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Posted on 12/19/13 at 10:55 am to cas4t
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“All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty” (14:23).
“Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth. He who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son” (10:4,5).
Posted on 12/19/13 at 10:55 am to Stonehog
For those who think it is a sin to be rich, I encourage you to read the story of Job. A quick summary:
1. Job is a very wealthy and well-known man in his region
2. Satan claims that Job is such a good person because of his riches, and that he would curse God if he lost his wealth.
3. God agrees to Satan's challenge, with the one condition that he is not allowed to kill Job.
4. Satan kills off Job's family, destroys his estate, and takes away everything Job once had.
5. Job remained faithful despite everything that had happened.
6. God blessed him with even more than he originally had in the beginning.
If being rich was a sin, why would God Himself bless Job with so much wealth? Truth is, being rich is not a sin. It's what you do with your wealth that has the potential to be sinful. If wealth becomes your focus instead of God, or if you don't help others who might need help, then that is where problems arise. But the idea that God doesn't want us to be successful and wealthy in this life is silly
1. Job is a very wealthy and well-known man in his region
2. Satan claims that Job is such a good person because of his riches, and that he would curse God if he lost his wealth.
3. God agrees to Satan's challenge, with the one condition that he is not allowed to kill Job.
4. Satan kills off Job's family, destroys his estate, and takes away everything Job once had.
5. Job remained faithful despite everything that had happened.
6. God blessed him with even more than he originally had in the beginning.
If being rich was a sin, why would God Himself bless Job with so much wealth? Truth is, being rich is not a sin. It's what you do with your wealth that has the potential to be sinful. If wealth becomes your focus instead of God, or if you don't help others who might need help, then that is where problems arise. But the idea that God doesn't want us to be successful and wealthy in this life is silly
Posted on 12/19/13 at 10:56 am to Stonehog
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If you're a Christian then it's impossible to be rich. If you're rich and you don't give everything to the poor except for your "daily bread," that's a sin.
You can't accumulate wealth and still be a Christian.
Link?
Posted on 12/19/13 at 10:57 am to cas4t
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“Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.” (Prov 30:8-9)
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Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality. At the present time your plenty will supply what they need, so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. Then there will be equality, as it is written: ‘He who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little did not have too little.’ ” (2 Cor 8:13-15)
Sounds like Jesus was a communist.
Posted on 12/19/13 at 10:58 am to Stonehog
You're putting words in Jesus' mouth (definitely a sin)
Posted on 12/19/13 at 10:58 am to Stonehog
It sounds more like the Bible contradicts itself.
Posted on 12/19/13 at 10:58 am to cas4t
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Proverbs 10:22 says, “The blessing of the Lord brings wealth
You think that means money?
Posted on 12/19/13 at 10:59 am to Stonehog
The fact that this is getting so much attention is stupid. Who gives a rats arse that a guy got fired/"Suspended" for saying something on a public platform that his bosses didn't agree with?
eta: Wasn't directed at you stone. Towards everyone that is over reacting.
eta: Wasn't directed at you stone. Towards everyone that is over reacting.
This post was edited on 12/19/13 at 11:01 am
Posted on 12/19/13 at 11:00 am to cas4t
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It sounds more like the Bible contradicts itself.
If read in the proper context, it actually does not.
Posted on 12/19/13 at 11:01 am to sorantable
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You're putting words in Jesus' mouth
Better than a penis or man's anus, amirite?
Posted on 12/19/13 at 11:01 am to The Spleen
Jesus was a boob man
Posted on 12/19/13 at 11:03 am to Stonehog
wealth can be possessions or money?
Posted on 12/19/13 at 11:04 am to sorantable
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If read in the proper context, it actually does not.
who's to say what proper context is?
Posted on 12/19/13 at 11:04 am to cas4t
You'll get nothing and like it
Jesus was Judge Smails
The Gentiles are Spaulding
Jesus was Judge Smails
The Gentiles are Spaulding
Posted on 12/19/13 at 11:05 am to DMagic
Posted on 12/19/13 at 11:06 am to cas4t
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who's to say what proper context is?
History. What comes before. What comes after. Who said it. Who they were saying it to. Whey they were saying it.
It's not as black and white as it seems to people that are just interested in proof-texting the scriptures to use in an argument.
Posted on 12/19/13 at 11:07 am to cas4t
Here's the thing: Let's pretend for second that the verse in question is talking about worldly possessions. If the blessing of The Lord brings you wealth, then it's a sin not to share that wealth with the poor until all you have is shelter, clothing, and your daily bread.
Posted on 12/19/13 at 11:07 am to cas4t
wow
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Luke 18:25
For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
Posted on 12/19/13 at 11:07 am to Stonehog
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it's a sin not to share that wealth with the poor until all you have is shelter, clothing, and your daily bread.
Where are you getting this from?
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