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Old 03-15-2007, 01:36 PM
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Default Christians and money

Someone please help me. I try to follow Jesus and his teachings and the Bible. What do the passages below mean?

Why do so many Christians not talk more about helping the poor? And if it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to go to heaven, is it not important to stress not wealth but love?

Why not, for example, buy the least expensive car that suites your needs? A Toyota Corolla will get 4 people around just like a Mercedes will.

There are about 2,100 references to helping the poor in the Bible.

Mathew 19:21
If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven.

Mark 10:21
One thing you lack, go sell everything you have and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven.

Matthew 6:19
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on Earth.

Matthew 6:24, Luke 16:13
You cannot serve both God and money

1Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil

Hebrews 13:5
Keep you lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”

Psalm 113:7
“He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ashes.”

Proverbs 19:17
He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and He will reward him for what he has done.”

Thanks,

Teft
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