Jesus said, "You can't serve God and money"

[hangover]

He called it mammon. So many "so called" christians claim that Jesus was a carpenter. But it never says that in the bible. It asks if he wasn't a "carpenters son". All through the four gospels Jesus warns of the evils of money. He chases the capitalists out of the temple. He tells the rich man to give away his money. HE SAYS TO PAY YOUR TAXES. He says to give unto Caesar what is Caesar's.

Is there any among you that doesn't work for money? It will be interesting to see you try to justify it.

 

[chikenwing]

He called it mammon. So many "so called" christians claim that Jesus was a carpenter. But it never says that in the bible. It asks if he wasn't a "carpenters son". All through the four gospels Jesus warns of the evils of money. He chases the capitalists out of the temple. He tells the rich man to give away his money. HE SAYS TO PAY YOUR TAXES. He says to give unto Caesar what is Caesar's.

Is there any among you that doesn't work for money? It will be interesting to see you try to justify it.

Jesus states that its the love of money,or serving the wrong master,not money in itself,he is also referring to abiding by the authority in place,for him it was the Romans,today its what ever governing body is in charge where you are.

Money is not evil it is the love of it. there is no justification required,but then you already knew that.

 

[hangover]

He called it mammon. So many "so called" christians claim that Jesus was a carpenter. But it never says that in the bible. It asks if he wasn't a "carpenters son". All through the four gospels Jesus warns of the evils of money. He chases the capitalists out of the temple. He tells the rich man to give away his money. HE SAYS TO PAY YOUR TAXES. He says to give unto Caesar what is Caesar's.

Is there any among you that doesn't work for money? It will be interesting to see you try to justify it.

Jesus states that its the love of money,or serving the wrong master,not money in itself,he is also referring to abiding by the authority in place,for him it was the Romans,today its what ever governing body is in charge where you are.

Money is not evil it is the love of it. there is no justification required,but then you already knew that.

Luke 16:13 (NIV) "No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

Mat 6:19-21 (TEB) "Do not save riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal. Instead, save riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in and steal. For your heart will always be where your riches are."

Mark 10:21-27,31 (Jer) Jesus looked steadily at him and loved him, and he said, "There is one thing you lack. Go and sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." But his face fell at these words and he went away sad, for he was a man of great wealth. Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!" The disciples were astounded by these words, but Jesus insisted, "My children," he said to them, "how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." They were more astonished than ever. "In that case," they said to one another, "who can be saved?" Jesus gazed at them. "For men," he said, "it is impossible, but not for God: because everything is possible for God... Many who are first will be last, and the last first."

Luke 14:33 (RSV) "Whoever of you does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple."

Mat 6:24 (NIV) "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

Luke 9:25 (NIV) "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?"

Luke 12:29-34 (Phi) "You must not set your heart on what you eat or drink, nor must you live in a state of anxiety. The whole heathen world is busy about getting food and drink, and your Father knows well enough that you need such things. No, set your heart on his kingdom, and your food and drink will come as a matter of course... Sell your possessions and give the money away to those in need. Get yourselves purses that never grow old, inexhaustible treasure in Heaven, where no thief can ever reach it, or moth destroy it. For where your treasure is, you may be certain that your heart will be there too!"

Money is the greatest distraction from God. Every moment that you spend trying to work for money takes you away from seeking God.

But keep trying to justify it, if it makes you feel better about yourself.

 

[hangover]

I commend the 41 viewers that haven't tried to defend money.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

He called it mammon. So many "so called" christians claim that Jesus was a carpenter. But it never says that in the bible. It asks if he wasn't a "carpenters son". All through the four gospels Jesus warns of the evils of money. He chases the capitalists out of the temple. He tells the rich man to give away his money. HE SAYS TO PAY YOUR TAXES. He says to give unto Caesar what is Caesar's.

Is there any among you that doesn't work for money? It will be interesting to see you try to justify it.

Have gone well out of my way in life to avoid working for money. I work, but not for money. Not because of the Christian view so much as my own view of it being prostitution (doing something only because you're being paid, but if not for ther pay you wouldn't be doing it.)

Have never known wealth and consequently never become dependent upon money to find happiness and joy. As I like to sometimes say, "It's more important to be able to find joy alone in an empty room then have a lot of money." My observation of people with lots of money is they suffer much more than those without since having money naturally means you then fear losing it, whereas the poor don't suffer that same degree of worry. Nor do they require it in order to be happy and content. I'm not against money, so much as against requiring it to be at peace. It's like a crutch or being addicted to some harmful substance.

 

[MisterBeale]

 

[Chuckt]

He called it mammon. So many "so called" christians claim that Jesus was a carpenter. But it never says that in the bible. It asks if he wasn't a "carpenters son". All through the four gospels Jesus warns of the evils of money. He chases the capitalists out of the temple. He tells the rich man to give away his money. HE SAYS TO PAY YOUR TAXES. He says to give unto Caesar what is Caesar's.

Is there any among you that doesn't work for money? It will be interesting to see you try to justify it.

Hangover,

Unless you knew bosses or salespeople who are madly in love with their money, you may not see it.

People are so nice until you start costing them money in the work place. When you start costing them money, you will start to see what it is about.

Most working people work from paycheck to paycheck and in a sense, they have a need but when the mind starts to get controlled by a need then look out because the heart starts to make a convert of the mind.

How much money are you willing to ruin a relationship over? That is the question. Would you get mad over $20? Would you get mad over $100? $200? $500? $1000? When does losing money become an offense?

Chuck

 

[BreezeWood]

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"so called" christians claim that Jesus was a carpenter. But it never says that in the bible. It asks if he wasn't a "carpenters son". All through the four gospels Jesus warns of the evils of money.

no doubt there is a dark side for ill begotten money, particularly when desirous without the latitude for attainment - however the labourer that labours would be far ahead of the proselytizer that never wielded a tool.

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[BGriffin]

I say we need money to keep serving Gods. How can we serve God if we dont stay alive by eating and drinking water? LOL

 

[MisterBeale]

I say we need money to keep serving Gods. How can we serve God if we dont stay alive by eating and drinking water? LOL

Growing food is free. Water is free. Giving love and helping others costs nothing.

Charity is gods work, trade and barter don't necessarily involve money.

 

[chikenwing]

He called it mammon. So many "so called" christians claim that Jesus was a carpenter. But it never says that in the bible. It asks if he wasn't a "carpenters son". All through the four gospels Jesus warns of the evils of money. He chases the capitalists out of the temple. He tells the rich man to give away his money. HE SAYS TO PAY YOUR TAXES. He says to give unto Caesar what is Caesar's.

Is there any among you that doesn't work for money? It will be interesting to see you try to justify it.

Jesus states that its the love of money,or serving the wrong master,not money in itself,he is also referring to abiding by the authority in place,for him it was the Romans,today its what ever governing body is in charge where you are.

Money is not evil it is the love of it. there is no justification required,but then you already knew that.

Luke 16:13 (NIV) "No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

Mat 6:19-21 (TEB) "Do not save riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal. Instead, save riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in and steal. For your heart will always be where your riches are."

Mark 10:21-27,31 (Jer) Jesus looked steadily at him and loved him, and he said, "There is one thing you lack. Go and sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." But his face fell at these words and he went away sad, for he was a man of great wealth. Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!" The disciples were astounded by these words, but Jesus insisted, "My children," he said to them, "how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." They were more astonished than ever. "In that case," they said to one another, "who can be saved?" Jesus gazed at them. "For men," he said, "it is impossible, but not for God: because everything is possible for God... Many who are first will be last, and the last first."

Luke 14:33 (RSV) "Whoever of you does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple."

Mat 6:24 (NIV) "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

Luke 9:25 (NIV) "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?"

Luke 12:29-34 (Phi) "You must not set your heart on what you eat or drink, nor must you live in a state of anxiety. The whole heathen world is busy about getting food and drink, and your Father knows well enough that you need such things. No, set your heart on his kingdom, and your food and drink will come as a matter of course... Sell your possessions and give the money away to those in need. Get yourselves purses that never grow old, inexhaustible treasure in Heaven, where no thief can ever reach it, or moth destroy it. For where your treasure is, you may be certain that your heart will be there too!"

Money is the greatest distraction from God. Every moment that you spend trying to work for money takes you away from seeking God.

But keep trying to justify it, if it makes you feel better about yourself.

You miss his points by light years.,but if that make yuou feel better about yourself have at it.

Once again,its the love of money,not money itself.

Now go and find scripture quotes that are instructional on good stewardship of ones money,and rethink your position.

 

[hangover]

Jesus states that its the love of money,or serving the wrong master,not money in itself,he is also referring to abiding by the authority in place,for him it was the Romans,today its what ever governing body is in charge where you are.

Money is not evil it is the love of it. there is no justification required,but then you already knew that.

Luke 16:13 (NIV) "No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

Mat 6:19-21 (TEB) "Do not save riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal. Instead, save riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in and steal. For your heart will always be where your riches are."

Mark 10:21-27,31 (Jer) Jesus looked steadily at him and loved him, and he said, "There is one thing you lack. Go and sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." But his face fell at these words and he went away sad, for he was a man of great wealth. Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!" The disciples were astounded by these words, but Jesus insisted, "My children," he said to them, "how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." They were more astonished than ever. "In that case," they said to one another, "who can be saved?" Jesus gazed at them. "For men," he said, "it is impossible, but not for God: because everything is possible for God... Many who are first will be last, and the last first."

Luke 14:33 (RSV) "Whoever of you does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple."

Mat 6:24 (NIV) "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

Luke 9:25 (NIV) "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?"

Luke 12:29-34 (Phi) "You must not set your heart on what you eat or drink, nor must you live in a state of anxiety. The whole heathen world is busy about getting food and drink, and your Father knows well enough that you need such things. No, set your heart on his kingdom, and your food and drink will come as a matter of course... Sell your possessions and give the money away to those in need. Get yourselves purses that never grow old, inexhaustible treasure in Heaven, where no thief can ever reach it, or moth destroy it. For where your treasure is, you may be certain that your heart will be there too!"

Money is the greatest distraction from God. Every moment that you spend trying to work for money takes you away from seeking God.

But keep trying to justify it, if it makes you feel better about yourself.

You miss his points by light years.,but if that make yuou feel better about yourself have at it.

Once again,its the love of money,not money itself.

Now go and find scripture quotes that are instructional on good stewardship of ones money,and rethink your position.

Matthew 6:25-34

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

The whole world is fooled into believing in money to survive. Depending on God is much more profitable.

 

[chikenwing]

Luke 16:13 (NIV) "No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

Mat 6:19-21 (TEB) "Do not save riches for yourselves here on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and robbers break in and steal. Instead, save riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in and steal. For your heart will always be where your riches are."

Mark 10:21-27,31 (Jer) Jesus looked steadily at him and loved him, and he said, "There is one thing you lack. Go and sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." But his face fell at these words and he went away sad, for he was a man of great wealth. Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!" The disciples were astounded by these words, but Jesus insisted, "My children," he said to them, "how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." They were more astonished than ever. "In that case," they said to one another, "who can be saved?" Jesus gazed at them. "For men," he said, "it is impossible, but not for God: because everything is possible for God... Many who are first will be last, and the last first."

Luke 14:33 (RSV) "Whoever of you does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple."

Mat 6:24 (NIV) "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

Luke 9:25 (NIV) "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?"

Luke 12:29-34 (Phi) "You must not set your heart on what you eat or drink, nor must you live in a state of anxiety. The whole heathen world is busy about getting food and drink, and your Father knows well enough that you need such things. No, set your heart on his kingdom, and your food and drink will come as a matter of course... Sell your possessions and give the money away to those in need. Get yourselves purses that never grow old, inexhaustible treasure in Heaven, where no thief can ever reach it, or moth destroy it. For where your treasure is, you may be certain that your heart will be there too!"

Money is the greatest distraction from God. Every moment that you spend trying to work for money takes you away from seeking God.

But keep trying to justify it, if it makes you feel better about yourself.

You miss his points by light years.,but if that make yuou feel better about yourself have at it.

Once again,its the love of money,not money itself.

Now go and find scripture quotes that are instructional on good stewardship of ones money,and rethink your position.

Matthew 6:25-34

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

The whole world is fooled into believing in money to survive. Depending on God is much more profitable.

So your a beggar?

Or still living with your parents?


Still missing the whole thing by light years.

 

[hangover]

So your a beggar?

Or still living with your parents?


Still missing the whole thing by light years.
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BWAH HA HA HA HA! You are totally sucked into capitalism, and you say I'm the one missing it. BWAH HA HA HA HA!

You think you actually "earn" what you have, don't you.

You're the rich man that looks down his nose at the beggars, thinking you're sooooo much better. You look down your nose at those that live with their parents. It's amazing what having money does to a soul. Thanks for sharing your narcissism.

 

[chikenwing]

So your a beggar?

Or still living with your parents?


Still missing the whole thing by light years.
Reply With Quote

BWAH HA HA HA HA! You are totally sucked into capitalism, and you say I'm the one missing it. BWAH HA HA HA HA!

You think you actually "earn" what you have, don't you.

You're the rich man that looks down his nose at the beggars, thinking you're sooooo much better. You look down your nose at those that live with their parents. It's amazing what having money does to a soul. Thanks for sharing your narcissism.

Hopeless truly!

 

[Mr Natural]

God is money.

Money is God.

 

[hangover]

So your a beggar?

Or still living with your parents?


Still missing the whole thing by light years.
Reply With Quote

BWAH HA HA HA HA! You are totally sucked into capitalism, and you say I'm the one missing it. BWAH HA HA HA HA!

You think you actually "earn" what you have, don't you.

You're the rich man that looks down his nose at the beggars, thinking you're sooooo much better. You look down your nose at those that live with their parents. It's amazing what having money does to a soul. Thanks for sharing your narcissism.

Hopeless truly!

More like, hopelessly true. But your friend Mr. Clean is with you.

 

[Avatar4321]

There is nothing evil about money. Just don't make it your God. Don't serve money.

Money is a tool. We can use it to serve our needs and the causes of God.

 

[chikenwing]

There is nothing evil about money. Just don't make it your God. Don't serve money.

Money is a tool. We can use it to serve our needs and the causes of God.

Don't waste your time with this one,closed uninformed mind,that thinks it knows.

 

[theword]

He called it mammon. So many "so called" christians claim that Jesus was a carpenter. But it never says that in the bible. It asks if he wasn't a "carpenters son". All through the four gospels Jesus warns of the evils of money. He chases the capitalists out of the temple. He tells the rich man to give away his money. HE SAYS TO PAY YOUR TAXES. He says to give unto Caesar what is Caesar's.

Is there any among you that doesn't work for money? It will be interesting to see you try to justify it.

I work for our Creator 15 hours a day by preaching the true gospel, which is the voice of God by the way, not words in a book. God had me quit working in this world for income back in December of 2008. A month later, I was awarded a $100,000 dollar penalty payment from a Worker's comp insurer that was trying to keep me from Vocational rehab. My lawyer told me that he was very surprised that the insurer, one of two insurers, would pay that penalty because he told me in December of that year that they could easily get out of paying that penalty through loopholes. In fact, he told me soon after the court awarded me this penalty in June of 2007, that most likely I wouldn't get it since there were two insurers involved.

This award money kept me going for two and 1/2 years while He was having me write and speak testimonies from my created existence called the Word of God. This is how our Creator taught me who I was and how He created everything and His eternal plan for all His creation. The money was used for living expenses and the expenses to raise a family with that I was living with in Barcelona, Spain. I had lived their for eight years with limited Worker's comp payments and some painting work I had to do when they stopped giving me payments. I was like everyone else in the world who had to work for a living, or steal it from the government or your neighbors like thieves have to work for.

On May 5, 2011, God sent me back to Campbell, CA, with less than $2400 in my account from that Worker's comp money that got eaten up fast in Spain when the dollar was only worth 70 cents to a Euro. I gave my son $600 rent for the first month and a half rent for a bedroom in his apartment until his girlfriend wanted me to leave. This left me with $1800 to get camping equipment and live homeless for the next several months until I sold my guitar for $900. This money run out a few months later through Christmas and on into February of 2012. Then I had to sell my laptop, the only possession I had left that I used to write documents full of words that God had me write for Him to teach me who I was in Him. The person I sold my laptop to only paid me $35 dollars because it required getting a new OS in English. The one I had was in Spanish. This left me with one weeks worth of food until I run completely out of money.

As a totally broke homeless saint at that point, I finally had to depend on God's miraculous ways to keep me fed, clothed and clean. This was the first time that I had absolutely nothing in my life except my body that I had to live in and my sleeping bag to sleep at night. Now I had to wait for every donation that God gave me through people who would come to me and give me a few bucks to make it through the day. I did buy a camp stove that mounted on a propane bottle to heat up food with so that helped to have good cooked meals. By the summer of 2012, I began cooking for some homeless friends of mine that I preached the gospel to earlier.

With no income whatsoever, God had me cooking for up to 20 people every day for the next 18 months with donated food and money that was donated to me from God's other people.

Now I know that Jesus and the other saints didn't need to work in this world to make money for their selfish flesh. God provided for them through donations while He had their flesh testify to our invisible created existence called Christ, or the Kingdom of God. So when we tell our believers that the money of this world is being used for selfish purposes, they know we're not hypocrites like Christian pastors and priests are who make a great living by lying to their followers. They use the Jewish tithing laws that they made up to convince their followers ( Christians ) that God wants them to tithe. These religious leaders live off of their hard earned money by standing up to a pulpit and lie to them for 15 minutes each week, usually on Sunday mornings when they all gather in their false gods ( buildings built with human hands ) to worship a false Christ, the flesh of a saint named Jesus.

So it's not necessarily the money that's evil because we saints need to eat, be clothed and clean, too, but it's the selfish use of money that causes so much misery for the poor people in this world. The poor have no choice but to be poor because the rich steal all their hard earned money by telling them they have to pay tithes and taxes to keep these leaders lying to them with their laws that are contrary to God's laws.

God plans on ending this age soon and all the wealth of this world will be destroyed in His fire. So be it by the will of our Creator.