Many calling themselves
Christian are cliquish.
They must feel somewhat insecure with their brand of Christianity.
Christ's brand is different:.Luke
14:12-14;
Proverbs 19:4.
Einstein
made a lot of money. He preferred to remain in the old three story 1900's
type house in which he was born because he said that he believed that we
should only take what is necessary for us to get through life. He was benevolent.
He understood
the difference
between needs and wants..(?)
Idol also means
vanity,
nothingness, giving more attention
to that which is ultimately
nothing.(Ecclesiastes
5:15;
Psalms 49:10,17;
1Timothy
6:7).like
the Tower of Babel became.
The things of vanity do nothing to make one's character better and simply
waste time, precious time that could be used for purposes
on utmost importance:.Ecclesiastes
6:11.
As Billy Graham.(graham-assn.org).once
said."I've never
seen a hearse with a U-haul behind it."
People need to realize just
why
they are here.
When it comes to giving charity,
some people stop at nothing! The big problem is not the have's or
the 'have nots', it's the 'give not's'. Beware of the 'spiritual' one with
an open mouth and a closed pocketbook toward compassion. There are many
people whose hearts bleed for the poor, but their pocketbooks do not! To
worry about what you cannot help is useless. To worry about what you can
help is stupid! To avoid helping where you could is selfish.
The dearest things to many
of us should be the condition that other lives may be in.(why?),
but among those of ordinary consciousness those things are often avoided.
It's when others in need are completely left off with that our lives become
out of balance; that is, exchanging love opportunities for selfish pursuits.
Our partner, our children, our jobs are surely very important to our life
here. But for some, greed for more money, the appearance of the house,
the impression upon others we may make, the vacations and various other
time consuming interests like TV, hobbies, sports, hunting and what have
you, take precedence,.always.
Being human, it's easy to become out of balance, preferring physical concerns
of the self to the more important spiritual side. When selfish efforts
constantly override the crying needs
of others, we are out of balance:.Philippians
2:4,21; Mark
10:29; Ephesians 5:14. Selfish
living is 'out of balance living' and anything out
of balance has its consequences.
As long as you are not addicted.(Proverbs
1:32).to
anything apart from the Creator, you're well on your way to a
great position in this spiritual realm:.Matthew
6:24-34.("take
no thought".here
means not to have undue concern for things, or, don't worry, God is looking
after you).
He is
our sustenance.(Matthew
6:33;
1Peter 1:18-21; 2Peter
1:3,4; 2Corinthians 3:5;
9:8),
so we can sustain others who may not yet know Him or have yet to be blessed
by Him:.John
13:35 "By this.(and
not
by this).all
men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one to another."
Nature has been set up to
use principles to bring into
and sustain all there is.
Trust Him and press on with
your life. Selfish people can become discontent over many things:.James
3:1; 5:9. Yet we have
so much.
Consider
these two 4-5 year old girls sleeping in an alley.
Contrast: Believes in the
sustenance of the Infinite; believes in his own wealth, power and influence?
This type of person doesn't realize the truth:.John
15:5; Philippians 2:3,4.
Proverbs
28:26; Revelation 3:17.
We are a special people
to God, for a special purpose:.1Peter
2:9. Will this be said of each of us individually?.Matthew
25:21
Philippians
3:8 "Yea doubtless and I count all things but loss for the excellency
of the knowledge of Christ Emmanuel my Lord for
whom I have suffered the loss of all things and do count them but dung.(excrement,
poop), that I may win Christ."
How many view what they have
in comparison to an effort to become Christ like as Paul did, viewing what
he possessed as worthy of that needing a toilet flush in comparison to
winning the higher consciousness that was Christ's purpose in revealing
the Father, gaining for himself all
that Christ is like?
The danger in money is not
in having a lot of it.(see
'Prosperity'),
but its selfish use:.1Timothy
6:10; Luke 12:15-33..?
"Serving
mammon" is placing too high a value, in comparison with your relationship
with the Creator, upon the importance money has in maintaining a lifestyle,
as explained above. We need to take a look at what we are doing in life:.2Corinthians
13:5.
Money is like manure, does
little good until spread around!
We must not wait for God's
government to become loving to people:.Micah
4:4,5.
Interest upon money loaned
from individual accumulations.(whether
stored in a bank or not {in a bank it's no
longer your money but now
theirs and you are regarded as
a creditor of the bank, subject to
their new creditor rules that
you weren't told about; ask about seeing their creditor rules}).is
ok.(Luke
19:23), but not when
the poor need money:.Exodus
22:25; Leviticus 25:35-37.
The Creator has given wealth
to all the Earth.(resources,
etc.).to
be available for all those on it. The Earth's wealth belongs to all.
As long as need exists, money should be created to make it possible to
mine the resources available to uplift all:.Psalms
4:2 ".....how long will you turn my glory into shame; how long will
you love vanity
and leasing.(original
Hebrew for 'leasing' is 'falsehoods, deceptive things')?
Selah.".Romans
6:21; Isaiah 5:18. Also
Psalms
24:4;
94:11;
144:4;
Ecclesiastes
1:14; Isaiah 44:9; Jeremiah
2:5; 2Corinthians 6:16,17.(does
not mean in verse 17 to move away from them as some cults
may believe).
