"Finally, be strong in the Lord and the strength of His might." Ephesians 6:10
There is a verse where a distinction was made that Jesus preached to the poor(Matthew 11:4). Why didn't God's Word say that He preached to all? Did Christ not die for all? Yet, when the disciples of John the Baptist were requesting to give a report to their master about Jesus' messiahship, Jesus told them among other things, about giving the Good News to the poor. Why did He specify?
Don't the rich need to hear the Gospel? Or is it the rich can't hear the Gospel? The Bible does say that it easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God(Matthew 19:24). Why is it that Jesus specified preaching to the poor? The Greek word for poor is ptochos. The word denotes an absolute or public mendicancy. This means that they were reliant totally on others and in the habit of begging for most everything. Jesus came to fill their hunger and quench their thirst(Matthew 5:6) with the hope(1 Thessalonians 2:19) as the Person having authority(Matthew 7:29). When our cup is filled or being filled with the world and its trappings (Matthew 6:19), we cannot hear our Savior's Word. We have ears to hear(Mark 4:9) when the realization comes that the riches of the world offer nothing but temporal relief. But when we give ourselves to Jesus He will quench our thirst(John 4:14).
There is a verse where a distinction was made that Jesus preached to the poor(Matthew 11:4). Why didn't God's Word say that He preached to all? Did Christ not die for all? Yet, when the disciples of John the Baptist were requesting to give a report to their master about Jesus' messiahship, Jesus told them among other things, about giving the Good News to the poor. Why did He specify?
Don't the rich need to hear the Gospel? Or is it the rich can't hear the Gospel? The Bible does say that it easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God(Matthew 19:24). Why is it that Jesus specified preaching to the poor? The Greek word for poor is ptochos. The word denotes an absolute or public mendicancy. This means that they were reliant totally on others and in the habit of begging for most everything. Jesus came to fill their hunger and quench their thirst(Matthew 5:6) with the hope(1 Thessalonians 2:19) as the Person having authority(Matthew 7:29). When our cup is filled or being filled with the world and its trappings (Matthew 6:19), we cannot hear our Savior's Word. We have ears to hear(Mark 4:9) when the realization comes that the riches of the world offer nothing but temporal relief. But when we give ourselves to Jesus He will quench our thirst(John 4:14).
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