“Though Scripture has much to say about the poor and leaves none who believe it free to ignore them, its overriding concern is for the lost souls of men and women. Jesus Christ came to preach the Gospel to the poor, not merely to relieve their physical distress. He had eternity in view, and the liberation He died to secure for mankind was not from man’s social afflictions, but rather from the chains of sin and the tyranny of Satan. Alone in heaven and earth, He breaks the power of cancelled sin and sets the prisoner free."
"In other words, the unique message of true Christianity is spiritual, having to do with people of all kinds and categories who are lost in sin. It views men and women, whatever their physical conditions, not in comparison with others in better or worse conditions, but as in the sight of God. And in His all-seeing eye there is no difference between the cultured, prosperous Westerner, and the starving, semi-naked jungle dweller. ‘All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.’”
Five Minutes to Midnight,
James Stewart and Mission to Europe
"In other words, the unique message of true Christianity is spiritual, having to do with people of all kinds and categories who are lost in sin. It views men and women, whatever their physical conditions, not in comparison with others in better or worse conditions, but as in the sight of God. And in His all-seeing eye there is no difference between the cultured, prosperous Westerner, and the starving, semi-naked jungle dweller. ‘All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.’”
Five Minutes to Midnight,
James Stewart and Mission to Europe
(p. 89-90)
T. Omri Jenkins
© 1989
T. Omri Jenkins
© 1989
