GOD HAS THE CHAMPION OF THE POOR AND NEEDY
BY
LUCKY EYIS AMIWERO
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PROVERBS 19:17
RELATED CHAPTERS
LUKE 6:38
HEBREW 6:10
DEU.15:7-8
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17) He that hath pity upon
the poor lendeth unto the
LORD; and that which he
hath given will be repay him
again
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GREAT ASSURANCE ON
HELPING THE POOR
All who reach out and
helping of the poor; GOD will
repay them for their
kindness/mercy: those who
are unable to help
themselves because of
weakness
They are lending to the LORD
who is guardian of the poor
and surety for all their needs
, by honoring both the
Creator and his creation.
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EXODUS 22:25
RELATED CHAPTERS
LEVITICUS 25:36-37
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25) If thou lend money to
any of my people that is poor
by thee, thou shalt not be to
him as a usurer, neither shalt
thou lay upon him usury
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THE NEEDY AND SOCIETY
Believer are to help the poor
The true believer would
never take advantage of a
person’s poverty; if a poor
person needs money, the
believer gives the poverty
stricken and give what ever ,
he reaches out in compassion
and give what ever he can to
meet the need of the person.
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EXODUS 23:3
RELATED CHAPTERS
EPH.4:25
COL.3.9
POVERBS 12:19
EX.23:1
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3)Neither shalt thou
countenance a poor man in
his cause
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COUNTENANCE: Don’t show
partiality to a man”s cause
because he is poor:
To executive justice and
truth
To ensure protection and
compassion
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EXODUS 23:6
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6)Thou shalt not wrest the
judgment of thy poor
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THOU SHALT NOT WREST
THE JUDGMENT OF THY
POOR If we are not to favor 3
the poor man in a court in a
court of justice on account
of motive of compassion, or
popularity, he be biased in
favor of the poor
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EXODUS 23:11
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11)But the seventh year
thou shalt let it rest and lie
still; that the poor of thy
people may eat and what
they leave the beasts of the
field shalt eat, in like manner
thou shalt deal with thy vine
yard l with, and with thy olive
yard
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THAT THE POOR OF THY
PEOPLE MAY EAT
The land was to lie unplowed
and unused every seven
years, whatever the Land
brought forth naturally was
to be shared with the poor
and the wild animal of the
field and forest
GOD enormous compassion
for all of life, both human
and animal life, setting aside
all farm land for a year for
the poor to store food
without being threatened for
trespass( care and
compassion of the poor by
GOD
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LEVITICUS 19:10
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10)And thou shalt not glean
thy vineyard, neither shalt
thou gather every grape of
thy vineyard; thou shalt leave
them for the poor and
stranger; I am the LORD your
GOD
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NIETHER SHALT THOU
GATHER EVERY GRAPE- Nor
shalt thou gather the
scattered grapes-That is,
those single grapes which has
fallen on the ground during
the process of cutting, were
the portion of the poor
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LEVITICUS 25:25
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25)If thy brother be waxen
poor, and hath sold away
some of his possession, and if
any of his kin come to
redeem it, then shall he
redeem that which his
brother sold
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THE BROTHER BE WAXEN
POOR:
If he is compelled by
pressure of poverty to sell
part of his land, as we know
the land belong to GOD
Exodus 6:4
A person is forced to sell
some property; the nearest
relative is to buy it back for
him if possible
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LEVITICUS 25:35
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35)And if thy brother be
waxen poor, and fallen in
decay with thee; then thou
shalt relieve him; yea, though
he be a stranger, or a
sojourner; that he may live
with thee
36)Take thou no usury of
him, or increase; but fear thy
GOD; that thy brother may
live with thee
37)Thou shalt not give him
thy money upon usury, nor
lend him thy victuals for
increase
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IF YOUR BROTHER WAXEN
POOR:
GOD’S / believer should take
care of the poor, never
maltreat the poor ,stranger
or take advantage of them is
strongly forbidden and
demand that GOD,s people
were to be compassionate
and caring;
Believers are to help him
Believers are not to charge
interest on loans nor sell
food with interest you must
fear GOD to do them
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DEUTERONOMY 14:28-29
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28) At the end of three years
thou shalt bring forth all the
tithe of thine increase the
same year, and shalt lay it up
within thy gates
29)And the Levite, because
he hath no part nor
inheritance with thee, and
the stranger, and the
fatherless, and the widow,
which are within thy gates,
shall come, and shall eat and
be satisfied; that the LORD
thy GOD may bless thee in all
the work of thine hand which
thou doest
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POOR TITHTE
THE STRANGER, AND
FATHERLESS AND WIDOW
GOD cares for the poor, he
demand that believer should
use money for the ravaging
poor, hungry,, poverty, it is
every believers responsibility
to care for those less
fortunate this is to share
GOD goodness with others,
which , attracts the blessing
of the works of our hands
DEU. 14:29
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DEUTERONOMY 15:4
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4)Save when there shall be
no poor among you; for the
LORD shall greatly bless thee
in the land which the LORD
thy GOD giveth thee for an
inheritance
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SAVE WHEN THEIR SHALL BE
NO POOR
By observing the law, all
debts being release once
every seven years, it would
prevent persons faling into
distress and poverty
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DEUTERONOMY 15:7
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7) If there be among you a
poor man of one of thy
brethren within any of thy
gates in thy land which the
LORD thy GOD giveth thee,
thou shalt not harden thine
heart nor shut thine hand
from thy poor brother
8)But thou shalt open thine
hand wide unto him, and
shalt surely lend him
sufficient for his need, in that
which he wanted
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POOR MAN
Obedience to GOD’S law ,
was expected to grow out of
a sincere desire to help those
in need, GOD cares about our
attitude and desire to help
the poor.
We must use our material
possession to help the poor
and the needy, the spirit of
the world, greed and
selfishness limit GOD’S true
blessing
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DEUTERONOMY 15:11
RELATED CHAPTERS
MATHEW 19:21
LUKE 11:41
ACT 4: 34-35
ACT 11:29
ACT 20:35
RO.12:13
GA. 6:10
PROV. 21:13
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11) For the Poor shall never
cease out of the land:
therefore I command thee,
saying, thou shalt open thine
hand wide unto thy brother,
to thy poor, and to thy
needy, in the land
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FOR THE POOR SHALL NEVER
CEASE
The believer must not be
hard-hearted nor tight fisted
against the poor, you are to
be generous openhanded,
and freely lend to meet a
brother needs, is to help the
ravaging world of poverty
This is a direct responsibility
of a believer because there is
always poor among us.
We must not never
encourage laziness,
slothfulness for those who
can work
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DEUTERONOMY 24:12-13
RELATED CHAPTERS
LUKE 10:36-37
GAL.2:10
GAL 6:2
GAL.6:10
1 TIMOTHY 6:18
JAMES 4:17
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12)And if the man be poor,
you shalt not sleep with his
pledge
13)In any case thou shalt
deliver him the pledge again
when the sun goeth down,
that he may sleep in his own
raiment, and bless thee; and
it shall be righteousness unto
thee before the LORD thy
GOD
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AND IF A MAN IS POOR
Which may be everyone
that give pledge/(security) or
collateral in respect of loan,
or the sum of money
borrowed, the lender is to
respect his privacy and home
of loan recipient, he should
keep his security overnight,
he was to return it, this stirs
gratitude and counted as
righteousness in GOD sight
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DEUTERONOMY 24:14-15
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14)Thou shalt not oppress a
hired servant that is poor and
needy, whether he be of thy
brethren or of thy strangers
that are in thy land within thy
gates
15)At his day thou shalt give
him his hire, neither shall the
sun go down upon it; lest he
cry against thee unto the
LORD, and it be sin unto thee
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POOR HIRED SERVANT
A believer must not take
advantage of the poor and
needy worker, no matter
who he is even if he is an
alien or foreigner, you must
pay him his full wage and pay
him on time
Warning, any person who
disobeyed this law is guilty of
sin and will face eternal
judgment of GOD, if the poor
man cries to GOD
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DEUTERONOMY 26:12-13
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12)When thou hast made an
end of Tithing all the Tithes
of thine increase the third
year, which is the year of
tithing, and hast given it unto
the Levite, the Stranger, the
fatherless, and the widow,
that they may eat within thy
gates, and be filled
13)Then thou shalt say
before the LORD thy GOD, I
have brought away the
hallowed things out of mine
house, and also have given
them to the Levite, and unto
the strangers, to the
fatherless, and to the
widow, according to all thy
commandments which thou
hast commanded me; I have
not transgressed thy
commandments, neither
have I forgotten them
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BENEVOLENCE AND GIVEN
FAITHFULLY GIVE TO THE
POOR
The believer must be
committed and faithful in
given to the poor, fatherless,
widow, stranger, and he
must confess that he has
given faithfully .
He must support the
ravaging world of poverty by
given to the poor and needy
that is only when the work of
our hand is blessed and
keeping of GOD’S
Commandment Deu:14:29
And we are redeemed from
GOD judgment, we must,
give to the Poor, stranger,
fatherless and widow. To
relief the poor
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PSALMS 9:18
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18) For the needy shall not
always be forgotten; the
expectation of the poor shall
not perish for ever
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FOR THE NEEDY SHALL NOT
ALWAYS BE FORGOTTEN
The needy and afflicted
among GOD’S people are
object of GOD”S special care
they have the promise that
GOD will never forsake them
he is the champion of the
weak. He will judge their
prosecutor in his time
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PSALMS 12:5
RELATED CHAPTERS
MATHEW 25:35-40
PROV. 14:21
PROV. 14:31
PROV. 19:17
PROV.22:9
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5)For the oppression of the
poor, for the sighing of the
needy, now will I arise, saith
the LORD; I will set him in
safety from him that puffeth
at him
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FOR THE OPERESSION OF
THE POOR
GOD promise to rescue the
poor and needy from
deceivers, to deliver them
from bondage, because of
those oppressors, who has
forced them into poverty
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