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25 August 2024 Service: Angels and Other Things (Romans 5:1-5)

 

Exodus 20:22-27, Matthew 25:31ff, and James 2:14-17: The poor need equal rights! Freedom must be for all; not just the rich!

If something is a right, it is incumbent upon a society to provide that right.   Psalm 82:3 - 'Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute. '    Proverbs 31:8-9 - 'Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute. Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.   Psalms 69:32-33 : “Let the oppressed see it and be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive. For the Lord hears the needy, and does not despise his own who are in bonds”    Psalms 140:12 : “I know that the Lord mainta ins the cause of the needy, and executes justice for the poor”    1 John 3:17 : If someone who has worldly means sees a brother in need and refuses him compassion, how can the love of God remain in him?     Last week I wasn’t here. I was at the Summer Rain Christian Music Festival. I spoke on the Saturday night. I mentioned that all the messages in past years at S...