As the name suggests, situational, this is an occurrences whereby peoples basic necessities of life are temporarily not meet as expected. It is a situation whereby “people living in poverty for a short time as the result of circumstance (unemployment, chronic illness, disability, divorce, or death of a family member),” or environmental disasters such as earthquakes, floods, erosion. Concerning the above, Odesola recognizes the fact that environmental factor contributes to situational poverty by quoting Ola Ayankeye, that “many Africans depend on land for sources of income but erosion has become a serious problem because the poor are lacking capital and are unable to invest in traditional methods to conserve soil and water.” In addition, Ayandokun
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Spiritual poverty is evident in Jesus’ presentation of the parable of the rich fool, Jesus says “…. This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich towards “God “(Luke 12: 21). In Jesus’ statement above, to be rich or poor towards God is not physical neither a material matter. However, to be poor or poverty towards God is the absence of the God factor; lack of consciousness of the existence and will of, relationship with and obedience to God. Conversely, the expression of being ‘lost’ in Luke 19: 9 – 10, is one kind of spiritual …show more content…
However, it’s spiritual poverty for those in the community of faith when they fail to observe what the Lord of the church commands. They follow not in consonant and obedience with God’s agenda but set and follow personal agenda to suit their purpose. Typical passages that talks on this includes: Not everyone who say to me ‘Lord, Lord; will enter the kingdom of heaven but only he who does the will of my father who is in heaven (Matthew 7:21), if anyone dose not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers: such branches are picked up’ throw into the fire and burned (John 15:6). Fruitlessness is also described in Revelation 2: 17- 18 saying, ‘you say I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing. But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white cloth to wear, so you cover your nakedness….). The recipient of this message sees poverty solely in the context of the material possession, but the message to them is the
Spiritual poverty is evident in Jesus’ presentation of the parable of the rich fool, Jesus says “…. This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich towards “God “(Luke 12: 21). In Jesus’ statement above, to be rich or poor towards God is not physical neither a material matter. However, to be poor or poverty towards God is the absence of the God factor; lack of consciousness of the existence and will of, relationship with and obedience to God. Conversely, the expression of being ‘lost’ in Luke 19: 9 – 10, is one kind of spiritual …show more content…
However, it’s spiritual poverty for those in the community of faith when they fail to observe what the Lord of the church commands. They follow not in consonant and obedience with God’s agenda but set and follow personal agenda to suit their purpose. Typical passages that talks on this includes: Not everyone who say to me ‘Lord, Lord; will enter the kingdom of heaven but only he who does the will of my father who is in heaven (Matthew 7:21), if anyone dose not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers: such branches are picked up’ throw into the fire and burned (John 15:6). Fruitlessness is also described in Revelation 2: 17- 18 saying, ‘you say I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing. But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white cloth to wear, so you cover your nakedness….). The recipient of this message sees poverty solely in the context of the material possession, but the message to them is the