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Pastimes : JESUS and FINANCIAL FREEDOM -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: gregor who wrote (15)	11/4/1997 8:23:00 AM
From: Dr. Stoxx	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1283

OK, so let me play "devil's advocate". I am of the opinion that even a cursory reading of the NT reveals that Jesus had at least an ambivalent attitude toward wealth, if not a hostile one. If Jesus is "God incarnate", then is it not curious that God chose (if God did indeed choose) to be born into a poor working-class family? And that he himself never knew "financial freedom", but was reliant on the generosity of others? And consider: Jesus used stories to teach that it will be very hard, if not impossible, for "rich people" to enter heaven, that it is better for them to give away their riches to the poor for the sake of their own salvation. And in Luke's gospel, Jesus is recorded as saying, "Blessed are the poor" (Matt.'s addition of "in spirit" is considered by scholars to be a later addition). It seems impossible to avoid the conclusion that the purposeful pursuit of wealth and prosperity are counter to the will of God. Responses? Happy trading, TC.