The Gap: How does this not become #1 issue for Christians?

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• Exodus 22:20-26 
•       You shall not oppress the poor or vulnerable.  God will hear their cry.
• Leviticus 19:9-10
          A portion of the harvest is set aside for the poor and the  stranger.
• Job 34:20-28
          The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
• Proverbs 31:8-9 
          Speak out in defense of the poor.
• Sirach 4:1-10 
        Don’t delay giving to those in need.
• Isaiah 25:4-5 
          God is a refuge for the poor.
• Isaiah 58:5-7
          True worship is to work for justice and care for the poor and oppressed.
• Matthew 25:34-40 
          What you do for the least among you, you do  for Jesus.
• Luke 4:16-21 
          Jesus proclaims his mission: to bring good  news to the poor and oppressed.
• Luke 6:20-23 
          Blessed are the poor, theirs is the kingdom of  God.
• 1 John 3:17-18
          How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s good and sees one in need  and refuses to help?