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1 | what's the name it claim it theory? | Gal 5:22 | geevee | 58032 | ||
Hello John Thanks for reasoning together. I wish we all did it more often instead of getting into nasty debates and not listening to each other. Just a comment: You said "Personally the thought of praying for opulence upsets my stomach a little bit. I had better have a good reason." God has given us a good reason. Deut 8:18 says "But you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day." We should all use our wealth for bringing people to the Lord. Missionary work, Churches, etc need money. There are a lot of needs in our local communities. Somehow we have bought the lie that the goal of money is to pile it up and gloat that we have more than the next guy. That's not true at all. Money is a tool which we can and should use to aid ourselves, our family and our community. There's nothing noble about not being in a position to help our local communities. I remember meeting a preacher from Africa. He was/is a big proponent of poverty and why it was wrong to be prosperous. Then he went around collecting money to send medical supplies to his country. Kind of funny, huh? He never realised what money could do to aid his comunity. He was too busy judging people for having it. God Bless You. GeeVee |
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2 | 4th commandment has been done away? | Ps 111:7 | geevee | 58031 | ||
Hello Tim Very well put. I have been meaning to answer this post myself, but could not find the right words to describe it. You explain things very well. God Bless You. GeeVee |
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3 | what's the name it claim it theory? | Gal 5:22 | geevee | 57919 | ||
Kalos Like Retxar, I liked the articles you posted. Appreciate you, Brother and God Bless U. GeeVee |
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4 | Is it by works or by grace? | Luke 11:8 | geevee | 57854 | ||
Thank you Retxar. I stand corrected. GeeVee |
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5 | Is it by works or by grace? | Luke 11:8 | geevee | 57823 | ||
Hi Kalos Here is the Scripture I was quoting. Mark 11:23 "Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him. Mark 11:24 "Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you. If you believe that you have received them, why would you keep asking God again and again for what you believe you have already received? Of course, we should constantly pray prayers of Thanksgiving, but I don't believe you have to pray asking for what we desire, again and again. If my interpretation is wrong, let me know with Scripture. GeeVee |
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6 | Is it by works or by grace? | Luke 11:8 | geevee | 57794 | ||
Hello McGracer I agree with Kango. You only have to pray once asking for what you want. You should, however, constantly pray in thanksgiving, thanking the Lord for all the blessings in your life. Gal 6:7 says " Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." So in order to reap a harvest, we should sow seeds, a lot of them. Mark 4:3-9 says Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: 6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. 7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. 9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Not all our seeds bear fruit, as you can see from above. Which is why it takes persistence while sowing and tending to continue in the face of obstacles. The above scripture strictly refers to sowing the gospel, but I believe is equally valid for any sowing of seeds. If I am off in my interpretation, please let me know. Tending involves setting the right environment for your seeds to grow. Maybe by pulling out weeds. What we can NOT do is to grow the seeds. God grows the seeds. Only He can grow the seeds. With all the knowledge in the world, we can not grow any seed. Mark 4:26-27 says 26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; 27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. So we don't know how anything grows. Only God does. We then reap the harvest. My understanding is as follows: 1. We sow the seeds 2. We tend the seeds. 3. God grows the seeds 4. We reap the harvest. I believe the persistence mentioned in your reference was the persistence of action and not giving up, not the persistence of asking. I guess what is confusing is that in this case the persistence of action involved asking again and again. Hope that helps. GeeVee |
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7 | 1 Tim 6:17 | 3 John 1:2 | geevee | 57693 | ||
Thank you, Justme. Appreciate your note. I am not sure that a color TV was materialistic 30 years ago. Materialisim, I believe, is being in love with money. When Money becomes our God, that is materialism. If that is not the case and I don't love money, am I materialistic if I use money to buy a color TV or a Microwave? I doubt it. These are just trinkets and as far we know our source to be the Lord and use these trinkets merely for enjoyment, I think that is fine. And if I can afford to buy something that somebody else can't, is that materialism? I doubt it. On a related note, does Money make you happy? I think it can. If I am cold and use money to buy a comforter or pay the heating bill, then I would be pretty happy that I am warm. However, this is only for a short time and long time happiness does not come from buying stuff but from serving the Lord and becoming part of his will. Appreciate all your responses. GeeVee ps Here's a joke for you. "Materialism is making 10,000 dollars a year more than I make" |
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8 | 1 Tim 6:17 | 3 John 1:2 | geevee | 57435 | ||
Thank you Searcher for the references. Rev 3:17 refers to a Church who had put money ahead of God. Hebrews 13:5-6 teaches do not covet. 1 Timothy 6:3-9 leads to 6:10 which says that the love of money is the root of all evil. 2 Cor 12:1-10 talks about Paul taking pleasure in his infirmities. Phi 4:10-11 says " But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at last your care for me has flourished again; though you surely did care, but you lacked opportunity. 11 Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content 12 I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." I believe the need he is content with is the care/lack of care from the church, not money. I am not an expert at interpreting this, so I welcome your ideas. Job 1:20-22 shows to us Job putting God before money. I guess the theme of all these passages is to focus on the Lord and not put money ahead of him. The other theme is not to love money. What I wonder is, where does it say you should not have money? As long as the Lord reigns supreme in my life, is being prosperous a bad thing? None of these scriptures glorify being poor as being a better state than being rich. They merely caution against being in love with money or putting money ahead of God. As I remarked before, one could love money whether they are poor or rich. After all did the Lord not bless Abraham with wealth? If being wealthy is so much to be detested, why would the Lord bless Abraham so? Should we then not look at wealth as a blessing from God? Deut 8:18 says "And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day" I learnt from a very wealthy man that the only purpose of wealth is to bring people to the awesome grace of Jesus Christ. Welcome any insights. God Bless U. GeeVee |
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9 | Tithe - Contd ... | Deut 14:23 | geevee | 55246 | ||
Dear Johnny Thank you. This is an excellent post and I appreciate that. God Bless U. GeeVee |
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10 | Code to the Bible? | Bible general Archive 1 | geevee | 54899 | ||
Thank you for the info. I was curios to know more about the topic, not for the sake of mental calistenics. Your point is well taken. It most definitely is the message of salvation and everything else is secondary. GeeVee |
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11 | Tithe - Contd ... | Deut 14:23 | geevee | 54719 | ||
Hi Steve Thanks a lot. That clears a lot of things up for me. I looked up Mathew Henry's Commentary and for those interested, here is what it says: "The productions of the ground were twice tithed, so that, putting both together, a fifth part was devoted to God out of their increase, and only four parts of five were for their own common use; and they could not but own they paid an easy rent, especially since God's part was disposed of to their own benefit and advantage. The first tithe was for the maintenance of their Levites, who taught them the good knowledge of God, and ministered to them in holy things; this is supposed as anciently due, and is entailed upon the Levites as an inheritance." "But it is the second tithe that is here spoken of, which was to be taken out of the remainder when the Levites had had theirs. " "This second tithe may be disposed of, 1. In works of piety, for the first two years after the year of release. They must bring it up, either in kind or in the full value of it, to the place of the sanctuary, and there must spend it in holy feasting before the Lord. If they could do it with any convenience, they must bring it in kind (v. 23); but, if not, they might turn it into money (v. 24, 25), and that money must be laid out in something to feast upon before the Lord. The comfortable cheerful using of what God has given us, with temperance and sobriety, is really the honouring of God with it. Contentment, holy joy, and thankfulness, make every meal a religious feast. The end of this law we have (v. 23): That thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always; it was to keep them right and firm to their religion." "2. Every third year this tithe must be disposed of at home in works of charity (v. 28, 29): Lay it up within they own gates, and let it be given to the poor, who, knowing the provision this law had made for them, no doubt would come to seek it; and, that they might make the poor familiar to them and not disdain their company, they are here directed to welcome them to their houses. "Thither let them come, and eat and be satisfied." In this charitable distribution of the second tithe they must have an eye to the poor ministers and add to their encouragement by entertaining them, then to poor strangers (not only for the supply of their necessities, but to put a respect upon them, and so to invite them to turn proselytes), and then to the fatherless and widow, who, though perhaps they might have a competent maintenance left them, yet could not be supposed to live so plentifully and comfortably as they had done in months past, and therefore they were to countenance them, and help to make them easy by inviting them to this entertainment. " GeeVee |
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12 | The difference between Soul and Spirit? | 1 Thessalonians | geevee | 54565 | ||
Thank you. I should have searched before I posed the question. God Bless U. Geevee |
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