Jesus was asked to define what he meant by ‘neighbour, he told the well cognise parable of the good Samaritan which is found in Luke chapter 10. Jesus paints the scene of a man lying mugged by the side of a road. Two kind of religious leaders, a priest and a Levite pass him without stopping. The auditory sense expect a thirdly soulfulness to come by and help the victim who will be an ordinary layman, a fellow Jew. But Jesus surprises them. The third man is a Samaritan, an confrontation.Jesus shows that loving your neighbour means acting when you meet a person in need, even it it is an enemy or an inconvenience to you. Jesus tells the people not to sit about debating who counts as your neighbour but to go out and be a good neighbour as the need arises. Christians believe that their neighbour is not Just the person who looks like them, but people of all races passim the world who are all rebound together in the human family. Jesus bases this love for enemies on the example of God. As the creator God, involved with every level of the universe, he does not discriminate among deserving and undeserving human beings.\r\n'