Christians have an obligation to care for the poor because it is what should come through as their works from their beliefs and their faith. Christians are to follow the examples set by God and Jesus. The Lord and Jesus’ teachings of helping the poor can be seen through the scripture in the Gospels. In the gospels Jesus brings salvation to the poor exemplifying his theme of universalism. Jesus gave the message of helping those …showed first 75 words of 433 total…

…showed last 75 words of 433 total…for Jesus’ mercy. People told him to be quiet, but Jesus ordered the man come forward. He asked him what he wanted and the man responded to Jesus saying he wanted his sight back. Jesus then told him, “Receive your sight; your faith has saved you.” (Luke 18:35-43) Jesus showed how important the poor man was when everyone else told him to be quiet and then Jesus told him to come forward and healed him.