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Originally Posted by KnightOfSappho
Christ himself DID say that if a person has the faith as small as a mustard seed you can move mountains. It seems to me, based on that, gaining material wealth could easily be seen as falling into the same category.
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The Bible is a spiritual book, so when I study it I see the spiritual lessions that it is teaching. Jesus is saying their is no sin that is too big that if we have even the smalest amount of faith cannot remove.
The Bible is not about physical wealth, but about spiritual wealth. Even in the old testament when God promist physical blessings on the children of Israel, the Israelites were a type of the Church, the true people of God.
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Originally Posted by KnightOfSappho
Now... There are a large variety of Christians because of different belief systems. So I will ask, how it flies in the face of scripture? I have a general concept of course, but I would appreciate hearing what you think.
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Well all one need to do is study the New Testament and see how Paul and many of the Christians were persecuted. Read the Book of Revelation and you will see how some of God's people will be persecuted by what the Bible calls the Beast. The two witnesses that will be cloth in sack cloth, and murdered, does not sound like people were of physical wealth. John the Baptize was cloth in sack cloth and ate locus and wild honey. These are not people of financial wealth.
To have wealth is not a sin in its self; God is the wealthiest being there is, but their must be priority; we, and I'm speaking of Christians must learn humility. we must first show God that no matter how we suffer we will not depart from God. It is not that God love to see us suffer why we must suffer, it’s because God will give us all things. Giving us all things includes His unlimited power and might. Power without humility is a very very dangerous thing to have because we will abuse it. All we need to do is look around us and see the abuse of the very little power the man has and see.
If wealth was a sign of righteousness, then Jesus was not sinless, because He was not a man of physical wealth. In fact His ministry was financially supported by some of the women, I believe Mary or Martha I am not certain which one at this time; it may have been by both. He was a carpenter's son, but the scriptures does not tell us that Jesus spend a lot of time working as a carpenter......He was too busy doing His Father's work.