[MitzaLizalor]

Re: Investment Advice, Please

Weren't you saying that The Bible is sort of GUIDELINES?

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

Re: Investment Advice, Please

1. Sell your gargantuan Freehold lands.

All that will happen is that someone else will buy it and then run the labor with greed and avarice unlike we Christians

2. Use the money to feed the poor...with how much it's worth, it's probably enough to feed and shelter every homeless person in Iowa.

Giving small amounts to the individual poor without any publicity is the Godly way.



Any attempt by one person to solve poverty is pointless and doomed to failure. As Christ Himself said

"M't:26:7: There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
M't:26:8: But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
M't:26:9: For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
M't:26:10: When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
M't:26:11: For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

[Elmer G. White]

Re: Investment Advice, Please

M't:26:11: For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

Dearest, Sweetest Pastor In Christ,

I've always had confusing emotions about this verse. At first, it seems to be just one of the beautiful citations of Christ - whatever we do, the poor will always be there! Such a good verse to oppose Scandinavian communism and the National Hell Service of Godless U of K. But is it that simple? Let us decipher the verse.

We shall always have the poor. Always. For eternity. What could this mean. I have conjured up a couple of highly intelligent but still unsatisfactory hypotheses.

1. The poor will be in Heaven. Fact: We'll be in Heaven. Fact: Always means forever. Ergo: There could be some poor people there. This is supported by Luke 16:22 but I have some misgivings. Heaven is the place for total happiness, and I tend to think that looking at beggars there would somehow diminish the bliss. In addition, we have been promised riches in Heaven.

Matthew 6:20
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

It would be terrible if the few poor people in Heaven would be thieves to steal the gold, silver, frankincense and platinum that we shall obtain above the Firmament (Genesis 1:6).

2. The poor will remain on Earth after it's been demolished and the new Earth has been constructed (Revelation 21:1) - or at least a few poor people. This would obviously give us some much-needed entertainment during our infinite stay in Heaven. It might be fun to watch the poor struggle and eventually wish they were in the actual Hell that is as real as Jesus, as the scarce food supplies run out after all the Tribulations.

Which one is it going be? Shall we know before Jesus reveals everything to us in due course?


Yours in Christ,


Elmer

[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

Re: Investment Advice, Please

1. Sell your gargantuan Freehold lands.

Brother Larry does not yet own any lands at all in Freehold, let alone gargantuan lands. So your advice is (as so often before) worthless.

[MitzaLizalor]

Re: Investment Advice, Please

I've often noticed how a country like Africa remains poor regardless of trillions of dollars pumped in, in real terms, over more than a century now. The mind boggles. Even basket cases like Syria or Afghanistan perform better with triple or quadruple per capita GDP levels!


https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html

BASKET CASE	per capita GDP	ranking
Syria	$2,900.	194th
Afghanistan	$2,000.	207th
AFRICAN STATE
Burundi	$700.	229th
Congo, Dem. Rep.	$800.	227th
Liberia	$1,400.	221st
Comoros	$1,600.	216th	.an island
Malawi	$1,200.	223rd
Cent. African Rep.	$700.	228th	.formerly Central African Empire *.

* https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/emperor-jean-bedel-bokassa-coronation-1977/


Equally noticeable is the way Christians are persecuted with Bible verses taken out of context and used to different effect.

In Matthew 6:1-4 for instance Jesus is straightforward to not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth and Christians follow His words. But more importantly and perhaps deliberately ignored in Post #15 is Christ's teaching concerning wealth and prosperity. Full context is available by clicking on the hover link.

Matthew 13:12 Whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

[Dennis Lukes]

Re: Investment Advice, Please

I've often noticed how a country like Africa remains poor regardless of trillions of dollars pumped in, in real terms, over more than a century now. The mind boggles.

I've got a pretty good idea what they spent it on.