Foundations for Christian Mission, Student Workbook, SW04

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5. A desire for leisure and rest brings to poverty, Prov. 20.13.

6. The property of a lazy person is in constant disrepair, Eccles. 10.18.

C. Oppression and injustice from the hands of the powerful

1. Oppression and mistreatment are harshly warned against by the Lord, Exod. 22.21-27

2. It is sinful and immoral to oppress the poor, Deut. 24.15, 17-19.

3. God will hold the oppressor personally accountable for their mistreatment of the vulnerable and weak, Ps. 82.1-4.

4. God is personally insulted at the mistreatment of a poor person, and is honored by the person who shows respect to the poor, Prov. 14.31.

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5. To crush the poor is to welcome the judgment of God, Isa. 3.13-15.

6. Oppression frustrates and sabotages all attempts toward intimacy with God, Isa. 58.1-3.

7. Cf. Ps. 14.6; 12.5; 35.10; Prov. 13.23; Job 24.2-4; Eccl. 5.8; Jer. 22.11-17