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Wealth and Poverty
For centuries there have been certain groups who exhalt a life of poverty. The logic is that possession of riches leads to a decrease in spirituality, but there is a fallacy to this
thinking. No one loves and trusts money more than those who have none. Jesus said that we shall always have the poor with us, but being poor is the one of the least effective ways of helping
them. By shunning worldly possessions, we abandon them to the enemies of God and fail in the responsibility to have dominion over all life forms, let alone extending God's word and love to
all.
Charity and social welfare programs, while good and clearly our duty, cannot even begin to fulfill our responsibilities in this needy world. There is no substitute for
adequately prepared, godly men and women who will assume the responsibility, under God and by his power, of owning and directing the world's wealth and goods. Such people must rise up and, in
union with Christ and his people everywhere, guide social, economic and political processes so that the conditions that cause the need for charity are lessened to a point where that need can
be met.
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