I think we are taught not to put God to the test and do things which require God to act in order to have a successful outcome. What say you?
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Will a million dollars retire you?
- Thread starter rockytopva
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Jesus parable tells us that all we have is the Lord's. We are to work with whatever level of gift God has given us and return more to God than what we were first given. I think this principle goes from birth to death. We never "retire" in the Kingdom.
(Matthew 25:14-30)
“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a long trip. He called together his servants and entrusted his money to them while he was gone. He gave five bags of silver to one, two bags of silver to another, and one bag of silver to the last—dividing it in proportion to their abilities. He then left on his trip. “The servant who received the five bags of silver began to invest the money and earned five more. The servant with two bags of silver also went to work and earned two more. But the servant who received the one bag of silver dug a hole in the ground and hid the master’s money. “After a long time their master returned from his trip and called them to give an account of how they had used his money. The servant to whom he had entrusted the five bags of silver came forward with five more and said, ‘Master, you gave me five bags of silver to invest, and I have earned five more.’ “The master was full of praise. ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together!’ “The servant who had received the two bags of silver came forward and said, ‘Master, you gave me two bags of silver to invest, and I have earned two more.’ “The master said, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together!’ “Then the servant with the one bag of silver came and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a harsh man, harvesting crops you didn’t plant and gathering crops you didn’t cultivate. I was afraid I would lose your money, so I hid it in the earth. Look, here is your money back.’ “But the master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! If you knew I harvested crops I didn’t plant and gathered crops I didn’t cultivate, why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank? At least I could have gotten some interest on it.’ “Then he ordered, ‘Take the money from this servant, and give it to the one with the ten bags of silver. To those who use well what they are given, even more will be given, and they will have an abundance. But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away. Now throw this useless servant into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
I think we are taught not to put God to the test and do things which require God to act in order to have a successful outcome. What say you?
I say the parable of the talents in Matthew 25 teaches us to use what is God's to the fullness of our potential. I say that if God watches over the sparrow he will watch over us.
I say I know of a pastor in Japan whose family truly had to pray for their daily bread and God never failed him.
Why change the subject, why hot explain how you avoid putting God to the test?
It'd retire me......except I'd get bored.Well I don't know if a million dollars will retire me?... But do know one thing, it will make me more comfortable... Brother Glen
Yep. Looks like what they can't agree on is how to spend the most of our money they can.
The federal government is WAY too large. The states are way too dependent on the federal government.
We are looking at funding foreign governments when we can't even find our own.
We have the federal government running our public education system, when that is a responsibility of the State.
We have the FBI becoming a political organization (for all we know, probably always was).
We have both sides lying to us to try and trick us into supporting them.
We have government leaders in debt to those who really put them in office rather than citizens.
It's all corrupt.
I still say let's send @tyndale1946 to DC. He can whip them in shape.
Yeah but think of all the fishing... You could buy a big boat and angle your cares away!... Still bored?... Brother Glen
Ok....so let's make sure we are on the same page.Yeah but think of all the fishing... You could buy a boat and angle your cares away!... Still bored?... Brother Glen
I retire and get to fish. My wife keeps on working so I can get to fish when I retire instead of having to work around the house.
Ok....so let's make sure we are on the same page.
I retire and get to fish. My wife keeps on working so I can get to fish when I retire instead of having to work around the house.
So your wife keeps working?... Are we on the same page?... Brother Glen
Of course.So your wife keeps working?... Are we on the same page?... Brother Glen
Jon!... Flipper?... You can do better than that!... I was expecting Shamu!... Brother Glen
But you can come out fishing with me.You slave driver!... Brother Glen
Folks, did you see where avoiding putting God to the test was addressed. Neither did I.