Six biblical truths about money...

[goldenfxbrokers]

The Israelites brought gold, silver, bronze, animal hides, Acacia wood, linen, precious stones, spices, incense, and olive oil. These former slaves gave a massive, staggering amount of riches! But, from where did they get it all?

Exodus 12:35 tells us that God gave the Israelites favor in the eyes of the Egyptians so that the Egyptians gave them whatever they ask for—and in this way, they plundered the Egyptians. But, why did God do that? This brings us to the second Biblical truth about money:

We are managers—not owners (i.e., it’s not our money). You see, the Israelites didn’t own all that stuff. We need to understand that just as with the Israelites, every cent we have has been transferred to us by God, entrusted to us by God, given to us by God to be used for his glory.

The Israelites were simply managers of the funds until such a time as God wanted them to give it to him or do something else with it that he told them to do. This is the “crux interpretum.” This is the “sine qua non.” This is the key issue when it comes to handling our money biblically. It’s what we need to understand if we're going to handle our money in a way that our money doesn't handle us—if we’re going to have our money in a way that it doesn’t have us.

It’s God’s money that He’s allowed us the privilege of managing during the short time that we’re here on this earth. It’s His money, so when you leave this earth, you’re not taking any of it with you. This is the lens through which we have to see everything that God gives us: We are managers—not owners.

God gives to us so that we will have it later on when He asks us to give it back to Him for kingdom business.

This is a very good point. It is God who gives us the power to make wealth. Deut. 8:18

 

[userque]

There are ignorant people in every culture. What matters is the overall stance in society and what the accepted norms are is what a society and culture is measured against. When a culture celebrates the tea party every year and independence from England but at the same time ignores and forgets who fed the first settlers when they were in need of food and the providers subsequently got systematic slaughtered, disenfranchised, and wiped off the map and nobody remembers that nor acknowledges the vast atrocities then that is a problem. A society is not defined by what it's historians recall but how broad society conducts itself regarding past events in our cultures

Well said, and I can agree with that.

 

[murray t turtle]

We tend to celebrate things we're proud of ... regardless of how old they are: Independence Day, Dead Presidents, etc. We tend to minimize our evilness: slavery, wiping out American Indians for their land, etc.

The fact that murder and theft and slavery happened hundreds of years ago doesn't make it disappear. Just like 1776 hasn't disappeared from our collective memories and culture. Nor does time erase or stop the damages.

A marathon runner tripped by another racer at the start will never regain that potential, no matter how long the race is. So despite the passage of time, the effects of that early evil live on.

The recourse in football for some penalties is to place the victim team in a position they would have been, likely, but for the interference--and sometimes to a greater degree (in order to penalize the charged team).

Yet, this concept of making whole is always frowned upon by a certain segment of the population when applying it to a harmed people.

You can't make another feel guilty, if they already know the facts. There's a certain human quality that's missing from evil dictators to the bully in kindergarten. Some folks have empathy; some don't. Another can't will it into them. The best one can do is convince them it's in their best interest to act--even though they don't want to--as though they care. That won't happen via a message board. And even if it did, I doubt they'd ever admit it.

If a prior generation screwed up the planet (nuclear waste, plastics in the oceans, high CO2, etc.) to the extent that it'll be uninhabitable in a couple hundred years; should future generations work to fix the problems, or should they say "... forget about it, it happened 200 years ago LOL ... and I'll be dead before it comes to an end... LOL."

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"And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart."

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You may not believe this, but my Indian friend liked Andrew Jackson or $20.00- i never asked him which LOL They had a nice wood fireplace, but its a renewable resource. I prefer paper bags also; even though i use plastic for garbage.

 

[murray t turtle]

Right and because one victim moved on the crime never happened. Did those whose land was stolen ever received proper and full reparations? To be honest, my and your opinions don't actually matter in this at all. Truth does not care about feelings. I am not invested in this at all, I simply pointed out facts and truth. Why do you think there is a crisis in the Middle East. Because two cultures and nations battle over land they both claim belonged to them. That Indians shut up and to a large degree rather embrace crystal meth and casinos and alcohol than fighting what was righteous theirs does not change truth and facts of misappropriation.

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I dont know the exact price of Long Island Indian trade in todays $$.
Maybe the Indians should not do so much trading when drunk .

The PLO lies and attacks so much, no wonder the Israel Air force bombs them+ their homes.My Indian friend went to a Baptist church+ never did the lotto- a stupid tax on people that cant do math, as Dave Ramsey says.It was real strange how good in the wood s he was with a bow.LOL+ true.His mom had black hair like most east JeWs + Hispanics.,

 

[GRULSTMRNN]

Thanks for making it so easy to update my ignore list. You pushed it to 5, a new record.

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I dont know the exact price of Long Island Indian trade in todays $$.
Maybe the Indians should not do so much trading when drunk .

The PLO lies and attacks so much, no wonder the Israel Air force bombs them+ their homes.My Indian friend went to a Baptist church+ never did the lotto- a stupid tax on people that cant do math, as Dave Ramsey says.It was real strange how good in the wood s he was with a bow.LOL+ true.His mom had black hair like most east JeWs + Hispanics.,

 

[murray t turtle]

I have compiled a fair amount of material to serve as curriculum for when I open doors at TrinityTutors Virtual Academy, hopefully sometime in the year 2021.

(Though I have now completely fleshed out the Forex trading system I intend to use to generate the necessary funds, I am presently committed to completing a major curriculum development project for a mathematics center in Singapore, and will therefore be unable to take full advantage of my system [or even part-time] until September at the earliest—hence my delay in getting started.)

But given that I have a habit of forgetting about resources created a number of years ago, as I recall having written such material, I might opt to post it here to give me one more place I could potentially run across it again in the future—hence this “thread” of sorts.

A while back I wrote lessons for teaching biblical truths about money via the Tabernacle, which I am likely to use at the Academy. I forgot about this, and might forget about it again, so I will post the first “truth” today, and the remaining five over the next week or two:

The Tabernacle teaches us at least six biblical truths about money, the first being that…

God doesn’t just ask us to give out of our material wealth. He also asks us to give of our time, energy, and skill (talents), as illustrated by the thirty-first chapter of Exodus…

God spoke to Moses: “See what I’ve done; I’ve personally chosen Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur of the tribe of Judah. I’ve filled him with the Spirit of God, giving him skill and know-how and expertise in every kind of craft to create designs and work in gold, silver, and bronze; to cut and set gemstones; to carve wood—he’s an all-around craftsman.

“Not only that, but I’ve given him Oholiab, son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan, to work with him. And to all who have an aptitude for crafts I’ve given the skills to make all the things I’ve commanded you: the Tent of Meeting, the Chest of The Testimony and its Atonement-Cover, all the implements for the Tent, the Table and its implements, the pure Lampstand and all its implements, the Altar of Incense, the Altar of Whole-Burnt-Offering and all its implements, the Washbasin and its base, the official vestments, the holy vestments for Aaron the priest and his sons in their priestly duties, the anointing oil, and the aromatic incense for the Holy Place—they’ll make everything just the way I’ve commanded you.”

I should probably also include Colossians 3:22-25

Servants, do what you’re told by your earthly masters. And don’t just do the minimum that will get you by. Do your best. Work from the heart for your real Master, for God, confident that you’ll get paid in full when you come into your inheritance. Keep in mind always that the ultimate Master you’re serving is Christ. The sullen servant who does shoddy work will be held responsible. Being a follower of Jesus doesn’t cover up bad work.

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I found Proverbs to be more useful than Colossians; but good word from Colossians.