I"m not sure what your last statement means. What 'ill effects' do the rest of the Biblical teachings have? Jesus made some quite strong statements, as well as the angels that came to Mary to tell her about her son. Jesus didn't come to bring peace, but to bring a sword (or division (depending on which gospel you read)). So, just wondering what you think Jesus' words are supposed to do, or what His mission was.
The underlying reasons are quite complicated. It is rather simple if you just believed the teachings of Jesus only.
But I could try to summarize it the best I could (Establishing facts from top to bottom):
1. The world is evil (1 John 5:19, John 7:7, James 4:4, John 15:19, 1 John 2:15, Luke 6:20-26)
World facts:
- The gap between rich and poor is increasing, we are polluting our world at an ever faster rate - global warming, tons of garbage in our oceans (as exposed by the MH370 mystery)
- All our economic systems, either socialist or capitalist ultimately make profit from the labor of the poor and the weak - their cheap labor - and literally by working them to death in the gold/diamond mines, in miserable and highly toxic conditions in sweatshops, electronic goods, etc in Africa, China, Bangladesh, etc.
- We exploit the weak people - poor, uneducated/low skilled, desperate, citizens of poor countries for profits.
- We are not only bringing death to our planet through our insatiable collective greed but also showing tremendous dislike towards the poor and weak and favoritism to the rich. This is why the rich is getting richer and the poor getting poorer.
I have dealt with many people from the lowest working classes in many countries. Most of them weren't lazy, it's hard work! They simply did not have the right education and failed to meet the **unfair** standards of this world!
Many of them did not have the right education because they were very poor, not very "bright", and were from poor countries with miserable government support.
And here we are! We exploit their misfortunes!
What would Jesus have done? How does the Kingdom works? Matthew 20:1-16
The teachings of Jesus proved to be quite unfavorable to this **evil** system of the world.
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Deny yourself - Luke 9:23-24- if everyone denied themselves, living austere, living with as little as possible - would prove disastrous to the economy.
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Hate money, love God - Luke 16:13-15 If everyone hated money, nobody can be "bought", the rich will lose their power but the poor exalted.
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Hate your lives, die, if for the sake of Jesus - John 12:25, Matt 6:25 If nobody valued self - preservation, there would be no tyrants, no one with absolute power over many.
If our evil system is destroyed, it will bring healing to our land. Our planet will once again flourish as in the beginning. If no one goes back to our old, greedy and corrupt ways, everyone will have abundance provided by nature - which came from God! No one will be poor and no one will have power over the other.
If anyone will hate such life which coexists in perfect harmony with God's creations, consider this:
Luke 16:15
He said to them, You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts.
What people value highly is detestable in Gods sight.
This brings into question the "non-Christ-ian" teachings such as that of King Solomon and Paul.
Solomon placed value in material wealth and directly contradicted many of the teachings of Jesus about material wealth.
Paul, tolerated the rich and encouraged being supportive of this **evil system which exploits the poor and destroys God's creations** telling that is under the authority of God, but how come, 1 John 5:19 says the opposite?
Paul also encouraged friendship with this world by being pleasing and honorable to all in contradiction of James 4:4, Luke 6:20-26, and Luke 16:13-15
Those are just the few things I could share in the time I am given.
This is a HUGE subject to discuss.
I would recommend you do the research yourself - find out how the world works in every detail and it's relation to God's Words.
Then you'll see the
very distinct pattern in scriptures - The teachings of Jesus alone suddenly becomes crystal clear that it is solidly founded in facts -
not by blind faith!
While Jesus saves the world, the world still remains our enemy (James 4:4, 1 John 2:15, John 7:7, 1 John 5:19, John 15:19)
In order to be victorious against an enemy, you must carefully study it to overcome its deceptions.
I hope this might answer your other questions as well.
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