Charles Spurgeon, Baptist preacher, explains Ecclesiastes 11:3. A full cloud will soon share, and so ought one w/a full pocket. The rich are to look out for cases of necessity. Like a cloud designed to rain, you’re designed to empty yourself upon the earth.
Today, it’s more like the person will a full pocket is the best person to find waste in anything designed to help the needy. And empathy is bad.
How can you bring bright blessings?
Joseph Addison Alexander, Presbyterian sem prof, on Isaiah 32. One who hastens to be rich can scarcely avoid either fraud or unkindness to the poor.
Today would we say it’s even possible there are scoundrels with “evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies” (v. 7)? As evidence I saw a meme that equated Satan in Eden with a moderator correcting JD Vance’s slander of Haitians.
How can you support the poor?
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Greg Johnson