You believe I cannot be a christian if I stand on the plain words of Christ when he walked this earth
This may be
helpful for prayerful/
Careful consideration:
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...Tomorrow will take care of itself—God will provide. “Consider the ravens...
which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them.” Or, to
put it more briefly:Says Solomon: Consider the ant; she lays up store for
the future.
Says our Lord: Consider the ravens; they don’t! Yet God takes care of them.
This is just where some theologians attempt a solution by trying to explain
away facts. They say that our Lord’s words as recorded by Luke do not
actually mean that we should not prepare for tomorrow’s needs—only that
we should not worry about them.
They argue that the “Take no thought” of verse 22 means only “Take no
anxious thought.” But this explanation is utterly unsatisfactory, for in
verse 29 the Lord adds, “Seek not ye what ye shall eat” while in verse 33
He goes so far as to command His followers: “Sell that ye have, and give
alms.” Strange that these things are not practiced by those who preach
that the teachings of Christ on earth are for our obedience!..." (CR Stam)
FULL study:
The Ant and The Raven - store for the future?
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GRACE And Peace...