tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433711.post690368103158735355..comments2023-10-21T09:16:40.248-04:00Comments on Joy in the Margins: Jesus loves the rich, too! Part 2Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00019515751585722113noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433711.post-41082732243378722852008-05-19T21:40:00.000-04:002008-05-19T21:40:00.000-04:00I think Jesus would hangout alot with the rich and...I think Jesus would hangout alot with the rich and the accepted, because that's what he did when he was here in the flesh before. I would guess that 90% of the gospels is about Jesus interacting with the elite. But it was always in the context of telling the elite that God's heart is for the poor, rejected, and downtrodden as well. I think Jesus would spend alot of time with the rich, but he would be convicting them of their lack of love for the others.<BR/>That's also why it is easy for us to despise the "rich." Because we think we're better at loving the poor. But really, aren't we the rich too. And for the most part, I'd say that I'm doing a very bad job of loving the poor in the way that Jesus would want.<BR/>All of this has made me wonder also, how many times in the Bible do we see Jesus going to the poor. It seems like the poor are always coming to him, or their paths cross in a happenstance way. Was Jesus ever "under the bridge" in the gospel stories? Not trying to be provocative--just asking others to help me think through this better.Mileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794016882316938185noreply@blogger.com