Though Jesus interacted with a range of people, He ministered (more than anyone else) among the poor and the marginalised in society. Jesus did not merely interact – He helped them and taught His followers to do likewise. Christians’ willingness to obey Jesus has profoundly shaped our world. The origins of hospitals, schools, countless charities and much international aid demonstrates the significant change made by Jesus.
“The belief that there is a God like the one that Jesus taught of, who says that the most pain-filled, most disabled, most hurting human being carries the image of God, and that it’s an ennobling thing to sacrifice for them. Well, there’s dynamite in that.”
John Ortberg.