There are all sorts of political parties and slogans, that preach to us about uplifting the poor and vulnerable, some sincere, and some not. There are also all sorts of organizations that have been established to lend a helping hand to the poor and vulnerable, some that do a commendable job, and some that do not. Additionally, there is an awful lot of talk, often from good people at heart, about helping those that are the least amongst us, of which the results thereof, have sometimes been good, and sometimes not.
The thing is that the gospel as propagated by the Christ, is clearly meant to uplift those that have been marginalized by society, and the gospel, properly understood, is always the message that God cares about each and every one of us, no matter what; and because we are surrounded by so many that have been hurt, dismissed, disadvantaged, and cheated, it is vital that these unfortunate people, are provided with the necessary means to improve their lot.
The message of the Christ, is not that the traditional status quo will be turned upside down, so that, the rich and powerful will be vanquished, and thereby the poor will triumph, but rather it has all to do with the fact, that those that are enthralled to this material world, are often those that are the most lost; whereas, those that are powerless and weak, often see through the lies and deceptions of this world, for they know the way that this world is cannot be right, because there is so little justice or love within it.
We see that those that are weak and defenseless are at the mercy of those that control the show, of which, it would seem that for these poor people, that there isn’t ever going to be an opportunity for these oppressed persons to ever have their day. However, truth be told, humankind’s perception of what they so see, is blinded by their typical ignorance of their not comprehending what life is all about; for this world is a perpetual proving ground, and those that are the forsaken, the forgotten, the disenfranchised, and the abused, are in their essence made up of the exact same substance as all those that have all the advantages; therefore, signifying that those that are so blind so as to not comprehend that we are all created equally and therefore equally valued by God, are clearly on the wrong path.
It would seem that most everyone that takes on the mantle of Christianity, desires to do so, in a manner in which such conforms to their belief of what Christ so represents. The thing is though, that Christ in everything that He so did and said, was the defender always of those that were perceived by the establishment as being the misbegotten of life. Christ came not so much to save the unsaved, though, He did such; but mainly Christ incarnated to defend with dignity those that were left defenseless, powerless, and abandoned by human society. So then, it is important to know Christ’s message for what it really is, which is that God is ever present to help uplift those that have no champion, and those that preach that not, are the actual ones that are lost.