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Aaron Scott

I am bummed out...

Hon. Dr. in Acts-celeratology Posts: 6036 **12/10/15 11:37 am**

It occurred to me the other day how I would so love to be able to have the ability to pay off a church's debt, send ministers on well-deserved vacations, help pay for a new facility for a church, and so forth.

It came to me that God must not be able to trust me with that amount of money.

Apparently, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Mark Zuckerberg, along with many others, are more trustworthy with money than I am.

At least I would pay tithes.

bonnie knox

[Insert Acts Pun Here] Posts: 14803 **12/10/15 12:07 pm**

Aaron, don't believe the lie that God gives money only to those He can trust with it! (Jesus let Judas keep the bag even though He knew Judas was a thief.) There are rich people doing good things with their resources and rich people doing bad things with their resources. The same goes for poor people.
I have heard many people say they wish they had more so that they could do more. I've felt that way myself. The root of that, however, is discontentment. "Contentment with godliness is great gain."
Don't be bummed. I think it is better to say, "I will use my resources, great or small, to the furtherance of the kingdom."

(I am not discounting the parable of the talents, but I'm decrying the superficial claim by prosperity preachers that all trustworthy people will get gobs of money.)

Aaron Scott

Bonnie...amen.

Hon. Dr. in Acts-celeratology Posts: 6036 **12/10/15 1:42 pm**

I hear you, my sis.

I will take it to heart.

Cojak

01000001 01100011 01110100 01110011 Posts: 24282 **12/11/15 12:08 am**

Mr GAtes came up with something that had never been heard of. Something so revolutionary it really was NEW, He called it windows.

I suggest you come up with Doors!

I was familiar with computers at the time and I thought the concept was very crazy. That is why I never accumulated the billions. But he did trust me with thousands and did not take it away and give it to Bill. Embarassed

Thank the LOrd.
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Aaron Scott

Cojak...

Hon. Dr. in Acts-celeratology Posts: 6036 **12/11/15 10:08 am**

JLarry

Aaron

Acts Mod Posts: 3346 **12/11/15 10:17 am**

My wife and I started out with nothing.

Here we are 46 years later and we still have most of it.
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Aaron Scott

I am now working on my second million...

Hon. Dr. in Acts-celeratology Posts: 6036 **12/11/15 1:41 pm**

I gave up on the first one. (SMILE)

JLarry

My Daddy said

Acts Mod Posts: 3346 **12/11/15 2:10 pm**

He heard that the first million was the hardest to make, so he is working on his second million.

In Metro Jasper a million should be no problem!
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