You Will Always Have the Poor

It appears to me that its simple logic. There will always be poor people and we can feed them anytime we dare. Jesus is simply telling Judas...who hoarded the valuables...to quit whining about spent money.

I once read an article that stated...in essence...that if one took all of the money in the world and divided it evenly amongst the global populace, in a time it would return to its former ratios...the rich again being rich and the poor getting screwed. What I think that Jesus may have been hintingt at is the idea that human nature is what it is and because of this the poor will always be exploited. Hence poor. Yes. This is the priority and goal as Christians (or even as humans in general.) Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Im not so sure I buy the whole redactor argument---I believe that Christians need Grace to ever be as good as they are. Works are required, but human nature in general and by-and-large is of a selfish and/or survivalist motivation. Believers (and everyone else) needs to have responsibility and yet I think that Jesus was/is aware of the fact that we will always fall short.If I decide to buy a new iPhone 6, does that mean that I am shirking my responsibility to the poor at that moment? Some would argue that certainly I am, but reality suggests that human nature is never focused exclusively on others---nor could it ever be---without Grace.

Argumentative today? Treat your audience with respect...because your audience you will always have with you...unless you like talking to yourself... Anyway...my take on all of this is not the "jar" position you seem to be pushing. I dont believe that the bible was a progressive marketing campaign to reach a certain audience for a certain reason.I will admit, however, that a case can be made for such a position. Perhaps a question for you, the originator of this thread is which audience are you trying to speak with? Christians or secular...or both?

Maybe He mean't "poor in spirit".

One reason we will always have the poor is because we will always have people whom quite naturally want to keep what they have and whom wont give half of what they have for a variety of reasons. Jesus knows what is in men's hearts.Even Jesus couldn't perform miracles in his own hometown because of their unbelief.