Was Jesus a Socialist?

Pastor Mark responds to those who may think that Jesus was a socialist. You think this is far fetched? Well, it isn't. To the casual observer, it may appear that Jesus was all about providing for the common man, sharing equally no matter what, and paying homage to the state. But he was far from that! Listen and learn what Jesus was according to the bible - the answer might surprise you!

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Notes:
The Four Means or Factors of Production and their Payments:

Socialism = Command Economy the State owns "Marxism/Communism" / or controls "Fascism/National" Socialism  the means "Factors" of Production.

Capitalism = private ownership of the means Factors of Production

“Socialism… is not the pioneer of a better and finer world, but the spoiler of what thousands of years of civilization have created. It does not build; it destroys. For destruction is the essence of it. It produces nothing, it only consumes what the social order based on private ownership in the means of production has created.” --Ludwig von Mises, "Socialism" (1922). Mises adds, socialism amounts to a “revolt against economics.”

“How’s that working out for you?” –Dr. Phil or, as Jesus taught, “By their fruits ye shall know them Matthew 7:20.

1789-1815 (French Revolution) - 1989 (1991, The Fall of the Soviet Union).  100 years of revolution.

According to economist Dr. Thomas Sowell, Helping the Poor: Church/Religious Institution; 6 cents to deliver $1.00 of service; United Way; 24 cents to de liver $1.00; The State $3.00 to deliver $1.00.

“No ancient person is like a modern person. ... A first-century pagan is more like Jesus of Nazareth than is any 21st -century Christian. If we do not respect the absolute otherness of the past, we’ll never find the ancient people whom we search for.” –Dr. Paula Fredriksen of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

PRINCIPLE: Focus on Jesus (Christology), not on the 1830s-1840s term "Socialism."