We will never stop talking about the poor because Jesus never stopped talking about the poor. His first sermon is his home town is “I have been anointed to preach good news to the poor.” His foundational sermon in Matthew 5 begins, “Blessed are the poor.” When he talks about his return and judgment he frames it in terms of who is thirsty, who is hungry, who is naked, who is lonely in prison. For Jesus, he never stops talking about the poor. We will never stop talking about the poor – not because we want to weigh people down, but because the gospel is a message that frees us to be the hands and feet of the divine in the world.
- Rob Bell
