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Originally Posted by Daniel Ritchie
Remember, the magistrate is forbidden to be partial to the poor (Lev. 19:15), this obviously forbids him from appropriating the money of the rich(er) and giving it to the poor. The state is only entitled to claim taxation for its legitimate functions of administering justice (Rom. 13:1-7)..
| Daniel, this has nothing to do with helping regarding the welfare of the poor. This soley is about being in a court of justice. If a poor destitute is guilty of a crime, he is to be shown no partiality because of his economic condition.
To claim that being poor is God's judgement is as ridiculous as being rich is God's blessing. External circumstances are not a barometer in the new cov. |
I agree with the first statement. But since the magistrate is not to engage in welfare redistribution as welfare is the duty of the church and family, then the state (when it engages in redistributive welfare) is using its coercive power to appropriate (i.e. steal) money from one group in society to give it to another, thus it is showing favouritism to the poor(er).
I do, however, believe that poor nations, not poor people individually, are poor as the result of God's judgment upon them. But that is
