Now tell me that you know the heart and salvation status of everyone you speak of, or that you were present at all of their deaths, and many I can start taking your account of them more seriously.
No, I wasn't present at the death of the Apostle Peter, nor Paul, John Wesley, Charles Spurgeon, David Watson and others, but they died. Otherwise they'd still be around today, and Paul would have sorted the churches out before we got into our current mess.
Are you saying that if they'd had more faith, they wouldn't have died?
I would encourage you, as well, to read even the whole chapter and book. The verse before was talking about the power of God to raise those who have already died.....which he demonstrated, right after, in the raising of Lazarus. The verse I mention, spoke of those who were not dead, like lazarus.....and said that why will never die.....
People die physically; it's a fact.
Death came into the world along with sin - death is a fact of life; it has nothing to do with the amount of faith a person has. Mary, Martha, Lazarus, Peter etc have all died.
But He also ask if you believed what He just said. You are free to not believe it, or change it into a version that is more easy for you to believe. I find no fault in it.
Who asked?
The OP asked, "Is it true in Christianity that if you put good energy into the world it will return to you triple fold?"
You replied, "Yes. I believe the 'triple fold could be linked ....." (Post 34)
My reply that that was that if that statement were true (that all who do good get it back triple fold), then everyone who does good in the world will only receive good things - and will never get sick, be unemployed or die.
However much we may want it to be true, it is not the case that good people receive good things in return, while the people who get cancer, MS, have miscarriages and lose their jobs are bad, selfish people who never did good things for anyone.
It seems as though you believed that everyone who preach are saved and all those who die a preacher are destined to eternal life.... e.g. castaways do not exist.
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No, I said that it is not the case that good people, or people who do good, only receive good things in return.
I referred to preaching the Gospel, because that is the best thing that someone can do for someone else - show them the way to salvation.
How else would you interpret the following:
I don't need to interpret my own words, and have explained, above, what I meant by them.
If it were true that those who did/do good receive 3x the amount of good in return, then Christians would not get sick, lose their jobs etc.
The belief that Christians are "owed" a good life because they do good to others, is false.
Some people might say "I won the lottery recently; that was because I helped these people/cared for the homeless/founded a charity. It was karma." (i.e the belief that if you do good you will received good back.) But that is not a Christian belief.
