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Lurker from Mars

03/04/09 1:30 PM

#160838 RE: GodsWatchingYou #160836

Money makes the world go round....Money is whats given to charities....money is what puts a roof over your head in modern locations and food on your plate....

ABUSE of money is a root of evil.....
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copper one

03/04/09 1:36 PM

#160841 RE: GodsWatchingYou #160836

I Timothy 6:10---For the LOVE of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it,some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains. Go ETNL copperone
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dffhogs

03/04/09 1:40 PM

#160843 RE: GodsWatchingYou #160836

I stand corrected!
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Specalculator1

03/04/09 11:40 PM

#160887 RE: GodsWatchingYou #160836

Here's to the uplist on the daily by the end of the week or an update to its progress in PR form or on website will be fine.

thank you

IMO, Money is a noun, evil is a verb and love is a verb.

here's some other reading on it.

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You've heard it said that money is the root of all evil, right? Wrong! Turn with me to one of the most misquoted verses in the Bible. Paul was addressing Timothy, as he was preparing him for public ministry. I will read it to you from the Amplifying Bible, Tim. 6: 10 "For the love of money (and all it buys) placed before the love of God (in reality) is the root of all kinds of evil."
Did you catch that? Let me reread it. A clear distinction must be made between THE LOVE of money and money itself. Let this truth sink deep into your spirit. God is not anti-money, or anti-wealth, He is anti-money WORSHIP. He has helped us to identify that moneylove (worship) is the root of all kinds of evil. In fact, as we have discussed before, God's plan is that we are healthy, wealthy, and wise in this world -- as a testimony of His greatness, power, and glory to come.

Wealth is NOT the only measuring stick of our blessing from God. Wealth is an indication that a godly man has his house in order but not a guarantee of spirituality. The world is full of rich men and women who are lost spiritually. On the other hand, the majority of the world's people are both lost and poor. This means that we cannot boast in our wealth, but rather, as Christians we are to learn to be content in whatever station of life we find ourselves.

My point is that the LOVE of money is the critical factor in determining if money is used for good or evil, from God's perspective. What about Mother Teresa you ask? She was certainly a blessed woman without any wealth at all. True. If only we had a planet full of Mother Teresa's. The reality is that she has answered a special call from God to live among the poor, and to minister the love of God unencumbered by the distractions of possessions. There are others called to minister to the middle class, who teach that fulfillment is not to be found in keeping up with the Jones. There are others who are called to minister to the rich, famous, and powerful by demonstrating that money can be used to restore godly principles back into a culture. For example, Sir John Templeton is doing his part to encourage spirituality in society.

The bottom line is that money, like technology, is spiritually neutral. It can be used for good or evil. God always deals with the heart and the motives of the use of money. If the motives are pure then the fruit can be very very good. Let's stop loving things and start loving people. That is the measure of true wealth!




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Duties of Servants and Masters
1All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their own masters as deserving of the highest respect,[a] so that the name of God and our teaching may not be discredited. 2Moreover, those who have believing masters should be respectful to them, because they are fellow believers.[c] In fact, they must serve them even better, because those who benefit from their service are believers and dear to them. These are the things you must teach and exhort.

Rules for Godly Living
3If anyone teaches false doctrine and refuses to agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, and godly teaching, 4he is a conceited person and does not understand anything. He has an unhealthy craving for arguments and debates. This produces jealousy, rivalry, slander, evil suspicions, 5and incessant conflict between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of truth. They think that godliness is a way to make a profit.[d] 6Of course, godliness with contentment does bring a great profit.

7 Nothing to this world we bring;

from it take we nothing.

8 With food to eat and clothes to wear;

content we are in everything.

9But people who want to get rich keep toppling into temptation and are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires that plunge them into destruction and ruin. 10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, in their eagerness to get rich, have wandered away from the faith and caused[e] themselves a lot of pain.

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Lurker from Mars

03/05/09 8:52 AM

#160894 RE: GodsWatchingYou #160836

You know, with the amount of those posting, dare I say, defending money, I wonder if we can be said to BE loving money...LMAO....and therefore evil...

All I know is I need money to do things cuz thats what the world "needs" and if I do not have money, people take things from me and push me to the curb....

Who is evil? Us for wanting ETNL to soar to $4, or the world itself for making money so "needed"....