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1 | Sell what you have-give alms | Bible general Archive 4 | flyman172 | 212250 | ||
Jeff - When you speak of "charitable giving" the impression given is donating old clothes, putting money in the Salvation Army kettle, delivering a box of can foods to the Food Bank, giving a few hundred dollars to a church program for the homeless or making a contribution of several thousand dollars to a local charity. Hardly a process of selling your possessions and giving to the poor. In your own words of you first answer, "The verse has to be considered in the context of the surrounding verses. Jesus is not saying sell all of your possessions, leaving yourself without means of living and giving it all away." Jeff, I am reading it as quite the opposite. Jesus is saying "Sell your possesions and give to the poor" for just as the birds, lilies of the field and the ravens are well looked after by God, God will look after us. We have no need to worry, we have no need for possesions. Jesus said do not be like the rich man who prepared for a good retirement but was not rich with God. Lay not your treasures on earth but in heaven, for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. If you are keeping treasures here on earth, then your heart is there and not in heaven. Jeff, I want to follow my Lord the correct way and if it requires me to sell my possesions and give to the poor, then I must obey. flyman |
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2 | Sell what you have-give alms | Bible general Archive 4 | hopalong | 212259 | ||
From one sinner to another, Take Hope: The Lesson of the Rich Young Ruler How good are you? Does Christianity teach as other religions do to improve ones self to be accepted by God? You can’t be accepted by God by any religious work you do no matter how great it is, what God accepts is to have faith in the Gospel. This is what the Bible teaches us. One day the Pharisees who prided themselves on their works and devotion to God came to Jesus and asked what must we do to do the work of God. Jesus replied: “believe on him who sent.” This destroys any notion of using ones own righteousness for acceptance before God. Isa. 64:6: “All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags.” In other words nothing we can do on our own has God approve of us. In Mk.10:17-22 We find a rich man running to Jesus and kneels asking him, “Good teacher (Rabbi) what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? He recognizes that he does not have eternal life, who better to ask then Jesus. What must I do to have it. He has a works related idea for salvation. To call Jesus good meant a moral perfection in Judaism, not just being a caring kindhearted person. So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.” The emphasis is on THE good teacher which no rabbi was called. Jesus explains that “One there is who is good,” only God who is good in the absolute sense. http://www.letusreason.org/Apolo24.htm |
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3 | Sell what you have-give alms | Bible general Archive 4 | azurelaw | 212271 | ||
Dear hopalong, Amen, a very fine quote that speaks so straight to the problem. Shalom Azure |
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