JBC

I can say that I was born into the middle class of society just as Jesus was. Even though you can technically say that I am a middle class Samaritan, there have been many points in my life where we were on the brink of poverty. Money has been tight, food has been scarce, and not having shelter was not too far away. I have always been brought up to be happy for what I have because there is always someone out there who has far less then I have and would give anything to have what I have. I have been blessed with parents who would do and give anything for me.

When reading the chapter on the poor and oppressed, it didn’t seem so far off from what we see today. We generally link those without homes, prostitutes, the hungry, and th

I knew that Jesus was able to help forgive people but I didn’t know how serious forgiveness was to the oppressed and the poor. If you think about it now, if Jesus had not helped all of those people be forgiven for all of their sins their lives would be completely different. Because of Jesus’ ability to look past the ‘past’, people are able to go on with their lives and not dwell on mistakes that they have made.

It was hard for people to believe that Jesus would mix socially with those who were sinners. This meant that Jesus accepted them and wanted to be a friend to the “sinners” and “lepers”. This not only made the poor and oppressed feel equal around him, he also gave them a sense of forgiveness. By accepting them as friends and equals, Jesus has taken away their shame, humiliation and guilt. He gave them a sense of dignity and released them from their captivity by showing them how much they really mattered to them. Jesus was able to overlook their past and refused to hold anything against them. He treated them as if they were people who no longer were indebted to God. They were forgiven.

I think that Jesus has a lot to do with why people give to the poor nowadays. I think those who do give to the poor do so because they know that they are blessed with what they have and want to share the feeling of security with other people. I personally give a f

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