Many of these people do not want to be part of any system.  They are willing to endure privation for their independence.  When a person adopts the lifestyle of a beggar they have to endure what it entails.  No individual, no church, no government is responsible for keeping up those who refuse to keep themselves up.
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Homelessness cannot be solved by social programs.  The more you enable people in a destructive lifestyle the more others will be drawn to it.
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I am talking from experience as I have had many such people come to our church asking for handouts.  I have yet to see one person who is willing to become part of healthy society where you settle down, receive help to get on your feet and become a productive citizen.  They just want their immediate need met so they can move on.
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It is sad, but it is reality.
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Jesus said: ~the poor will always be with you~.
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He knew that the independent will that He gave to each human being would often be exercised to their own hurt.  It is <b>not</b> His will.  His will is that all come to Him and receive Abundant Life .
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On the bright side ... At least the homeless don`t work all their lives trying to keep their heads above water while carrying a tax burden to support those who don`t work ... and then, like those who do, die and face God .
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20190531 - Homelessness and disease
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Homelessness is first and foremost a spiritual disease that affects the individual.  Every homeless person I have ever met <b>did not want to leave their state of homelessness!</b>  That is a disease of the human heart.
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When homelessness is encouraged and enabled, it becomes a societal disease - a spiritual disease of the society.
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The spiritual disease manifests in physical disease as we are now seeing in major cities in our country.
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What is the solution?
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The same and only solution that has existed for 2000 years:  Repent!  Change your way of thinking.  Jesus said: ~Unless you repent you will all likewise perish.~
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Does society have a responsibility for the homeless?  <b>No!</b>
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Do inidividuals have a reaponaibility to the homeless?  <b>Yes!</b>  But it is not what you think.   
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Our individual responsibility to any person who is in any kind of bondage is to set them free.  
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The Truth sets a person free.  Any person who rejects the Truth will perish sooner or later.  
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Jesus said: ~let the dead bury their dead~.  He was not just speaking of physical death but of spiritual death.
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We need to understand that the wages of sin is death.  Social policy cannot change that.  Inidividuals cannot change that.
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