Cornerstone Curriculum, Official Certification Edition

LESSON 1 | A BRIEF THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION / 35

b. At all times, some fruit and vegetables were to be left in the fields for the poor to gather (Lev. 19.9-10).

c. No interest was to be charged on loans to those in poverty (Exod. 22.25).

d. Every three years a tithe was to be made to orphans and widows (Deut. 14.28-29).

e. Every seven years farm fields were to rest and not to be used for profit but rather for those less fortunate to gather what grew naturally for themselves (Exod. 23.10-11; Lev. 25.3-6).

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f. Slaves were to be freed after six years of service (Exod. 21.2).

g. Every fiftieth year (Year of Jubilee) lands were to revert to their original owners (Lev. 25.8-17).

B. Jesus favored the poor.

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1. We see Christ’s special concern for the poor in his earthly ministry (Luke 4.18-20).

a. Jesus did his ministry as an everyday, common person (Mark 2.15-17)

b. His hometown of Nazareth was not looked upon favorably (John 1.44-45).

c. His birth in a stable was characteristic of people in poverty (Luke 2.7).

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