We should thank God for:
1. Ownership
2. Productivity
3. Employment
4. Commercial transactions
5. Profit
6. Money
7. Inequality of possessions
8. Competition
9. Borrowing and lending
But what about the poor? They own little to nothing. They cannot borrow or make profit. They have no money or opportunity to compete.
We should always seek to help the poor. See 1 John 3:17, Galatians 2:10, Matthew 25:39-40, Romans 12:13, Romans 15:25-27, Ephesians 4:28, Hebrews 13:16.
A short-term solution to help the poor is to provide them food and clothing. Long-term solutions include business. Businesses produce jobs and goods and wages year after year after year. Helping the needy means we'll have to start profitable business in poor neighborhoods and countries.
If business is the solution to world poverty, then why hasn't it eliminated the problem already? Government red tape is a huge problem. Sinful governments that confiscate people's wealth is another issue. Yet another problem is selfishness in businesses where owners want only a few to benefit from the business. Then there's the problem of weak governments that do not punish fraud nor do they establish a sound banking system or court system that punish evil doers.
If people think businesses are evil then they'll never want to start one that'll, in part, help the problem of poverty. A negative attitude toward business is a huge reason why poverty still exists.
Christians need to have a right view about business and seek, with God's help, to change the attitude of others towards business.
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