Woe. Don't Do That (2 of 5)
Series: Sermon On The Plain
Jeff Strite
Luke 6: 20-26
OPEN: Chicago is just about to approve a new entitlement. They intend to give 1,000 unemployed families $500 per month with no strings attached (total of $6 million per year). The argument seems to be that automation is robbing people of jobs and so this is intended to put money in the pockets of the poor so they can buy more products - which will create more jobs and get the economy up and running in Illinois.
Now, there's a serious problem with this plan: Among other things, Chicago is $71 billion in debt - not counting the $40 billion in pension commitments they owe. For that and various other reasons I doubt that this plan will work (I hope that it does, but I don't believe they have a ''prayer'').
But why would they do this? Why would they give this money away to 1000 families? Well... there's a basic belief that the poor need help, and that belief is founded in the Bible's teaching that God loves the poor, and He wants you to love them too.
Let's take a quick look at this part of His sermon: ''Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.''
This sounds a lot like the words from the Sermon on the Mount - but this sermon in Luke is an entirely different message. The Sermon on the Mount was given BEFORE Jesus chose His 12 Disciples. This sermon (the Sermon on the Plain) was preached AFTER He chose them. In addition, there's several other details that are different between these 2 messages.
In the Sermon on the Plain Jesus is stressing that people who experience poverty, hu ...
Series: Sermon On The Plain
Jeff Strite
Luke 6: 20-26
OPEN: Chicago is just about to approve a new entitlement. They intend to give 1,000 unemployed families $500 per month with no strings attached (total of $6 million per year). The argument seems to be that automation is robbing people of jobs and so this is intended to put money in the pockets of the poor so they can buy more products - which will create more jobs and get the economy up and running in Illinois.
Now, there's a serious problem with this plan: Among other things, Chicago is $71 billion in debt - not counting the $40 billion in pension commitments they owe. For that and various other reasons I doubt that this plan will work (I hope that it does, but I don't believe they have a ''prayer'').
But why would they do this? Why would they give this money away to 1000 families? Well... there's a basic belief that the poor need help, and that belief is founded in the Bible's teaching that God loves the poor, and He wants you to love them too.
Let's take a quick look at this part of His sermon: ''Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.''
This sounds a lot like the words from the Sermon on the Mount - but this sermon in Luke is an entirely different message. The Sermon on the Mount was given BEFORE Jesus chose His 12 Disciples. This sermon (the Sermon on the Plain) was preached AFTER He chose them. In addition, there's several other details that are different between these 2 messages.
In the Sermon on the Plain Jesus is stressing that people who experience poverty, hu ...
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