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Quote from: Lordhermes on June 16, 2023, 02:18:40 PM

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Riches doesn't select religion, every religion in the world has rich and poor people. those that are rich are those practicing the nature law of wealth creation.

be you Christ lie, and you don't have any services you're offering to the world you be poor and still be performing miracles. our lord Jesus never supported lazy Christian, he said he will bless the work of our hands. as Christian we must be rich if only we work and allow God to favour us in our works.

I don't know why some people thinks being rich is not good for christians. I am not a Christian but I know The Bible and i know the story of the old Christians like Abraham, Isaac ,Jacob, Joseph, and David ,even Solomon . all this men were very wealthy during their days , I don't know why some of the people we have in this generation are seeing wealth as something that has nothing to do with Christianity. Riches is part of God's blessing and we can only get this things when we work for them in life but sitting down and waiting for God to bring all this things may not be possible.

Matthew 19:23-26:

Quote from: https://www.biblehub.com/niv/matthew/19.htm

23Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

25When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”

26Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

So, why tempt things by trying to get rich?

The saying of Agur in Proverbs, Proverbs 30:7-9:

Quote from: https://biblehub.com/niv/proverbs/30.htm

7“Two things I ask of you, Lord;
do not refuse me before I die:
8Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.
9Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you
and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’
Or I may become poor and steal,
and so dishonor the name of my God.

The point is, ask for wealth, and work to get it, but remain within God's will and faith at the same time.

After the Pentecost, the new Christian Church people gave their wealth to the Apostles. When the wealth and the management of it grew large, the Apostles turned it all over in trust to the Seven. The Apostles continued in prayer and the ministry of the Word. They understood where true riches lie.

At the same time, God doesn't want you living in poverty. Saint Paul says in 1 Corinthians 7:21:

Quote from: https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/7-21.htm

Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you—although if you can gain your freedom, do so.

It's a balance thing, with the idea of keeping your eyes on true wealth; Matthew 6:20:

Quote from: https://biblehub.com/matthew/6-20.htm

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.