Yep, and it's the same exact thing Christ says when he points out that we must worship in Spirit and truth. He literally contrasts it with the temple in Jerusalem!
When one rightly divides the word, it should be obvious that no temple built with human hands is a temple of God. When we put ourselves first, the spirit of antichrist reigns in our hearts.
That does not detract from the fact that God's word, through the writings of the Bible, calls it (the future temple) "the temple of God".
I agree, it's not the temple Jesus spoke of: of Him the dwelleth within us.
If you don't believe Christ's own words, I can't help you. He plainly points out that "with God all things are possible". He never provides any caveats or exceptions. He never follows up with, "oh, except of course keeping God's commandments which is impossible even with God"
I do believe Christ's own words. And I'm not looking for your help. I was just looking to converse.
Spoken like a true modern day Pharisee. Do you despise money? Mammon is the personification of money. You clearly do not despise money at all. You do not work for what you despise. You are contradicting yourself.
Yes, I despise money. If you knew me as others in my life do, you would know this about me. Someone's reply to me regarding my hatred of money was "you don't have to like it, but you have to respect it".
You are unbelievable arrogant to suggest that I don't hate money, when you have no idea how my life has been or what my views are. I am telling you now (if you didn't catch it before): I hate money.
Yes, I do work for what I despise. As I said, one can hate money and love God while working for money and serving God. If you don't agree, ok.
I'm not contradicting myself, I stated it plainly. You have no idea if I gave away my possessions, if I have my own home, if I've ever chosen to be homeless, yet you are talking as if you know me. You are unbelievably arrogant.
You are clearly not repelled by money. You do not spurn or shun money. You are contradicting yourself. There is no effective difference between serving and working for money. Again, Christ is clear you can serve only one. He clearly points out that you will not worry about where your next meal is coming from when you have no money.
I am repelled by this world too, yet I haven't killed myself. Does that mean I clearly don't hate this world?
How do you know if I don't spurn or shun money? How do you know if I haven't given all of it away? You have no idea and yet you speak as if you know. Don't you know what arrogance is? Don't you know what ignorance is?
I disagree that there is no difference in serving and working for money. If I were to focus my life on making money, to gain as much as possible, then I would agree with you in that I serve and work for money. If money isn't my focus, I am not serving it.
Serving money means to make it a central point in one's life, to focus on it. I do not do that, by evidence of how I've chosen to live my life.
You have a serious issue with thinking you know what I've done, what I've chosen, simply because I "work for money", when I work.
Only Jesus' opinion of me counts to me.
Yep. You don't seem to comprehend the meaning of the word itself. I see what I'm doing; you don't. That's what makes you a hypocrite. You justify your way which Christ points out is "an abomination".
Now I don't know what "money" means? Heh, that's funny.
Christ said, in 1 Timothy 6:10 "the
love of money is the root of all evil;
which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."[/QUOTE]
I do not love money, for the umpteenth time. I do not covet after it. Thus, I am inline with Jesus' teachings.
Matthew 6:24 "No man 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. Ye cannot serve God and mammon."
I hate mammon/money, and love God. I do not serve mammon/money, I serve God.
Therefore, I uphold Jesus' teachings.
Right, and you're not asking for forgiveness for serving Mammon. He will oblige you and allow you to take your rewards right now.
Sacasm, mixed with ignorance and arrogance from you. Wow, that's a way to conduct yourself...
How do you have any idea what I have and have not asked forgiveness for? How can you possibly make the claim "you're not asking for forgiveness" about anything?
I never said any such thing. Where did I say I am a Christian?
When you stated this: "God commands us to have no other gods before him", I took the "us" as meaning that you were a Christian. Are you not a Christian?
Where did I claim that Jesus doesn't cover my sins?
When you stated this: "probably going to hell". You aren't going to hell if Jesus covers your sins.
You participate in the beast system knowing full well what you're doing is dishonest. It is fraud. It's nothing but a glorified Ponzi scheme, and anyone who knows this and continues to participate is either a fraud or a fool.
You are combining my participation in that system as being complicit in that system. I agree that the system is dishonest. If in my participation of that system I am honest in my dealings with it, that doesn't make me dishonest alone.
And by your measure, almost every church and almost all congregants are wrong for existing in this world. Should we not have churces (run by money, paid for by money) now too?
Keep telling yourself that as you continue to rely upon money to get by. The sad irony here is that you've undoubtedly never encountered anyone who relies exclusively upon Christ. Seeing is believing, and you've never witnessed it firsthand. It's a convicting experience that results in immediate revulsion and self loathing. Repentance is a process, but if one is in denial, it will never happen.
Again, I do not rely on money to get by. I rely on Jesus to get by.
Who says I don't self loath? You cannot make the claim that I don't hate myself. Another unbelievably arrogant statement from you.
When one is oblivious to those judgments, it will be a shock to finally wake up after the fact when it is too late.
Yes, I agree, for some it will be.