"Jesus wasn't a conservative; he was a revolutionary. He not only takes the side of the poor; he puts himself in their place. In the very alarming parable of the sheep and the goats he speaks of salvation as depending on how we treat the poorest and the most afflicted."
AU, salvation is NOT dependent upon anything we do. If that were the case, Christ would not have had to suffer and die to atone for our sins. We could have saved ourselves!
Furthermore, Scripture tells us that we can do nothing to earn our salvation lest no man can boast.
The ONLY way to salvation is belief in Jesus as our Savior.
It's that simple.
However, early followers of Christ used to take all they had and share it with other followers to help them.
As followers of Christ we are to help the needy, but our salvation does not depend on it!!
I am not defending those who do not help others, I just wanted to correct your statement.
My church is not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination, but we contribute to so many in need... in and out of our church community, to ministries, anywhere that we can help.
I personally am not wealthy, but we contribute to peope who are in need.
We do so because it is the right thing to do....not to earn our way into Heaven.
And what an ego to think that anyone would care if he left the US!!!
Heck, I'll help him pack!!