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Let me "twist" some more for you to justify the treatment of the poor: Acts 4:32-35 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Matthew 19:21 - Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Matthew 6:2-4 - Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Luke 3:11-14 - And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.
1 John 3:17 - But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
1 Corinthians 10:24 - Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.
Proverbs 28:27 - Whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.
The fundamental difference between communism and what you are saying is a Govt entity. God indeed tells us to take care of each other, help others, because happiness is helping others be happy too. The burden is on the individual to take care of our brothers and sisters, not the government.
That makes Christianity worse, the government is not all powerful or all knowing, and most of the time has very clear restrictions from just up and smiting the ass of someone who doesn't want to play ball.
Even when you factor in the IRS, the worst they do is jail you for not paying into dysgenic policies, God infects you diseases, or brings an enemy army upon you, or makes the earth swallow you up, or blasts you with lightning, or covers you with insects, or starves you to death, or sets you on fire.
and of course he chucks you into a torture pit of eternal suffering, or straight up deletes you from existence.
So being forced to give to charity by God should be seen as MORE compulsory than being forced to do so by government, not less.
The entire point of these scriptures are for people to give from the heart, not by force. The church was originally designed to be a community shelter where like minded close knit communities could depend on it. This reality is no longer feasible in a selfish multicultural society without God at the center because you will always have morally deprived people who take full advantage of the system without a care for their neighbors.
So, have you done these things or are you being a hypocrite?
there's another one about not bragging about it, right?
Those who hold others to a higher standard than what they practice will suffer greater condemnation.
Great, and we should all strive to do so... ourselves, voluntarily. The Bible does not call on you to use the violent power of the state to force your neighbor to do these things.
If you are posting these verses because you believe them, you do them, and you would encourage others to do them, then I would respect you as a good Christian. If you are trying to use someone else's religion to manipulate them into accepting state control over their lives, and being forced to live and work exactly as you would choose for them, then I hope you will take an honest look at yourself (and history).
All charity, Christians are encouraged to be kind to each other, and to look after the needy. Keep in mind that God's kingdom is a KINGDOM, not a communist government, you leftist tumor.
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
No one is perfect.
Matthew 6:2-4 - Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
There's no virtue in virtue signaling
Luke 3:11-14 - And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.
As long as everyone reciprocates there's no problem, but communism doesn't do reciprocation it does seizing power.
1 John 3:17 - But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
Hard to call strangers brother, even harder when they don't look like you.
1 Corinthians 10:24 - Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.
See above. Doesn't work with multicultural cancer.
Proverbs 28:27 - Whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.
Most bums make plenty of money begging, they're bums not poor. Minimum wage slaves make less. But yeah, sharing with the truly poor comes back to you.
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