You see to the teacher of law that asked the initial question here, only fellow Jews were his neighbor. Anyone else was not looked upon the same way. We have that same spirit infecting this country too. To republicans, only republicans are their neighbors. To democrats, only democrats. The other side is presented only for the purpose of blame and hatred. Those who find themselves on the right look upon the OWS crowd negatively because they are not their neighbors to them. They are somehow unworthy of mercy. They are somehow to blame not only for their own plight, but for the plight of the country as a whole.
But Christians? Dear Lord how easily we forget. God requires something from us and He spells it out very plainly through the Prophet Micah:
No, O people, the L ord has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God. -- Micah 6: 8 (NLT)
As Christians we believe in absolute truth. There is black and there is white. There are no shades of grey. The world sells shades of grey to hide the truth, spin the truth, and disguise the truth. The truth is that if somehow you think Jesus would support a system where over 40 million people are homeless while the ultra rich clothe their dogs, then I suggest that maybe you do not understand what "doing what is right" truly means. If you think that Jesus would support a system where 16,000 children die every day from hunger while the world's top 1% gets fatter, then I am not so sure that you understand the concept of loving mercy. Not just being merciful -- loving mercy.
And walking humbly with your God. I want you to think the next time someone is trying to sell you on the notion that the OWS people are this or that. Ask yourself what is their motivation? If you have the social opinion that the OWS folks are lazy, fine. If you have the social opinion that they should go home and find a job, fine. But those are not Christian arguments. They are not Biblical arguments. And there is certainly no humility in them.
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