DrDeanCrosby
Christian Counslor
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif]Well let's see,where should we start? Just so many reasons its hard to know where to start let alone where to end isn't it? Why don't we just run through the alphabet of national sins starting with abortion,[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Number of American abortions per year: 1.37 Million
Number of American abortions per day:Approximately 3,700[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif] and then skip merrily through the increasingly popular homosexual mass movement and end up very logically with x-rated videos;the United States being the world's largest producer of pornography.However new economic statistics released just several days ago make it abundantly clear that the primary reason for the spiritual demise of most Americans will be under "w",wealth.[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif]According to statistics from the World Bank, 56 percent of the world's population lives in extreme poverty. They survive on an income of less than $730 per year or $2 per day. Half of the worlds poor who comprise 28 percent of the world's population live on $1 or less per day. In comparison, the average American earns up to 92 times more than half the world's population.Even worse,the cultivation of a third of the world food supply is much more labor intensive and therefore more expensive than food grown on America's mechanized farms. Yet, American's spend an average of $3,400 per year per person on food and beverages. Amazingly,that is 365 percent more than the total average income of over half the people in the world!!
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Ok let's get a little personal now.If your income puts you in the bottom 5% of American citizens,with 95% of all Americans earning more than you do,you still have more income than two-thirds of the world's population.Even more astonishing,if your after-tax income is only $34,000,you are in the top one (yes 1) percent of the world's population for accumulation of wealth.
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[FONT=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif]Consistently throughout the Bible Jesus condemns the wealthy,not even once approving of them. His condemnation extended even to specific threats of hell.
Matthew 19:23-24
New King James Version
23 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif]Here is the uncomfortable truth:[/FONT]
Matthew 6:21
New King James Version
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif]This teaching looks like its scheduled for testing during the upcoming presidential election in the United States due to a debate over the wisdom of the government benefiting the rich or the poor as Jesus has commanded us to.[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif]MATTHEW 19:21[/FONT]
New King James Version
Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
It's as if Jesus is looking for proof of our faith by saying "show me the money."
We should not be at all surprised that the candidate who believes we should just ignore Jesus' teaching on wealth is a Mormon whose church teaches that not only is Satan the brother of Jesus but even better from his perspective,when he dies he will receive salvation through Ex-"Prophet" Joseph Smith and be turned into an actual god himself,presumably competing with the real God .Man what a great religion is that or what? Just about as good as getting 70 virgins in heaven which the Muslims are offering me.Hey can I think it over for a day? I mean those 70 virgins sure are tempting.I'm going to look for an Islamic terrorist dating site so I can see if I can find all their photographs.
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif]In most churches in the United States ministers primarily teach their congregations to devote their lives to their families or their country and its genocidal wars.But what is the biblical teaching?[/FONT]
Matthew 10:35-39 (Amplified Bible)
35For I have come to part asunder a man from his father, and a daughter from her mother, and a newly married wife from her mother-in-law.36And a man's foes will be they of his own household.37He who loves [and takes more pleasure in] father or mother more than in Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves [and takes more pleasure in] son or daughter more than in Me is not worthy of Me;38And he who does not take up his cross and follow Me [cleave steadfastly to Me, conforming wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying also] is not worthy of Me.39Whoever finds his [lower] life will lose it [the higher life], and whoever loses his [lower] life on My account will find it [the higher life].
TAKE AWAY REALIZATION: Dedication to God is characterized by the expenditure of love,time AND money;exactly what most people lavish on their lust of the flesh spouses,leaving God with the left over scraps from their lives of selfish indulgence.
SOLUTION:With the help of the Holy Spirit fill your mind with so much of the overwhelming love of Jesus that you are willing to give away your wealth to serve Him by physically showing His love and compassion to the truly in need as well as supporting effective evangelistic ministries.:applause:
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Number of American abortions per year: 1.37 Million
Number of American abortions per day:Approximately 3,700[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif] and then skip merrily through the increasingly popular homosexual mass movement and end up very logically with x-rated videos;the United States being the world's largest producer of pornography.However new economic statistics released just several days ago make it abundantly clear that the primary reason for the spiritual demise of most Americans will be under "w",wealth.[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif]According to statistics from the World Bank, 56 percent of the world's population lives in extreme poverty. They survive on an income of less than $730 per year or $2 per day. Half of the worlds poor who comprise 28 percent of the world's population live on $1 or less per day. In comparison, the average American earns up to 92 times more than half the world's population.Even worse,the cultivation of a third of the world food supply is much more labor intensive and therefore more expensive than food grown on America's mechanized farms. Yet, American's spend an average of $3,400 per year per person on food and beverages. Amazingly,that is 365 percent more than the total average income of over half the people in the world!!
[/FONT][FONT=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif]
Ok let's get a little personal now.If your income puts you in the bottom 5% of American citizens,with 95% of all Americans earning more than you do,you still have more income than two-thirds of the world's population.Even more astonishing,if your after-tax income is only $34,000,you are in the top one (yes 1) percent of the world's population for accumulation of wealth.
[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif]Consistently throughout the Bible Jesus condemns the wealthy,not even once approving of them. His condemnation extended even to specific threats of hell.
Matthew 19:23-24
New King James Version
23 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif]Here is the uncomfortable truth:[/FONT]
Matthew 6:21
New King James Version
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif]This teaching looks like its scheduled for testing during the upcoming presidential election in the United States due to a debate over the wisdom of the government benefiting the rich or the poor as Jesus has commanded us to.[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif]MATTHEW 19:21[/FONT]
New King James Version
Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
It's as if Jesus is looking for proof of our faith by saying "show me the money."
We should not be at all surprised that the candidate who believes we should just ignore Jesus' teaching on wealth is a Mormon whose church teaches that not only is Satan the brother of Jesus but even better from his perspective,when he dies he will receive salvation through Ex-"Prophet" Joseph Smith and be turned into an actual god himself,presumably competing with the real God .Man what a great religion is that or what? Just about as good as getting 70 virgins in heaven which the Muslims are offering me.Hey can I think it over for a day? I mean those 70 virgins sure are tempting.I'm going to look for an Islamic terrorist dating site so I can see if I can find all their photographs.
[FONT=verdana, helvetica, sans-serif]In most churches in the United States ministers primarily teach their congregations to devote their lives to their families or their country and its genocidal wars.But what is the biblical teaching?[/FONT]
Matthew 10:35-39 (Amplified Bible)
35For I have come to part asunder a man from his father, and a daughter from her mother, and a newly married wife from her mother-in-law.36And a man's foes will be they of his own household.37He who loves [and takes more pleasure in] father or mother more than in Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves [and takes more pleasure in] son or daughter more than in Me is not worthy of Me;38And he who does not take up his cross and follow Me [cleave steadfastly to Me, conforming wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying also] is not worthy of Me.39Whoever finds his [lower] life will lose it [the higher life], and whoever loses his [lower] life on My account will find it [the higher life].
TAKE AWAY REALIZATION: Dedication to God is characterized by the expenditure of love,time AND money;exactly what most people lavish on their lust of the flesh spouses,leaving God with the left over scraps from their lives of selfish indulgence.
SOLUTION:With the help of the Holy Spirit fill your mind with so much of the overwhelming love of Jesus that you are willing to give away your wealth to serve Him by physically showing His love and compassion to the truly in need as well as supporting effective evangelistic ministries.:applause: