I noticed that many Christians spend thousands on dogs and pets while contributing very little to the work of missionary and the kingdom of God.!
I noticed that many Christians spend thousands on dogs and pets while contributing very little to the work of missionary and the kingdom of God.!
Really? Where? Any statistics?I noticed that many Christians spend thousands on dogs and pets while contributing very little to the work of missionary and the kingdom of God.!
Where a person's treasure is, that's where his heart is also.Proverbs 12:10
Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.
I know someone who's dog was sick and spent $6,000 on surgery to have her treated. It may seem outrageous but when you love the living things in your life you will go to those measures for them
THey say so.How do you know how much they give?
I think it is wrong to judge how another person spends their money.
hmmm.... read about ananias and sapphira ........ they died for keeping back some money for their own spending and claiming they didn't....
The sin was hiding the money and lying about it. It wasn't about what they spent it on.Even if they spent the money on what others might call a 'just' cause, they sinned -
they did what they did , from what is written, to "look good" to others, which is sin.
People spend their money sinfully every day in the usa. Any gambling (pull tabs, casinos, bets, etc etc etc) , anything greedy (flipping houses, stock market) , anything not of faith (not trusting God), anything unrighteous (wine, women, party spirit, bribes, abortion, drugs, medicine) ,
and withhold their money selfishly, in direct rebellion against God's Word. (when they say go and be warm, go and be fed, etc , but don't lift a finger to help anyone).
In every case, Yahuweh in the Bible says to "judge righteously" , not by what we see or hear (which is so easily not what it appears to be, even when not trying to deceive; the flesh cannot appraise anything accurately)
--- Let there be only judgment as He says, not of the flesh, nor of man.
Prompting unrighteous judgment trying to approve of what is right does not work, does it ?I will push back and say that if anyone deserves judgement, it's those people who look down on others for having the compassion to save their dogs, even at a high price. Those who lack compassion deserve judgement ahead of those who have it. But they might say, "That money could have been spent to help the poor." Where in Scripture have I heard that before?
What if God told you to spend your money on surgery for elderly woman's dog?
I noticed that many Christians spend thousands on dogs and pets while contributing very little to the work of missionary and the kingdom of God.!
How do you know how much they give?
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