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- Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:40 pm
- Forum: Questions for Christians
- Topic: Wealth and Poverty
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7176
Re: Wealth and Poverty
Yes, he is physically impaired. Due to complications from diabetes and a bad heart, his right leg had to be amputated almost two years ago. He was never officially terminated from his job so he doesn't meet the requirements for unemployment. His insurance won't lift a finger because it was all a re...
- Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:49 pm
- Forum: Questions for Christians
- Topic: Wealth and Poverty
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7176
Re: Wealth and Poverty
If you think of things in terms of eternity, prospering or not prospering on earth for 50-60 years max is like a millisecond compared to what your eternal reward or punishment is (and the Bible does indicate that we are rewarded and punished based on our deeds in addition to our placement in heaven...
- Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:46 pm
- Forum: Questions for Christians
- Topic: Wealth and Poverty
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7176
Re: Wealth and Poverty
I love my friend, we grew up together, but he is getting nothing from the government, the insurance companies, the church nor responses from God. I'm all he's got and I'm not a rich man by any stretch of the imagination and the help I'm giving him is starting to strain my finances and my marriage. ...
- Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:11 am
- Forum: Questions for Christians
- Topic: Wealth and Poverty
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7176
Re: Wealth and Poverty
the church nor responses from God. I'm all he's got and I'm not a rich man by any stretch of the imagination and THE HELP I'M GIVING HIM is starting to strain my finances and my marriage. I want you to notice the part I uppercased in your words. You SHOULD help him. That's the right thing to do. In...
- Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:36 am
- Forum: Questions for Christians
- Topic: Wealth and Poverty
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7176
Re: Wealth and Poverty
Jac3510 wrote:
God is vindicated. But to prove this case, God has to grant us free will. He has to let humanity run its course. He has to let the wicked have their way for now.
THAT is why the wicked prosper and the righteous suffer.
That Bites.
- Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:48 am
- Forum: Questions for Christians
- Topic: Wealth and Poverty
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7176
Re: Wealth and Poverty
I'm sorry, just as you have shown prosperity may mean being successful or thriving, "especially:" economic well-being, but not "only" economically. The point I was making earlier is that wealth is not by any means reaching the top... If someone has all the money in the world. Wh...
- Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:49 pm
- Forum: Questions for Christians
- Topic: Wealth and Poverty
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7176
Re: Wealth and Poverty
If God can't be trusted to take care of my needs here on Earth, how can I trust him with something really big like my very soul? This is a disturbing statement, I can't understand believing in God and yet not trusting Him. Our faith in God naturally demands we trust that our lives are safely in His...
- Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:47 pm
- Forum: Questions for Christians
- Topic: Wealth and Poverty
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7176
Re: Wealth and Poverty
Thank you all for your replies. There is much there for me to study and think on. fl, you asked if jac and cross-eyed answered my original concerns. Their responses addressed those concerns, I'm not certain that they answered them. Their responses don't answer why God refuses to help my frined with ...
- Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:24 pm
- Forum: Questions for Christians
- Topic: Wealth and Poverty
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7176
Re: Wealth and Poverty
Pauley, I think I know where you are coming from.. First off, I can assure you in all my years of studying the Bible, God does NOT favor the rich. For that matter He does not favor anyone above another Acts 10:34-35. In fact there are numerous warnings in scripture about the accumulation of too muc...
- Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:34 pm
- Forum: Questions for Christians
- Topic: Wealth and Poverty
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7176
Wealth and Poverty
This is an open question to all who care to respond. I believe there is a God. However I don't understand some things about him. The major question I have is, "Why Does God favor the rich?" I have noticed that the wealthy people of this world never have any problem so severe that they can'...