Comments on: Question of the Day http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/09/14/question-of-the-day/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:25:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1-alpha-10188 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/09/14/question-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-8177 Anonymous Sat, 13 Jan 2007 19:11:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/09/14/question-of-the-day/#comment-8177 I asked the same question u asked. So I wish to share my answer I found at this church i'm attending: God is good and just. He gave a lost people a way back, thru Christ, which means more than all the earthly treasures in the world. A loving God of course wants us to be rich in all ways. The eye of the needle refers to the doomed prospect of man, the impossibility of man to enter Heaven by his own power. Following the story of the rich man who couldn't bear to part with his money to follow Christ, Christ added (while man is hopelessly unable to help himself back to the Glory at Eden, due to lust of money and earthly possessions) WITH GOD, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE (for Christ had cometh and in Him a greater glory in which we can receive to be close to God our Father. And believing in Christ today doesn't require anyone to give up their wealth. All it takes is belief in Christ.) This is what my pastor taught us. The eye of the camel isn't an evidence that money/abundance is ungodly. The love of money is ungodly. And in addition, the provision of the Lord is far richer and amazing than the dollars and cents which men has no way of bringing along to his graves. You dun have to take it at face value. My email is infinitenpv@yahoo.com should u have more questions, doubts or pointers to share. I think I can learn a lot from you as well, seeing the content and ur thoughts on ur blog! God bless, P.W. I asked the same question u asked. So I wish to share my answer I found at this church i’m attending: God is good and just. He gave a lost people a way back, thru Christ, which means more than all the earthly treasures in the world. A loving God of course wants us to be rich in all ways. The eye of the needle refers to the doomed prospect of man, the impossibility of man to enter Heaven by his own power. Following the story of the rich man who couldn’t bear to part with his money to follow Christ, Christ added (while man is hopelessly unable to help himself back to the Glory at Eden, due to lust of money and earthly possessions) WITH GOD, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE (for Christ had cometh and in Him a greater glory in which we can receive to be close to God our Father. And believing in Christ today doesn’t require anyone to give up their wealth. All it takes is belief in Christ.) This is what my pastor taught us. The eye of the camel isn’t an evidence that money/abundance is ungodly. The love of money is ungodly. And in addition, the provision of the Lord is far richer and amazing than the dollars and cents which men has no way of bringing along to his graves. You dun have to take it at face value. My email is infinitenpv@yahoo.com should u have more questions, doubts or pointers to share. I think I can learn a lot from you as well, seeing the content and ur thoughts on ur blog! God bless, P.W.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/09/14/question-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-8176 Anonymous Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:02:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/09/14/question-of-the-day/#comment-8176 Frank Zappa said it best: "Jesus thinks you're a jerk". RIP Frank. Leopold B Frank Zappa said it best:
“Jesus thinks you’re a jerk”.
RIP Frank.
Leopold B

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/09/14/question-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-8175 Anonymous Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:49:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/09/14/question-of-the-day/#comment-8175 I tend to think that Christ's statement means that you aren't to worship money above him - I also take that to mean that if God gives you the blessings and rewards of a lot of wealth in this life, it means you should be doing something with it to benefit the Lord. There's a parable Jesus told in which talents were given out to three different people that seems fairly appropriate here... I tend to think that Christ’s statement means that you aren’t to worship money above him - I also take that to mean that if God gives you the blessings and rewards of a lot of wealth in this life, it means you should be doing something with it to benefit the Lord. There’s a parable Jesus told in which talents were given out to three different people that seems fairly appropriate here…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/09/14/question-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-8174 Anonymous Mon, 18 Sep 2006 03:12:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/09/14/question-of-the-day/#comment-8174 I can't think of a better response than what Dorothy Parker said: "If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to." I can’t think of a better response than what Dorothy Parker said: “If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/09/14/question-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-8173 Anonymous Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:35:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/09/14/question-of-the-day/#comment-8173 Jesus would get tossed out of church today. Too "liberal"! Plus, that beard makes him look like a terrorist... Jesus would get tossed out of church today. Too “liberal”! Plus, that beard makes him look like a terrorist…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/09/14/question-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-8172 Anonymous Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:46:00 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/09/14/question-of-the-day/#comment-8172 God wants *me* to be rich. God wants *me* to be rich.

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