FALLACY IN AMERICAN CHRISTIAN FINANCIAL TEACHING

I must return to this concern because I still hear the same, constant, universal drumbeat from all financial advisors and preachers and ‘Bible’ teachers.

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The most prominent advisor on Christian radio uses a clip from Billy Graham (don’t know the context):

“When Jesus told the rich, young ruler to sell everything and follow Him, Jesus did not want his money—He wanted his heart.”

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Just today someone was teaching that money is not the problem as long as it does not have first place in your heart.

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I guarantee that the message received by American Christians is that wherever you have your money is okay (except funding abortion or pornography) as long as your heart is in the right place.

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The problem—everything Jesus said about money.

The problem—what Jesus said about money is never quoted, or always quoted with a compulsive disclaimer.

I’ve observed this my whole life, and only Daddy and my pastor Steve have made the distinction of quoting and letting Jesus’ words stand, period.

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American Christians have enormous amounts of money ‘invested’ in places that are questionable at best, in light of Jesus’ words, and more obviously in direct violation of Jesus’ words.

We have become so accustomed to participating in everything American prosperity offers, that we’re convinced it’s Biblical—we’ve elevated teachers to say what we want to hear, because we’re in too deep to get out.

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‘Incidentally,’ Jesus’ words apply to all places in the world and all times of history—advice given and taken by Americans does not.

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So, what did Jesus say that doesn’t mesh with universal, comprehensive, all-encompassing teaching across-the-board in America?

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“Sell what you have, give it to the poor, and come follow me.”

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“Where your treasure is, there your heart WILL BE also.”

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“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and thieves break in and steal.”

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“Do lay up treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not corrupt, and thieves do not break in and steal.”

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“If God takes care of the flowers and the birds, how much more will your Father take care of you . . . You are much more valuable than many sparrows.”

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Jesus told the story of a prosperous farmer with a bumper crop, who stored it in bigger barns and decided to retire for many years of ease.

Then the fateful words, “BUT GOD said, tonight your soul will be required—when whose will all these things be?”

The story ends, ” . . . not rich toward God.”

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“It is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

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“Those who want to be rich, fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.”

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In light of Jesus’ repeated warnings about the serious, eternal dangers of seeking more money, WHY do so many American Christians relentlessly pursue trying to beat the odds?

I think they are listening to another word in the Bible, from a different source, in Genesis 3:1, “Did God really say?”

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So, did Jesus really just want the rich, young guy’s heart, and not his money?

Actually, according to Jesus’ own words, the two are inextricably tied together—Jesus could not have his heart (or our heart) without his money, so He told him he had to give up (GIVE AWAY) his money first before he could follow Jesus, to heaven.

How much of his money did Jesus tell him to give?

Why is this true story in the Bible, for us?

TRINITY – – – BIBLICAL or INVENTED

The invention of the trinity by Tertullian in the third century, and the millions and millions of unsuccessful attempts to explain it, and yet the universal sacred adherence to it—is very much like the invention of evolution by Darwin in the nineteenth century, and the thousands of unsuccessful attempts to prove it, and yet the universal sacred adherence to it as a fact.

WHAT WILL TRIGGER U.S. DICTATORSHIP?

The subject nobody is discussing—How could a dictator take control of the United States of America?

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Will widespread hunger trigger dictatorship?

Hunger is the result of dictatorship.

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Will invasion trigger dictatorship?

It depends on how fast the dictator makes his move.

Invasion is unnecessary—the current dictator-in-progress may surrender to avoid invasion.

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Will infrastructure failure trigger dictatorship?

All bets are off on this one—depends on the motive and the timing of an EMP or hacking the grid.

Such a failure will have no winners—everyone dead—only natural resources left, free for the taking—very difficult wilderness, like 400 years ago.

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To the above questions—maybe—but these could happen without a dictatorship.

So, what will trigger a U.S. dictatorship?

Debt is the one thing that only a dictatorship can deal with.

We have heard for a long time that it is “impossible to pay” our national debt.

Those racking up more debt don’t plan on paying back the debt.

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So how does a dictator deal with impossible national debt?

1-Enslave the people.

2-Confiscate all assets—money, property, production, freedom.

3-Starting with the military, cancel all domestic resistance.

4-Universal poverty (overnight) leaves domestic creditors with no power to demand payment.

5-Universal poverty (overnight) leaves foreign creditors with nothing to go after for payment.

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Then, debt is covered by “What difference does it make now, anyway?”

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But, this is America—it can’t happen here.

Oh, now you think American exceptionalism will revive?

It did revive from 2017-2020.

It was killed in 2021.

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USA—welcome to historical dictatorial reality.

And this time, no Allied Forces in the world are available and willing to save the day, save the world, save freedom.

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T E X A S , where are you, NOW?

Texas can’t save America—stop trying (in Washington) ! ! !

But, Texas can save freedom—for Texans—and others (but only those willing to become Texans).

COMMITTED TO BE CAREFUL

All the talk of saying and doing everything ‘right’ becomes ridiculous in the face of reality.

What difference does it make to say that Trump should not have said fraud was a fact, without the evidence?

“Without the evidence”?

The evidence abounded, but never saw the light of day.

Careful?

The other side was not careful—they did not have to look at the evidence.

The “fact of fraud” didn’t matter once they ‘won’ (stole) the election.

There comes a point where evil builds to the breaking point for those on the side of good.

Sometimes/often that breaking point is the only way that correction/revolution happens.

‘Carefulness’ would have criticized the Boston Tea Party—and we would have no USA.

The Boston Tea Party was the catalyst for support—action—even violence to win our freedom.

Logic, reasoning, words have their limits.

High intellect and profound presentations make impressive cases.

But just like telling points in the debate seldom change the mind of the atheist and others—likewise the careful coaching of the Monday quarterback does not stop the tyrant from invading.

That is what just happened in America.

Careful cowards in Washington, D.C. and the church got us here.

Careful words of careful reasoning will change nothing now.

American envoys to parliament in the eighteenth century became history.

British Prime Minister Chamberlain’s negotiations with Hitler in the twentieth century became history.

A million Americans in World War II, with violence, stopped tyranny, preserved freedom, and defined history.

In America today we do not think it has come to that.
IT HAS !

Back to reasoning and logic—and history.

Does anyone think that conservatives or republicans (non rino) going back to Congress now, can make it worth the plane ticket?

“Wait and see” works just fine for the other side.

I know I will lose some ‘careful’ thinkers with my final line, next, but I hope to gain and inspire freedom fighters.

From a speech at an all-day second amendment rally at the Confederate Park in Belton, Texas on February 23, 2013:

“I believe that Texas and Texans have a greater responsibility than we realize to be the last bastion of freedom in the world.”

We must understand that now—and act on it—while we have time—before it is too late.

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I respect those who have excellent, intellectual reasoning to deal with every argument against the truth.

I don’t have the mental capacity or the good memory to use all their fine points to debate my acquaintances.

So I do the best I can, particularly in writing.

I hope this is a word for thought, and not just something to counter and move on.

Go to AWordforThought.com and type “last bastion of freedom” in the search box.

CHINA CLOSES CHURCHES

China closes churches—By force, in China.

China closes churches—By covid, in America

GREEN, WHERE ARE YOU NOW?

COLD CANCELS GREEN—literally.

We just had the record cold week in Texas.

Zero degrees actual temperature in the middle of Texas.

Plus a lot of snow and ice.

Not a solar panel or wind turbine has anything to offer.

Only oil and gas can get Texans warm in this.

And only oil and gas will do so for many decades to come.

And we have plenty of it.

So, Washington, leave Texas to Texans!

CORONA VACCINE CHIP

Can’t live without it ?

Don’t leave earth with it !

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Wait and see if that becomes true.

Better yet, don’t wait and see.

PERSECUTION – – – HOW TO GET READY

American Family Radio is clearly laying out the warning that Christian persecution is coming to America, just as surely as it is real for Christians around the world now, and has been all through history.

Recently a speaker promised he would tell how to prepare for persecution before his program was over.

I listened closely, as the end of the air time grew shorter.

Finally, with less than a minute left, and then less than half a minute, he said, “I Peter.”

Well, I was stuck on I Peter for weeks after that, leaving my Bible open.

WHAT DO ‘TRINITY’ AND ‘EVOLUTION’ HAVE IN COMMON?

Trinity and evolution are not discoveries, but inventions—one by ‘theologians,’ one by ‘scientists.’

The two labels are in quotes because true theologians and true scientists are not supposed to be inventors—their expositions must always come from and revert back to truth and facts, respectively.

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1 – – – The trinity as described does not flow from the simple truth (the actual words) of the Bible. And the wordy explanations of the trinity get farther and farther removed from the simple Bible verses about the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Just a few examples that make the point, the confusion:

“coeternal”

“coequal”

“consubstantial”

“hypostases”

“substance”

“essence”

“nature”

“___ is ___”

“___ is not ___”

“persons”

“trinity in unity”

“explain trinity, lose your mind—deny trinity, lose your soul”

Big WHOA! on that last one.

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I make a clear distinction between

(A) the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit in the Bible, and

(B) the trinity in theological writings.

The two simply do not match, they do not equate.

2 – – – Evolution does not flow from the fossil record or anything ever discovered, as scientific advancements continually confirm.

And every contribution to defending and promoting evolution gets farther away from science (more like depending on philosophy and religion to prop it up)—requiring adding imaginary millions of years, and then billions of years, in desperation, to make room for evolution to be possible and then claim it as a fact.

Speculating complex scientific events millions of years ago is so absurd, that real scientists should run from any connection with it.

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We forget those basic foundations (truth and facts) in these two professions, and for 1700 years of the trinity and 160 years of evolution, people have endorsed wholescale what one person in each area proposed.

And now, nobody can let go of the two concepts (trinity and evolution), because such mammoth ideological structures have been built on their accepted validity.

The monolith of trinity keeps ‘theologians’ in control because they have to keep ‘explaining’ the trinity and pushing it on people, to make them avoid simple understanding of God’s Word.

The monolith of evolution keeps ‘scientists’ and educators and philosophers in control because they have to keep ‘explaining’ evolution and pushing it on people, to make them avoid simple accountability to God.

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Note (I checked the internet on ‘the trinity’):

“When was the trinity introduced”—31,000,000 responses

“Explain the trinity”—38,000,000 responses

“The trinity”—358,000,000 responses

That looks to me like a colossal disaster—waste of time, for starters.

It makes a whole lot more sense to spend time reading the Bible—and just skip the mountain of confusing, attempted explanations of the manmade term ‘trinity,’ which does absolutely nothing to ‘explain God’ (an oxymoron itself) or bring us closer to Him.

Trinity has become sacred, untouchable—a highly decorated three-sided box for God—an idol itself—worshipped in its ‘high place’ (like the high places of idol worship in the Old Testament).

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Just read your Bible—it’s not nearly so confusing—it clearly tells you how to relate to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit—and it tells you God created everything.

Just go with that !

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Scientists and Theologians—equal opportunity to call them on the carpet.

HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE

Conservative Christian Politicians sounding a call to resist the new power in Washington with litigation and “hold their feet to the fire,” is like the three Hebrews trying to make Nebuchadnezzar ‘feel the heat’ on legal grounds.

We just passed that point in America.

Actually, God’s people were in that bind because God put them there for turning away from Him.

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There is a time when the call to stand, shifts from standing up in order to change the forces in power—to falling down before God in repentance for what got us here.

A realistic look at the current climate would call the people standing for God and freedom to prepare for persecution.

The fiery furnace has already been fired, and we’re not going to stop it.

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The time to prepare lawsuits to change the mind and the course of action in Washington, is over.

Get real—they’re laughing at threats against what they are doing (anti-American, anti-Constitutional, anti-God)—“Try to stop us.”

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Instead of the church taking (un)marching orders from the government (like the 1930’s church in Germany, like the American church in 2020), we need to seriously identify with Hebrews 11:

+God delivered some in this world, miraculously, throughout the Bible and throughout history.

+”And others, . . .” God delivered others from this world, through all kinds of horrible deaths, to glorious coronation.

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Remember, Jesus is forever seated on His throne, at the right hand of the Father, after He completed His work, his horrible suffering and death.

But, remember this—Jesus gets up from His throne to give a personal standing ovation for each Christian faithful in martyrdom.

Re-read Stephen in Acts, and re-visit Faithful in Pilgrim’s Progressl