No Poor Among Them

This is book 6 of the Pillars of Zion Series. This book questions our attitude toward wealth-seeking and accumulating and our treatment of those who live in poverty. In the end, how we answer these questions determines whether or not we are Zion people. The principles outlined in this book describe how to achieve unequalled abundance the Lord’s way while not devolving into Babylon.

It explores the following topics:

•Introduction: Dream of a Better World
Giving Opens the Doors to Blessings
Laying the Foundation
Lessons from the Good Samaritan

•Chapter 1: Ultimate Test—God or Mammon
Test of Riches
Only the Pure in Heart Can Pass This Test
Lord’s Willingness to Be Tested
Consecration Is All about Love
A Coming Change of Orders
Conclusion

•Chapter 2: Thou Shalt Not Covet—Last Law
Covetousness—Last Law
Higher and Lower Laws of Prosperity
More Weighty Matters
Trying to Mix Mammon and Zion
Warnings Against Compromise
Making Mammon Holy
Mormon’s View of the Last Days

•Chapter 3: First Commandments of This Dispensation
No Security in Mammon
Slippery Treasures
Lazarus and the Rich Man
Nothing Compares to the Danger
Take Heed and Beware of Covetousness

•Chapter 4: Lessons in the Scriptures Concerning Wealth
Scriptural Description of the Last Days
Scriptures about Idolatry and Wealth
Scriptures about Seeking Wealth and Forgetting God
Scriptures about Mammon, Inequality, and Divisiveness
Scriptural Evidence That the Lord Despises the Selfish Rich

•Chapter 5: Persecuting the Poor
Wo unto the Rich Who Despise the Poor
They Rob the Poor
Building Personal Sanctuaries
Wealth-Seeking—Sin That Hinders and Destroys the Church
Ugliness of Inequality Contrasted with the Beautiful Work of Angels
Withholding from and Judging the Poor Harshly
Evil of the Age: Life for Money
A Curse on the Daughters of Zion
Blessings for Those Who Rescue the Poor
Poor of the Lord’s People Shall Trust in Zion

•Chapter 6: Consequences of Seeking Wealth and Persecuting the Poor
Loss of the Providences of Heaven
Loss of Priesthood Power and Exaltation
Loss of the Spirit
Loss of Revelation
Loss of Happy Family Life and Spiritual Commitment
Loss of the Lord’s Help
Loss of True Worship
Failure in Our Mission
Loss of Peace
Loss of National Security

•Chapter 7: Who Shall Enter?
What Doth It Profit?
Voice of Seven Thunders
Choosing God over Mammon
Obtaining a Hope in Christ
Freely Ye Have Received, Freely Give
Feeding the Lord’s Lambs
Choosing God’s Marvelous Work over Babylon’s Charms
Invoking the Law of Asking to Receive
Conclusion

•Chapter 8: Becoming the Pure in Heart
Burning Out Impurities
Persecution of the poor
Inequality
Charitable Service Propels Zion
Grace to Grace by Grace for Grace
Lacking for Nothing
If Any of You Lack

•Chapter 9: Charity—Lifeblood of Zion
Charity Defines Discipleship
Keeping and Feeding—Two Tests of Charity
Charity—Lifeblood of Zion
Charity Is Defined by Service
Charitable Service Saves and Exalts
Charitable Service Protects the Giver
Charitable Service Prospers the Giver
Charity Is an Absolute
Charity Is a Gift—Greatest Gift

•Chapter 10: Without Charity We Are Nothing
Charity—Pure Love of Christ
Charity Emerges from Faith and Hope
Charity Transforms the Heart
Charity Promotes Equality, Unity and an Abundant Life
Charitable Service Saves and Exalts
Moroni’s Prayer for Latter-day Charity
Patience and Charity
Charity and Virtue—Essential Elements of Priesthood Power
Charity Draws the Lord Near
Charity Empowers All Gospel Laws

•Chapter 11: Hundredfold Law
Law of Restoration
Struggling with Zion and Babylon Principles
New Math
What Doth It Profit to Cling to Our Property?
Safety and Perfection in Consecration
Hundredfold Law
Freely Ye Have Received, Freely Give

•Chapter 12: Ultimate Abundance, Safety, and Security
True Safety and Security
Obtaining an Abundance in All Things
Telestial and Celestial Wealth
Wealth-seeking is Strictly Forbidden
God or Mammon—Ultimate Test
Abundance and Personal Righteousness
Exceedingly Prosperous