This is an exert from a christian magazine Ignite your faith
"But when I think about it, I realize that I am already rich. I think about the victims of Katrina. I think about the Africans suffering with AIDS while living in poverty. Millions and millions of people all across the planet dont have what I have: 10 pairs of shoes, a couple of dozen shirts, and pants. A tv. an ipod, a car need I go on? The fact is im rich your family is probably just as rich or close. And according to Jesus, this can be a big problem. He put it this way. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God....
We have to realize that we are in a delicate soul situation. Weve got to to give money away- the usual guideline is at least 10 percent (Malachi 3:8). Weve got to use our wealth and influence to help the needy."
Alright before I say anything else I have always been an advocate of helping those not as fortunate as myself. There was a website a while back that let you lend money to people in poor countries to help them get back on their feet that I was looking into. However, this article makes it seems like its required to give wealth away to make it into heaven not much like buying your salvation from the corrupt churches that made you buy it back. I am looking into further ways to help the needy, but what is your take on this do you feel that someone who does not invest in the needy is eternally damned even if a strong follower of Christ?
My take on this is that those who are greatly blessed, which me as a large part as americans are, with all these material items presented before us it makes it hard to humble yourself before the Lord, to even get the the point where you would even have to Rely much less have a relationship with God in the first place
"But when I think about it, I realize that I am already rich. I think about the victims of Katrina. I think about the Africans suffering with AIDS while living in poverty. Millions and millions of people all across the planet dont have what I have: 10 pairs of shoes, a couple of dozen shirts, and pants. A tv. an ipod, a car need I go on? The fact is im rich your family is probably just as rich or close. And according to Jesus, this can be a big problem. He put it this way. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God....
We have to realize that we are in a delicate soul situation. Weve got to to give money away- the usual guideline is at least 10 percent (Malachi 3:8). Weve got to use our wealth and influence to help the needy."
Alright before I say anything else I have always been an advocate of helping those not as fortunate as myself. There was a website a while back that let you lend money to people in poor countries to help them get back on their feet that I was looking into. However, this article makes it seems like its required to give wealth away to make it into heaven not much like buying your salvation from the corrupt churches that made you buy it back. I am looking into further ways to help the needy, but what is your take on this do you feel that someone who does not invest in the needy is eternally damned even if a strong follower of Christ?
My take on this is that those who are greatly blessed, which me as a large part as americans are, with all these material items presented before us it makes it hard to humble yourself before the Lord, to even get the the point where you would even have to Rely much less have a relationship with God in the first place