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Luk 16:13 No servant can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Luk 16:9 And I say to you, Make friends by the mammon of unrighteousness for yourselves, so that when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings. Luk 16:10 He who is faithful in the least is also faithful in much. And he who is unjust in the least is also unjust in much.
Luk 16:11 Therefore if you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust the true riches to you?
Luk 16:12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who shall give you that which is your own?
Luk 16:13 No servant can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Luk 16:14 And being money-lovers, all the Pharisees also heard all these things. And they derided Him.
Luk 16:15 And He said to them, You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
"May the hearse be with you?"
there is a conflict of interest involved when dealing with mammon while attempting to also walk in the spirit
Yea.... I get It... I'm here in Honduras... about 46yrs ago... Building a Church.... !!!Lovely... It's the Human story through out History...
We want just the basics.... Food, Housing, and the Love of our Family and fellow neighbors!
The "Prosperity Gospel" is just another mistranslation of Scripture. It imagines that if we live a righteousl life before God, then God will bless us in all ways, especially materially.I write the title this way so that we all may be educated thru discussion.
KJV refs. Please add verse support in all replies instead of just flaming to other.
I postulate that as being created in the direct image of God The Father that He also blesses us to be prosperous in all ways: in health, in finances, etc.
First is that we as Christians are adopted into the covenant of Abraham . Gal 3.8-9
With that said this then shows Christians can be/will be Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. heb 6.14
Then the parable of the sower.. specifically the 4th part in Luke 8.8.
We bless and multiply by sowing seed from our overflow in each and everyones ministry. This is living waters John 4.10. Remember that the blessings from God only come thru other people. This is the living water that flows thru the world granting grace to those that receive. These blessings should not stop with you but continue to others thru you.
In all of God's creation there is seed. For man this seed is not just procreation
. But includes money, lands, friendships, doing service, giving blessings, etc.
How many watermelons are in 1 seed. Answer innumerable. How many blessings are in your seed. Again the answer is innumerable
Just look at the story of Job
"Poor" is a very relative term, like tall, short, skinny, fat, big, small, etc. It doesn't stand on it's own. It must be in the context of something else. The "poor" people in the U.S. have it far better than the upper middle class in some other countries. One man I saw in a video, who was from India, said a friend of his in India wanted to come to the U.S. When he asked him why, he said he wanted to go to a country where the "poor" people were fat. Evidently, the "poor" here are far better than average people elsewhere. This is born out by the swarms of illegal aliens come across the border. I'm not aware of any other country where everyone wants to migrate to.Bad example... Job was very rich until he started living in fear that his children would curse God and die which happened due to Job's sin of being in FEAR (See Revelation 21:8), then Job turned back unto the Lord and God not only restored his wealth but gave Job more wealth than he had before.
Abraham was very wealthy as were numerous other men of God. Having wealth is not a sin, but it becomes a sin is having wealth changes people can causes them to turn away from the Lord which is why we see numerous warnings that about wealth in God's Word.
God's Word says the love of money is the root of all evil (1 Timothy 6:10), not money itself. Lots of folks that have no money... are guilty of loving money because in their minds they think their problems are caused by a lack on money and all would be well if they could just get some money so they turn top greed instead of walking with the Lord.
God does not want His people to be poor... but since salvation is more important than this world's wealth and most Christians would start living in sin if they had wealth, they cannot be trusted to handle this world's wealth with responsibility... the Lord cannot trust them to have wealth.
God's best is for us to be able to have wealth and it not turn us away from the Lord so we can do good things with wealth. Somethings in this world take money. But, sadly most Christians aren't mature enough in the Lord to handle much responsibility of any kind... so it's best that most be broke. busted, and disgusted living on barely get by avenue.
We have no proof that Job loved money, or anything, above God. It says he was a righteous man. A righteous man cannot put money over God.
I think the problem is that too many pastors overplay the prosperity thing. True, Godly prosperity is having enough for my own and family needs with enough to share when needed. Also I know that if I needed a car or a bigger house to do the work God required of me then I absolutely know that God would provide it.The problem with the prosperity gospel is that it is teaching people to use God to build up their own little kingdoms, not Gods kingdom.Very quickly the whole motivation becomes a stumbling block. But if you look at the testimony of the original Apostles you will see that although the power of God flowed through them, their own secular lives were often one of hardship. They were rejected by the world and they took quite the beating.
Also I know that if I needed a car or a bigger house to do the work God required of me then I absolutely know that God would provide it.