Jesus

MATTHEW 3:16 And Jesus, when he was BAPTIZED, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

MONEY by itself is NOT evil, but the "LOVE of Money is EVIL

MONEY by itself is NOT evil, 

but the "LOVE of Money is EVIL

MONEY by itself is NOT evil, but the "LOVE of Money is EVIL"... 

If you love MONEY more than GOD, then that is IDOLATRY.

 IF YOU HAVE MONEY, and you can not let go of your hand to give or help to the poor or needy(that is including especially poor siblings, relatives, renters,employees, etc) that is LOVING MONEY more than GOD. 

If you are mocking the poor or needy then you love money more than God. HOW CAN YOU SAY, YOU LOVE GOD(that you cannot see), & NOT LOVE people(that you obviously see).....This is hypocrisy......

If you have MONEY, and does NOT give your tithes & offerings to your CHURCH so it can help REACHING the UNSAVED, & EXPAND the KINGDOM of GOD, then you LOVE MONEY more than GOD. If you have really faith, you will believe that AS YOU GIVE, IT WILL BE GIVEN BACK TO YOU multiple times back. Anything you put above God is idolatry. Idolatry can be your job, spouse, children, business, perfume, hobbies, pets, sins, addictions, etc. If God tells you to give up some things, and you refuse, that is sin of IDOLATRY....

Human contact with the material world begins at birth and terminates at death. But Christian hope takes the believer beyond the material limit to a boundless eternity, and logically, then, eternal values must shape our view of temporal things. To put it simply, Job and Paul mean that "things," their value and usefulness, pertain to this world, which is but a temporary home

Happiness

HAPPINESS is being happy

 REGARDLESS of OUTSIDE CIRCUMSTANCES

HAPPINESS is being happy REGARDLESS of OUTSIDE CIRCUMSTANCES....You do NOT have to have, money, partner, big house, children, etc to be happy. You can be in prison but yet happy. IT JUST DEPENDS on HOW YOU LOOK at LIFE....If God bless you with MATERIAL BLESSINGS, BETTER...IF NOT, don't feel BITTER.....MONEY & MATERIAL POSSESSIONS are TEMPORARY... but ETERNAL LIFE with JESUS is FOREVER, and cannot be taken away even after you die....MATTHEW 5:9 Blessed (enjoying ]enviable happiness, ]spiritually prosperous]with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the makers and maintainers of peace, for they shall be called the sons of God! (Amplified Version Bible)

Pitiful If You Hope In Christ in This Life Only

1 COR 15:19 If we have hoped in Christ IN THIS LIFE ONLY, We are of all men MOST TO BE PITIED, 


...God had bombarded you with you many TRIALS, GRIEFS,DEATHS, SICKNESSES, to CATCH your ATTENTION, and so you can draw near to Him, and yet you still choose to REMAIN COLD....ARE YOU WAITING for MORE WORST to COME... God will spew out those who are cold to him.......All you care is making money, happenings, etc, but God is NOT in your thoughts at all.....ONe day you will die suddenly, are you ready to meet your maker??? It might be too late....

Jesus said Follow me & NOT His Followers

Jesus said "FOLLOW ME"

& NOT Follow His Followers...

WHY REJECT a RELIGION just because some members of a religion do NOT meet your expectations of them living true Christianity??? It does NOT mean a religion is FALSE just because some members fall short in living a Christian life. It is NO different when a PARENT teaching the right rules, but some of their kids choose to disobey. Children(members) choosing to disobey does NOT make a PARENT(religion) wrong.....Look on what is being taught whether what their teaching is according to the word of God, and NOT their FLAWS...CHRISTIANS are also HUMAN BEINGS needing a savior....

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LUKE 9:23 (Amplified Version) And He said to all, If any person wills to COME AFTER ME, let him deny himself [[a]disown himself, [b]forget, lose sight of himself and his own interests, [c]refuse and give up himself] and take up his cross daily and follow Me [[d]cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying also]. 

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Luke 9:23King James Version (KJV)

23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.