hopeinGod
A voice crying in the wilderness
- Jul 26, 2004
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I do not see the Lord as being without judgment. He does judge, and as punishment, He will often destroy or tear down in order to build up. This took place in the life of the prodigal son who spent his inheritance in riotous living and ended up living among the swine. Luckily for him, he had a wealthy father as a means of escape. Not all of us do. Some of us were born into poverty, and to get out of it, we had to work hard, save, and invest. If only we'd had a father waiting in the wings to throw a party and slay a fatted calf.
It is a mistake to tell people they can earn a living, even wealth, merely by giving their pittance to a ministry. The giving of the poor has made unscrupulous leaders extermely wealthy.
So, as you write, God never supports poverty. I disagree. He uses anything He must to gain the attention of a spiritually deaf believer, even poverty. He will, and has, torn down and destroyed in order to build that which is more in line with His will, but if that person who was judged for his/her misdeeds refuses to turn to the Lord, the builidng may never take place.
David asked the Lord to neither give him poverty or riches, knowing full well it is within His will to do one or the other for all men. It all takes place in line with His aim in the lives of believers.
It is a mistake to tell people they can earn a living, even wealth, merely by giving their pittance to a ministry. The giving of the poor has made unscrupulous leaders extermely wealthy.
So, as you write, God never supports poverty. I disagree. He uses anything He must to gain the attention of a spiritually deaf believer, even poverty. He will, and has, torn down and destroyed in order to build that which is more in line with His will, but if that person who was judged for his/her misdeeds refuses to turn to the Lord, the builidng may never take place.
David asked the Lord to neither give him poverty or riches, knowing full well it is within His will to do one or the other for all men. It all takes place in line with His aim in the lives of believers.
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