1 John 3:17 “But who hath this world’s good, and yet seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?” Commentary: Let us look at the word “good.” From the Greek it means the soul and the spirit. The Greek word is “Bios” Strong’s #979. Unless you have experienced the love of God you will never have compassion on anyone! The word “bowels” means the spleen meaning sympathy and pity on someone! After Christ came into my life I look for ways to help people! With prayer, financial giving, giving of my time, energy, council and Biblical advice. Real love is always voluntary! Jesus volunteered for the Cross! To choose sacrificial love to benefit others! God has given his commandments and precepts yet we still have to choose them! We have to cast our vote for them! After experiences God’s love obedience becomes an easy choice! God will not force you into his kingdom! Socialism is forcing someone to give up their property earned by work and ingenuity to someone who does not want to work! It is theft of property! Your resources are given to someone who did not earn them! They rob Peter to pay Paul and to pay themselves with the fruit of your labor! It is involuntary forced distribution of your property! God’s way of distribution is voluntary! God has promised us that if we give he will give back to us more than we gave! Pressed down and overflowing! The love of God that we give is multiplied back to us! The love we with hold will die with us! God says we shall not steal nor covet our neighbors stuff! (8th&10th Commandments). Legalized theft is still theft! Socialism is about legalizing evil! Like abortion! Socialism goes back to the Garden of Eden where Adam and Eve although had all the fruit of the garden except one tree stole this fruit that brought death on the entire human race! The penalty of sin is death! The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ! I have a family member who is deceived into thinking he will never physically die? I told him Jesus died! God died and rose again! My Bible says flesh and blood shall not enter the Kingdom of God! I asked him if he thought he was God? Only sinners die so you must be God! I also told him that if you do not die Jesus cannot raise you from the dead! You will miss heaven! God’s gift to the world is to give himself as a sacrifice for you! Socialism is man’s best work to not give but steal what does not belong to him! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com