Christian Reflection and Prayer

Scripture:

18"The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to release the oppressed,
19to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.
(Luke 4:18-19) NIV

Reflection:

Luke tells us in chapter 4, that the very
first thing that Jesus did when He walked
into the temple was to ask for the scroll and
He read, His mission statement to free the
oppressed. This is obviously major element
in the teachings of Jesus Christ to His
followers.  The total gospel is clearly
saturated with freeing the oppressed and
dealing with the poor.
We as Christians, as supposed followers
of Jesus Christ, have neglected this very
important element of the gospel message.
I am so very tired of evangelical Christians
who seem to proclaim, "that as long as we
go to heaven when we die, we have really
accomplished something."  The clear
message of many evangelical Christians
is, "saving people from eternal damnation
is what the gospel is all about".
They are so definitely wrong! 
Jesus Christ taught and lived radically
differently. 
"WE MUST TREAT PEOPLE NOW,
TODAY, WHILE ALIVE, FROM OPPRESSION,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, AND FROM POVERTY.
THIS MUST BE OUR PRIORITY!!!!   THIS MUST
BE OUR MISSION!!!
There are about 1.3 billion people living, right now,
on a dollar a day.  This, Christians, is not
necessary, and is not right.  It is not just, it is
not humane, and it certainly is not what Jesus had
in mind when He read His mission statement.
Christ want's us to remove poverty from the planet.
THIS SHOULD BE THE GOAL OF EVERY
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN!!!

AMEN!!!