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I shot this video on after Sunday Church- Enjoy.
An interesting thing happened when I went to get the cards out of
the car [you see me on the video getting the ministry cards].
I opened the glove compartment to get the cards- and a bunch of
stuff fell out.
After the video I got in the car- and one of the things that fell
out was my missing passport.
Even though it’s expired- I went to the passport place a while
back here in Corpus to renew it.
They said it would be easier if I brought the old one.
I looked everywhere and couldn’t find it.
As I talked to the kid on video- he asked [after I stopped videoing
I think- or before] if I have ever been to Israel.
I told him not yet- but have been to Europe.
As I get ready to ‘hit the road’ [car packed and all] I’ve also
been wanting to go back to Europe.
So I thought that was interesting.
NOTE- You’ll see on the video that the main guy- who is offering
the items- didn’t want the younger kid to be on video [not sure why- they are
openly selling the items- they come every year. But when I went back the kid
asked if I could edit a little out. I told him I will try- I’m doing that right
now. If it works it works- if not I’ll just post it. If I thought it was a
‘danger’ to them- I would not. I think there might have been some other reason
[maybe it has to do with the items they are selling?] So- I tried. I had a good
talk with kid- he attends [openly] a Christian university in Israel- and is
studying theology.
ON VIDEO-
.Christians from the Holy Land
.Vow of poverty?
.Jesuits
.Nagasaki crucifixions
.Contradiction or Paradox?
PAST POSTS I DID THAT RELATE TO VIDEO-
(1211) LIFT
UP YOUR HEADS, O YE GATES; AND BE YE LIFT UP YE EVERLASTING DOORS; AND THE KING
OF GLORY SHALL COME IN. Psalms 24:7 God sees us as his temple, his city, his
vineyard. We all have ‘gates’- doors, areas where we have been ordained to
function; people groups who make up our parameters. God put Adam in a specific
setting, he placed him in the garden and told him to take care of it, watch
over it. Many animals would come and go and dwell within its borders, there was
even a 4 lane river that flowed out of it. There was much activity in the
garden; Adams job was to maintain the garden.
The other aspects would basically take care of themselves. Over the course of
Christian history there have been times when Gods garden has lost her focus,
become haphazard and full of weeds. At these times he raises up
people/movements to help bring her back into shape. Around the 7th
century you had a man named Benedict start the first monastic order, the
Benedictines. He would establish the famous abbey at Monte Casino; these
monasteries would eventually become centers of learning and wisdom for the
people of the time. In the 13th century you had the Dominicans and
the Franciscans. Around the time of the Reformation you had the Jesuits, a
brother named Ignatius left his wealth and former life as a soldier to found
these ‘soldiers for God’. The Jesuits would play a major role in the scientific
revolution, the percentage of leading scientists who were Jesuits was very high
compared to their numbers. They would send missionaries into Japan and make the first inroads
for the gospel. They would be persecuted and martyred in a famous city, they
were crucified on the sides of the road as a witness for their faith. The name
of the city where this happened was Nagasaki ,
sometimes the previous acts of violence that a society permits opens up the
door for all types of future bloodshed. These movements arose out of a sense of
the people of God losing her way, the church becoming rich in goods, but not in
spirit. So God raises up people/movements to tell his people ‘lift up your
heads o ye gates- look to me again and I will come in’ there are times when the
garden lost her luster, the Lord didn’t simply plow it under, he allowed those
who were tilling her time to get her back in shape. I think it’s time for all
of us to ‘lift up our heads/gates’ so the king of glory can come in, he is a
strong king, mighty in battle. When he comes in [thru our praise] then a banner
of war is lifted up against the enemy, victory will not be far behind.
(1210) SAVE THY PEOPLE AND BLESS THINE
INHERITANCE. FEED THEM ALSO AND LIFT THEM UP FOREVER- Psalms 28:9 I guess I
will hit a few scattered Psalms, these last few weeks I have been reading the
Psalms and trying to add a verse to memory every day or so. Sort of
praying/meditating on them like the famous ‘Jesus prayer’. The Jesus prayer is
an ancient simple prayer that says ‘Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on
Governor Brown- a smart guy- he
once studied to be a Jesuit priest- they are top of the line intellectuals
among Catholic priests.
[just as a side note- this order rose up
during the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. A soldier by
the name of Ignatius Loyola was wounded and recovering in the hospital.
He read about the life of Christ
and dedicated himself to the Lord.
The Jesuits were the order he
founded.
They evangelized all the way into
Asia- an area that the Protestant missionaries avoided.
The Jesuits played a major role
in the scientific revolution- as a percentage of how few Jesuits there were-
they had a huge impact on the development of modern science.]
So governor Brown said his state
has lived beyond it’s means for too long- they spent money they did not have-
and now the chickens have come home to roost.
Brown is a liberal Democrat.
The governor of N.Y. said the
same thing a few months back.
When he got elected he actually
worked with the unions in the state and worked out a deal where they were going
to cut the huge expenses that the retirees managed to bargain for over the
years.
Cuomo- another Democrat- said it
was impossible for the state to continue to pay out these lavish benefits.
After the union leaders made the
deal- the rank and file rose up [like Greece] and simply elected new leaders
who would fight the changes.
I heard a clip from Cuomo- he was
yelling ‘we can’t keep making the rich/businesses pay- they are all leaving the
state’- just like Cali.
these areas will ‘abide forever’
that is your impact will affect many generations to come. Right after the 16th
century Reformation you had what is referred to as the Enlightenment, or the
‘age of reason’. Many thinkers began to challenge the institutional church [and
institutions in general] and believed that reason and rationality would lead
the way. In France [1700’s] Paris became a center of thinking for these Deists.
These men were smart enough to realize that the total denial of God was too
ridiculous to accept, they instead embraced Deism. Deism is a type of belief
that said God started the ball rolling, but he left the rest on auto pilot; the
same belief that the Greek philosophers embraced. Now, one of the famous
‘Philosphes’ [sic] was a man by the name of Voltaire, he is well-known as an
infamous atheist today, but he did not totally reject God. These men did have
tremendous influence and they produced the French Encyclopedias which backed up
their cause. Eventually they would overthrow the Catholic Church and kill the
king in their mad rush towards ‘reason’. They were wrong on their basic
understanding of reason and rationality as they applied it to the church. They
believed that rational thought meant
‘naturalistic thought’ that is in order for things to be rational, they
could not be supernatural. They were wrong, in fact those who would later take
the next step into full atheism would deny the laws of reason and logic all
together. I saw Richard Dawkins do an interview the other day, he is one of the
popular atheists of our day. These men who reject God accept a view of creation
that violates the laws of logic; they teach/believe that all things came from
‘no-thing’ a scientific impossibility. This idea violates the law of ‘reason’
known as the law of ‘non contradiction’. This law states that a thing cannot be
and ‘not be’ at the same time and in the same relationship. For all things to
have come from nothing [self creation] would mean that all things created
itself. It would have to 'have been’ before it was. This common system of
belief is absolutely irrational, even though the atheist believes it to be rational.
To believe that God is a self existent being who created all things does not
violate the laws of logic, you might think it does, but it doesn’t. For someone
to have existed forever does not violate the classic laws of logic. So these
thinkers who thought that their rejection of God was ‘rational’ were in fact
wrong. Their ideas led to effects that were horrendous, they in effect ‘planted
seed’ [bad doctrines] that would outlast them and their generation, their bad
ideas had bad consequences. But the truth of God and his kingdom have also
been ‘planted’ in the world, these seeds
will last forever. If you want to effect society for good, then plant the seeds
that will have an eternal impact, for ‘he that does the will of God will abide
forever’ [1st John].
I have a catalog sitting here- from the company that I order
courses from. A few years ago I got on their mailing list [How- ?] and ever
since I have been bombarded with monthly catalogs.
I mean every month- a bit much. Then I realized that one
month out of the year they put a bunch of courses ‘on sale’ for around 70% off
the regular price- and that’s probably where they do their best business [I now
only buy from the discounted monthly catalog].
Anyway- I read the intro to their course on Dark
Matter/Energy- these teachers are really good- they are professors from the
premiere universities of the world [Oxford, Harvard, etc.] and to get the
courses at this price- well it’s really a bargain.
But over the years- studying various disciplines [Theology,
Apologetics] it’s easy to see when some smart men- make really bad mistakes.
Especially when dealing with the whole ‘proof for/against
God’ type stuff.
In this short intro to the Dark Matter course [Physics-
these courses cover everything- history- science- religion- the whole 9 yards]
they start out okay- they explain that according to the standard theory of
modern physics- that there is about 95 % [wow- that number has jumped these
last few years!] of matter ‘missing’ in the universe.
What do they mean by ‘missing’? They go on to explain that
the effects that we see in the universe- the gravity and function of the
universe- well according to standard theory- there is simply not enough matter
to explain how all this is held together- how everything actually works.
Okay- so they admit that there are a whole bunch of
phenomena- that we see taking place- that modern science has no idea how it’s
taking place.
Now- as the intro continues- they say in order to ‘fill the
gap’ they have come up with the idea of Dark Matter.
Dark Matter is simply a name given to nothing- that is
nothing that we can detect thru the means of modern science.
Okay- by definition- it is a Metaphysical reality- something
that science has espoused as a possible cause for the effects we see in the
universe- and by their own definition- its invisible- undetectable and unseen-
it is metaphysical [just like the argument for the existence of God].
So they go on to say ‘we know that this matter exists-
because how else could you explain how everything works’- now- to those who get
into these debates- the guy who wrote the intro- I’m sure he means well- but
his whole argument is a materialistic one.
He is saying that there is no chance that some type of ‘non
matter’ can be making this happen.
So he then says ‘because WE KNOW that there has to be a
material explanation for this- no ‘God stuff’ here- therefore its Dark Matter.’
Okay- and what is Dark Matter again? O- it’s this non
detectable- unseen matter- that just happens to make up 95 % of the universe.
Okay- Mr. smart guy- you don’t go for those Intelligent
Design guys- the ones who argue that some non material force might be behind
this- you rejected their argument because you say they are arguing from a non
material realm [called metaphysical].
So how again have you proven that your idea- all this
missing matter- exists? O- easy- because we see the effects OF IT all around
us.
Actually- no we don’t. We see the effects of SOMETHING- that
is- modern science has this huge gap- there are effects taking place in the
known universe- that have no materialistic explanation for- we can’t find a
material, observable cause for these effects.
The Christian says ‘Okay- I stick God in that gap’ [which
many materialists accuse us of doing- they call it the ‘God of the Gaps’
approach].
But the materialistic scientist [one who says there can only
be a detectable- material cause to things- in order to classify it as science]
he then comes up with the whole Dark Matter argument- an argument based on non
detectable- unseen- unproven matter.
And he then says ‘it must be there- because how else can you
explain how everything is functioning?’.
[1582]
HITCHENS-PIRATES AND M THEORY- Let’s talk a little more about
Christopher Hitchens book- God is not great. As I’m reading thru the book- and
also doing some studying on Modernity- it’s obvious for me to see the errors in
the arguments Hitchens is making in trying to refute the existence of God.
Instead of attempting to refute each argument he makes [and to be honest- he
does make many classic mistakes- things that are not really hard to show as
false]. Let me give you just a few points- Hitchens comes at you from all
angles- history, science, historical criticism [a view of the bible that tries
to undermine the historical accuracy of the faith] politics- he basically
covers all the angles that I too like to engage in. He is smart- no doubt about
it- and he mocks Christians, Jews, Muslims- and he does it in a way that says
‘you are all idiots’. So that’s why when attempting to refute him- when I see
him doing something stupid- I try and bring that out. Okay- one of the major
mistakes Hitchens makes [a common mistake in the field of apologists versus
atheists] is he appeals to the basic idea ‘we- as intellectual people do not
accept things based on faith- we only believe things that can be scientifically
proven to be true’ now- how many times have you heard this? This argument is
only made by those who are ‘novices’ in this debate. Why? Because at face value
it is very easy to refute. Hitchens, Dawkins, Harris- and all the other famous
atheists believe in all types of historical events- things that happened in the
past- without a single shred of ‘scientific proof’. Let’s see- Do you believe
Lincoln was shot? Have you personally done DNA tests on the remains? Have you
even seen the remains? Let’s see- what about Aristotle and Socrates and Plato-
surely as refined as these men are- they most certainly believe that these
great Greek philosophers lived 4 centuries before Christ. Again- what
scientific proof can you show me- you know- the standard that you’re using to
judge whether or not Jesus ever lived? Basically the argument that says 'faith
and Jesus and God are not real truth- not like science’ is a totally illogical
argument- unless these men would have us believe that they reject all of the
above historical figures I just mentioned. So how does the bible- Jesus- God-
hold up to the historical test [not the scientific test!]? Point of fact- there
is no other historical person- in the history of the world- with more
historical proofs of his existence. There are no other ancient documents-
dating back to the time of Christ- that have the historical accuracy that we
find in the New Testament- Luke- the writer of both the gospel of Luke and the
book of Acts- from a purely historical point of view- is considered the best-
most accurate- first century historian to have ever lived [I explained it all
before under the Evolution/Cosmology section- I think it’s in the 8-2010
posts]. Basically the argument Hitchens is making is dishonest at its core.
Then- he gets into M Theory [geez- didn’t really want to go there] Okay- I love
studying science, history, Physics. And to be honest- Physics is really not my
‘field’ that is I prefer to show you the mistakes Hitchens is making when he
pretends to be a bible student [he makes statements that he is a regular reader
of the bible- who goes thru it often- I seriously doubt that claim- he seems to
be familiar with certain critical scholars of scripture- theories that have
long been rejected- documentary theory by Wellhausen- and you can kinda tell he
simply reads the critics and incorporates their ideas into his own- heck- if
there is no God- then what’s wrong with plagiarism?] Okay- Hitchens seems to be
enamored with Stephen Hawking- I wrote about Hawking a month or so ago- in his
recent book- Grand Design- he made some ‘Grand mistakes’ and I refuted these
errors. Now Hitchens seems fascinated by certain theories of Hawking- and his
worship of the man’s theories goes to the extreme. Hitchens speaks of the
famous idea in theoretical physics called M Theory- modern physics [standard
theory] says our universe is made up of Pixels- fine points of matter that are
unseen by the naked eye- but exist as the basic fabric of the universe. Now- we
all accept this- Atoms- Neutrons- etc. all little ‘dots’ if you will, that make
up our universe. So M theory [a theory that expands upon String theory] says
‘no- maybe the universe is made up of these strings- these vibrating strings
that form into circles- and under these hoops- there are buckets that make up
the matter of the universe’ Okay- just think in your head of a piece of string-
make a loop- under the loop stick a basketball net. Walla- that’s the theory.
Now- does this sound stupid to you? Well you’re in good company- it also sounds
stupid to a growing number of very able physicists! Yes- many brilliant- non
religious scientists- will tell you that doing science like this- just making
stuff up- is loony. So to be honest- as interesting as theoretical physics is-
there are many things that simply do not meet the standard of ‘solid science’.
So- why mention this. Hitchens uses this theory as proof against the existence
of God [in a weird- tortured way] and at the same time says ‘I don’t accept
things that can’t be scientifically proven’ yet the whole M theory field is
very doubtful- some think the whole thing is simply not true. So it’s stuff
like this- obvious mistakes- that are sprinkled all thru out his book. I mean
he even makes mistakes that novices make- he mistakenly refers to the
establishing of the state of Israel as having occurred in the 19th
century- I mean I can’t believe he doesn’t know the actual date- 1948- I have
to think that he simply made the common mistake of thinking the years 1900-1999
are the ‘19th century- a common mistake made by people who are just
beginning the journey of learning [obviously the 1900’s are the 20th
century]. But at the same time he lambasts Christians as idiots and does stuff
like this. It reminds me of the time I was watching MSNBC- now this cable
channel is filled with nonstop mocking of the political right- one morning the
host [Scarborough] was doing his show- and he reads the upcoming story to come on
after the commercial- but you can see he’s confused- he asks someone off screen
‘does that say Pirates’? And they tell him yes- he then says ‘folks- your not
gonna believe this- but when we get back- yes- we will cover the developing
story of Pirates- yes I know it sounds unbelievable- Pirates attacked a ship
off the coast of Somalia’. Now- no one ever said anything- he came back and
simply reported the story. What’s wrong? He obviously thought Pirates meant
‘Pirates’ you know- Johnny Depp and the Caribbean. I’m sure someone informed
him during the commercial ‘Piracy is the official term for robbery on the high
seas- you dummy’! Can you imagine the mocking they would have done if Sarah
Palin had done this? So I see in Hitchens a mocking of religion and at the same
time a conceited view of his own intellect- and the intellect of other
atheists- he engages in a sort of debate that says ‘look- you religionists are
idiots- we are not’ and he makes such obvious mistakes- things that
‘uneducated’ people do all the time- not bad people- just common mistakes like
the ‘19th century’ thing. And if people make mistakes like this
[Pirates- etc.] fine- we don’t want to beat people up- but if the entire
premise of your book [or cable channel] is ‘look at all the Christian idiots’
and then you make the same mistakes your criticizing the Christians for- well
then yes- you look as silly as Joe Scarborough thinking Johnny Depp and his
crew were out robbing ships!
ARISTOTLE
Born in Northern Greece- in 384 BC.
The most famous student of Plato-
attended Plato’s Academy for around 20 years.
His main disagreement with Plato was
on his theory of Forms.
Plato believed that the ‘idea’ world
contained the forms of all things we see in the physical realm.
Aristotle taught that substance
itself was the main thing- that the forms of what we see in the natural realm
come from matter itself.
He spoke about Potentiality and
Actuality- that is the material things have in ‘seed’ form the final product.
The acorn has the Potential of
becoming a tree- the fetus has the Potential of becoming a man- etc.
The form is already embedded in the
thing itself- it does not exist in the ‘idea’ world of Plato.
Aristotle loved and admired his
teacher- yet Plato had somewhat of a disdain for his most famous student.
Plato passed over Aristotle to head
up the Academy- twice.
As things go- Aristotle went and
started his own school- called the Lyceum.
Aristotle did not just teach
Philosophy- but Biology- Logic- Ethics- Rhetoric.
Some refer to him as the first real
scientist.
His development of the laws of
Logic- Cause and Effect- play a key role in the Scientific Method till this
day.
Aristotle taught that the main way
we gain knowledge is thru sense perception and experiment.
As we study the natural order of
things themselves- we gain understanding from them.
What we refer to as the Empirical
method- knowledge gained thru the observation and experimentation of things.
He referred to God as the Final
Cause- not the First Cause.
Why?
He believed in God [some debate
this- Aristotle himself called him God in his work on Metaphysics] and called
him the Prime Mover.
As I said before- a big thing with
the early thinkers was the origin of Motion- who started the ball rolling- so
to speak.
Aristotle credited the source of all
motion to an ‘un- moved Mover’.
He gave the attributes of God to his
Mover- said he had no beginning- was not material- an eternal and imperishable
substance.
So- why the Final Cause?
He said God attracts all things to
himself- so in his mind- motion started by attraction- not by a ‘push’ so to
speak.
This is interesting indeed- in
modern physics we see that the universe is undergoing a continual expansion-
heading somewhere- of course we believe this somewhere is God himself- the
source of all things.
Isaac Newton agreed with Aristotle
on this point- he referred to it in his 3rd law of Physics.
The medieval Muslim thinkers called
him ‘The First Teacher’- and Kant [who we will get to later in this study]
credits him with the bulk of what we know today as the Laws of Logic.
Aristotle taught that the main
activity of God was thought.
The bible says that thru Wisdom and
Understanding God made things [‘Wisdom builds the house- Understanding
establishes it- and thru Knowledge it’s rooms are filled with all pleasant and
precious riches- Wisdom is profitable to direct- the words of the wise are like
nails fastened by the masters of assemblies- as a wise master builder I have
laid the foundation’- various bible verses found in Proverbs- Ecclesiastes and
Paul’s letter to the church at Corinth] - in a way Aristotle was right.
One of his key contributions was the
Syllogism- you start with a Logical argument- you engage in Deductive
reasoning- and come to a Conclusion.
A famous example would be ‘All men
are mortal- Plato is a man- Plato is mortal’.
Aristotle did not believe that
something comes from nothing- a phrase that will come up a lot as we progress
in this study is ‘ex nihilo nihil fit’- meaning Nothing comes from Nothing.
He was also what we refer to as a
Teleolologist- he believed that there was design and purpose in the created
order of things.
He saw design in the universe-
world.
Many today embrace an idea that
there is no purpose or design- that the design we see in the material world is
by accident- and furthermore some say all that we see- CAME FROM NOTHING.
I can’t stress enough that this is
simply not possible- I don’t say this from the Christian view point alone- but
from a scientific one.
Science deals with the observation
and testing of things- we look into the material world and come to certain
conclusions based on what we see- observe.
One of the most fundamental
observations that science SEES- is what I quoted above- NOTHING COMES FROM
NOTHING.
That is- every effect has a cause.
This is important for our day-
because many have capitulated to the view that all things CAME FROM CHANCE.
Not only is this statement illogical
[chance is simply a word- this statement ascribes Ontological status to a word-
which is impossible].
But it is scientifically not true.
Why?
Because science shows us that things
do not ‘pop into existence’ without a cause- from nothing.
True science in no way contradicts
belief in God- no- it backs it up.
Aristotle- as well as most of the
great thinkers we shall cover- came to the conclusion that there had to be some
immaterial thing [being] that was the cause of all other things.
Now- why did he argue for a PRIME
MOVER?
Because he believed that the
universe was eternal- if there ever came a time when science showed us that the
universe had a beginning point- then the argument would be over.
The Theists [those that believe in
God] would win.
Sure enough- in the 20th
century that’s exactly what happened.
Today Physics teaches us that time-
space- matter did indeed have a beginning point- what we refer to as the Big
Bang Theory.
If the early thinkers had this
knowledge- then the argument for a Prime Mover would be moot- because instead
we would have a Prime Starter- see?
Aristotle is
credited with writing the second greatest work on Ethics from the ancient
period- called Ethics [the first one being Plato’s Republic].
He wrote on political theory- believed that Aristocracy [rule by
the excellent] was the best form of government [sort of like Socrates
Philosopher Kings].
Aristotle’s most famous student was Alexander the Great.
During Alexander’s conquests- he took a huge team of scientists
with him- they collected all types of specimens from these conquests- and
Alexander brought them back to Athens and they were used at the Lyceum for
further study.
It has been said that this was the most expensive scientific
enterprise up to the day of the modern space program.
He taught that the intellectual virtues can be taught directly-
but the moral ones HAD TO BE LIVED FIRST.
The bible says ‘the fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom’.
I agree.
Proverbs 3:19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by
understanding hath he established the heavens.
Proverbs 3:20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the
clouds drop
Luke 18:18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Luke 18:19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none
is good, save one, that is, God.
Luke 18:20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery,
Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy
mother.
Luke 18:21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
Luke 18:22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him,
Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the
poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
Luke 18:23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he
was very rich.
Luke 18:24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said,
How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Luke 18:25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's
eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Luke 18:26 And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?
Luke 18:27 And he said, The things which are impossible with men
are possible with God.
1Timothy 6:1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count
their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine
be not blasphemed.
1Timothy 6:2 And they that have believing masters, let them not
despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because
they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and
exhort.
1Timothy 6:3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to
wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine
which is according to godliness;
1Timothy 6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about
questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil
surmisings,
1Timothy 6:5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and
destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw
thyself.
1Timothy 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
1Timothy 6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is
certain we can carry nothing out.
1Timothy 6:8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith
content.
1Timothy 6:9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a
snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction
and perdition.
1Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which
while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves
through with many sorrows.
No man can serve two masters: for either he
will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and
despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Jesus
said this [Mammon is money by the way]
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