Posted on 01/27/2015 10:33:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The OT Book of Job is a teaching lesson that it is okay from time to time to get angry at God and it shows He does have big shoulders.
But do not get bitter though.
Probably.
I remember when a Bible School teacher claims that the church van was out of gas and they ‘prayed’ the gas tank full. She said that everyone in the van witnessed it.
I’d call it either BS or a defective gas gauge. lol
(sorry I’m just cynical like that)
Yup.
I sat through many a Mormon church service where the missionaries told whoppers much bigger than that.
Two words: Three Nephites. These fellas have a special knack for pulling people out of fiery car crashes.
God knows how I hate these prosperity hucksters. I have a sister who suffers moderate mental illness and she is drawn to them like a fly to shite. She lives on poverty wages, yet still gives money to them... I have tried to gently explain to her the wrongness of interpreting the Bible the way they do, and I’ve tried to nudge her towards a reputable preacher like Charles Stanley, or her own, in town pastor, but nope. Their lies draw her.
So she is constantly being hounded by one of them or the other, by phone, or mail, they want money. I’d like to wring their necks.
God doesn’t need money. We need to give our money but as a joyful obedience, not as a bribe. If you give your money with the expectation of getting something back in return, that’s buying not giving.
For instance: If you give your money as a seed to plant a harvest of God’s blessings, you bought that seed and, by God, He better deliver.
i think we can all see the heresy at work here.
There are reportedly a couple of escaped emus roaming the county where I reside in central Virginia. Escapees from a failed emu farm.
Every once in a while the animal control officers get a call about one of them messing around on someone’s property.
Or a van with dual gas tanks...
Well said.
What I am getting at ... is ... if you identify an “organization” that is getting your money (and therefore “God” is not getting it), then where is “God’s bank account” (for those who do want to give their money to God).
OR ... are you saying that NO ONE can actually give money to God (therefore don’t even bother doing that with your US Dollars)?
That brought a huge dose of laughter for me! Thanks!
You cannot give money to God. He has no use for it. You should give money to your church and to charity because it is a fruit of the spirit. Keeping/Hording your money is troubling sign.
Giving your first fruits was a sacrifice. It showed obedience.
So you’re saying God doesn’t want your money, doesn’t take your money and doesn’t need your money. And in fact there is NO WAY to give God your money.
THEREFORE ... my “take-away” from all this is that the ONLY THING people can do (if they want to “give money”) is give money to “organizations” exclusively, since God doesn’t want it.
And ... I guess any organization would do ... since God has nothing to do with the “money business”.
Thanks. I have witnessed people, myself included, who get angry with G_D when he does not answer our prayers or condemn him for the bad things that have happened to us.
But as I have gotten older, I have come to realize G_D allows bad things to happen, sometimes for our own good in the long run. And sometimes we bring bad things upon ourselves by not following his commandments or letting Satan deceive us.
But whatever one believes, G_D is sovereign and will do as he pleases.
both are espoused in catholic teachings in latin america.
we even see a healthy does of it here in America in both catholic and "Christian" churches.
I don’t think you can say “God has nothing to do with money” since He is the source of blessings but more “You can’t give money to God”. I know too many people who justify bad financial decisions by blaming it on God, like giving your money to religious hucksters.
He’s the omnipotent Creator of the Universe, not a vending machine.
You need to give your money, God doesn’t need to get it. If you give your money to Planned Parenthood, it doesn’t mean that God gets it even if you think it does.
If I stood in front with a manageable sign, no one would see it. I would look like a dot in front of the mammoth edifice that is Lakewood. Last time I was in the building it was to see a Rockets game. The building used to be The Summit, home to the Houston Rockets.
When God said in that famous passage in Jeremiah “I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you”, Read it in context
This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place. 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”
This guy is full of horsecrap. I know what I believe, I know what works, faith works.
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