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quest for truth
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| Posted 12/30/2001 12:35 PM (GMT -6) |   | Matthew 6:32-33"Why be like the pagans who are so deeply concerned about these things? Your heavenly Father already knows all your needs, and he will give you all you need from day to day if you live for him and make the Kingdom of God your primary concern."
What's up with world hunger? Are people living in poverty like the pagans?
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Magneton
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| Posted 12/31/2001 5:12 AM (GMT -6) | | Welcome to the board, quest! Love your alias.
I don't see a suggestion here that we are each to look to God in an "every man for himself" kind of way. My take would be to ask what the world would look like if we were truly making the Kingdom of God our primary concern. How would we re-order our affairs to address the needs of the hungry and to assure that the planet can sustain the people of the world?
Aren't we being "like the pagans" when we exploit people and the environment to meet our needs rather than living a Kingdom lifestyle of sharing our resources and trusting God for our own well-being? In other words, I don't see Mt. 6 as a rebuke of the poor but as a challenge directed at those who would claim to follow God.
I'm no expert in either theory or practice on this topic, so I won't get on a soapbox.
Blessings,
Magneton
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