Ross Sauer -> TIM RICHARDSON wrote:
 RS> "TIM RICHARDSON -> ROSS SAUER"  wrote in
 RS> news:10657$HOLYSMOKE{at}JamNNTPd:

 RS>>> And did he advocate preachers getting rich?


 RS>>> Bit of a thorny issue here!


 RS>>> I think any preacher who uses the Gospels to justify getting rich
 RS>>> deserves to have to pay TAXES!


 RS>>> Passions over 'prosperity gospel': Was Jesus wealthy?
 RS>>> By John Blake, CNN


 RS>>> Jesus wasn't poor, Rev. C. Thomas Anderson claims
 RS>>> Preacher: Donkey, wise men's gifts, expensive undergarments prove
 TR>> Jesus RS>was wealthy


 TR>> Jesus `wasn't' poor. His step-father, Joseph, was a carpenter. Jesus
 TR>> followed into Joseph's trade.

 RS> I know that.
 RS> But we have no idea if Joseph was a good carpenter, mediocre or bad.
 RS> Likewise Jesus.

Good grief. Read the book, it tells you how good Joseph and Jesus were as
wood workers. "Carpenter" is a misnomer, they were more carver
and carpenter.

 TR>> In the day of Jesus, pretty much as now, a skilled tradesman always
 TR>> has work, and makes a good living. Where the idea that Jesus was
 TR>> `poor' came from is probably buried in antiquity. But skilled
 TR>> carpenters are rarely, if ever, `poor'.

 RS> Thing is Jesus gave up the trade to go "on the road."

He was on the road for 3 years.

 RS> So how much ready cash did he have at hand?

He didn't take much cash at all. Read the story of the young rich man to
understand it. Jesus told the young man to sell all his property and give
the money to the poor not because Jesus was teaching him that he must be
poor to follow Him, but that he could not have two masters. The lesson is
that one cannot love wealth and God at the same time.

I know several people who are devout Christians and are wealthy. The
consecrated all their possessions to the service of the Lord, helping those
less fortunate when the need arises. God does not want you to be poor, but
He also does not want you to be so caught up in gaining material wealth
that you forget where it all comes from.

 RS> Some of these "Prosperity Preachers" say he had a lot.

He was comfortable, but not wealthy like those preachers claim. Again, the
story of the young rich man is an example.

It's a case of priorities.

Ed

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