Read James 2:1-17. Then consider: God's grace is for everyone. In Jesus' first sermon he read from the prophet Isaiah: " 'The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor'...Then he rolled up the scroll...He began by saying to them, 'Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.'" [Luke 4:18-21, TNIV]
Jesus continues to call us, right here, right now, to proclaim good news to the poor: in how we think, in how we act, and in how we vote. What would Jesus say about a health care system, in the richest country in the world, that rations care based on income, and bankrupts many who are ill or in need of long-term care?
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