Facts Every Christian Should Know

• Every 3 seconds a child dies from disease.
• Every 7 seconds a child dies from hunger.
• 11 million kids under 5 die every year from malnutrition.
  
• Poverty kills 20,000 every day.
  
  
• There are 6.4 billion people in the world.
• The "developed world," of which the US is a part, comprises less than 1 billion people.
• 1.2 billion people attempt to live on less than $1 a day.
  
  
  I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor
  and upholds the cause of the needy.
  
  Psalm 140:12 (all passages NIV)
  
  The righteous care about justice for the poor,
  but the wicked have no such concern.
  
  Proverbs 29:7
  
  Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
  for the rights of all who are destitute.
  Speak up and judge fairly;
  defend the rights of the poor and needy.
  
  Proverbs 31:8
  
  ³¹"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. ³²All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ³³He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

  ³⁴"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. ³⁵For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, ³⁶I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

  ³⁷"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? ³⁸When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? ³⁹When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

  ⁴⁰"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

  ⁴¹"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. ⁴²For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, ⁴³I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'

  ⁴⁴"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'

  ⁴⁵"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'

  ⁴⁶"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."
  
  Matthew 25:31-46
  
  

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