Suggestions about Christians and the political-economy

1. God could conceivably have arranged the world so that human beings were each distributed equally on the earth so that each had just enough resources to meet his or her needs.
2. That would be an odd sort of world, however, because each area of land would have to be capable of producing the same amount, and each person would have the exact skills to produce from the land what he needed.
3. No one would ever travel, or invent new technology in such a world, since each would be too busy meeting his own needs and there would be no point in trade.
4. But the real world God made involves several different features: marriage and children, for instance.
5. So in the real world a man and woman join into a household and, in the majority of cases, produce some number of children.
6. So the family has different needs over time.
7. Furthermore, no one can be entirely certain of what his future needs might be.
8. And, as children grow up and leave home to, in many cases, start new families, no angel from heaven shows each one his new patch of territory that is promised to meet (and only meet) his needs.
9. Furthermore, people’s abilities vary, not only by nature and nurture, but also by accident of circumstance. If two twins are neighboring farmers with virtually identical land, one can still fall ill or break his leg and lose most of his productivity for that year.
10. So not only do people need to produce for indeterminate needs in the future, but they have to produce to help others.
11. If it is more blessed to give that receive, then it is more blessed to produce than consume. It cannot be otherwise.
12. If one must strive to help others as best one can, it follows that one must also strive to become a source of help to those in need rather than willfully become needy.
13. Anyone who neglects the upkeep of his own household, is demanding that less wealth be available to others and to help others who need it.
14. Though foolishness tends to poverty, one cannot judge the poor to be foolish, or turn one’s prosperity or lack thereof into a verdict on character.
15. The object of helping those in need, whenever and to what extent possible, is to help them become mature producers.
16. The one you help is not your slave. ““When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge. You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you” (Deuteronomy 24:10-11, ESV).
17. People sometimes act or have acted like children and are, thus, in need of help. But treating them like children can be counter-productive, encouraging the very problem you need to address. Be wise about your attitude and your strategy in helping.
18. If one should not enslave the poor, or judge them for being poor, neither should one enslave the rich by judging them in how they use their wealth. Let God be our judge in these matters.

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