“If God has endowed you with riches, then regard them with pleasure, for the means to good deeds is in your hands.
“It is not sufficient for a rich man to give to the poor or to alleviate the distress of the needy. He who, having received abundance from God, doles out a pittance to the poor, does but salve his conscience and is not truly walking with God.
“It is the duty of the rich man to cast the weight of his riches in the balances, that goodness may outweigh evil.
“It is the duty of the powerful man to range his might alongside the forces of good in the struggle against evil. He shall protect the poor against the exploiter and defend the weak against oppression of tyrants.
“It is not so important to give to the poor man as to remove the cause of his poverty. To help the weak is good but of lesser importance than to attack their oppressor.”
-The Kolbrin Bible (MPR:9:1-5)
Regard Wealth as a Means to Good Deeds
It is good to regard wealth as a means to do good deeds for others, and not just as motivation to go after more and more money. We can look for examples to some of the wealthy of the past and present. Andrew Carnegie, the American industrialist, used most of his money to build public libraries. He built around 2,500 total, about 1,600 in the United States. Singer and actress Dolly Parton has donated millions of books to poor children. That’s how wealthy people should act.
Goodness Outweighs Evil
At the present time, it seems to many that evil far outweighs good, but that is only because we are paying more attention to the evil than we used to. That is a good thing because we can’t eliminate evil if we don’t recognize that it exists. Of course, wanting to get rid of evil doesn’t mean it’s going to happen, but we can at least start by avoiding evil in our own behavior. We can also encourage others to do the same. The quote says it is the duty of the powerful person to use his “might” to aid the forces of good. What we are seeing instead is that the rich and powerful are being greedier than ever, wanting more and more for themselves, rather than helping others. But as we are in the End Times, and the Sun of Righteousness now shines down upon us, the evil will be slowly “burned” out of the world, not only in people, but in everything. Those foolish enough to cling to their materialistic ways will die because the changing world will not support such people. Their low rate of vibration won’t allow them to function in the higher vibration world that is coming.
Remove the Cause
The quote says that rather than help a few individuals suffering from poverty, we should seek to remove the cause of their poverty. While some don’t seem to realize it, the fact that we have a dozen or so people in the world who are hoarding so much wealth that they have more money than the rest of the world together is the primary cause of poverty. Unfortunately, those very wealthy people pay off politicians to pass laws that are advantageous to them, but take more and more from the average person. We need politicians who put the general population ahead of a few wealthy people. We also need laws that prevent the wealthy from essentially buying politicians to favor them. We need to ensure that the wealthy pay a fair share of taxes.
