We have a divine charge to succor our fellowmen, sharing that which we have with them. We have not been commmissioned to sit in judgment upon them. To excuse our responsibility to serve and share with those in need by passing judgments on them- judgments sired more often by selfishness than godly understanding- is to forfeit the Spirit and place our own salvation in peril.
“His Substance Shall Perish with Him”
In parable Jesus said:
“The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: and he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
“And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
“But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
(Luke 12:16-21.)
To those of our day the Lord has said: “If any man shall take of the abundance which I have made, and impart not his portion, according to the law of my gospel, unto the poor and the needy, he shall, with the wicked, lift up his eyes in hell, being in torment” (D&C 104:18).