Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

Sallie Henry of Frisco enlightens us with her Bible knowledge. She says that society has a responsibility to care for its indigent -- that it's all over the Bible and she's quite certain also in the Hebrew Scriptures and the Koran.

She says that the disciples went to "Pete" in the Book of Acts and said, "Look, Pete, we're out here doing the Lord's work and our widows and orphans are not being taken care of." So "Pete" told them to gather up some men and take care of it. We're not doing that, she says. "Our elected leadership seems to have forgotten that a society is judged not on the greatness of its leaders, the riches it acquires or the cities it builds, but on how it treats its most vulnerable members."

Oh, Sallie, Ye do err! God never mandated that elected officials or society should take care of the widows and orphans. The passage you reference is about the church. It is the church's responsibility to care for those who are "widows indeed." That being said, we are not responsible for those who refuse to work. "If any would not work, neither should he eat." 


So if all the bleeding heart liberals will get their noses out of redistributing wealth, the churches can assume the task that is theirs and take care of the truly needy. 

"Are we helping the poor?" The Dallas Morning News; May 25, 2012; p. 24A.