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Stewardship is really how you look after the resources

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which are needed in order to be able to sustain
the life of a household

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but it refers more widely than that too,

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to really how we look after and share all 
the things that have been given to us.

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Wealth does come from God, ultimately.

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We believe that everything comes from God,
so does wealth.

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The important thing for Christians is what
we do with that wealth

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and whether we share it out properly.

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Wealth should be used for our own well-being,
our own sustenance in life,

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but it should also be shared out for those who
have less than other people.

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So, if you like, the 'justice' dimension to wealth.

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Poverty is said to be blessed by Jesus,
a state which is blessed.

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Some people choose to be poor voluntarily,

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as monks and nuns do as a part of their vows.

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It needn't be the case that people are suffering,

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because if resources were shared out more fairly,

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people would not be suffering in the way that
they often do.

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Some poverty is caused by natural circumstances

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and we don't have all the answers to that

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but we also know there's a lot of human suffering,
a lot of human poverty,

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which is caused by other human beings.

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The wealthy do have a duty to help the poor,

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but not just to help them, to, if possible,
bring them out of poverty

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for there to be a proper sharing of wealth.

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Jesus was pretty shocking for his time because
he spent a lot of time with the poor.

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The Gospels tell us that the poor were the ones
who heard him gladly,

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they heard the good news gladly.

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When Jesus came in his adult ministry and 
started to preach, and to teach and to heal,

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he talked about the Kingdom of God,

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sor of like a perfected society, which was
on earth as well as in heaven...

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and the poor had a full place in that kingdom.

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Gives charity. It helps people, it feeds people,
it tries to clothe people.

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it tries to house people...

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It gives people all kinds of practical 
assistance for their basic needs.

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It's one of the main attributes of God, 
is that God is just,

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therefore, if there is injustice,

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then that is an affront to God 
and it needs to be corrected.