question to those who live their lives by the bible....?

Question

There is the story of the rich man who gave alot of money and the poor woman who gave everything she had which wasnt much. Jesus said that the poor woman gave more because she gave everything she had. Do you give everything you have? Good for you if you do. If you dont then why not? You could but you dont follow jesus' example. Maybe you have decided that jesus' example wasnt right and you shouldnt give everything.

OMG there are some stupid people about. I dont live my life by the bible so i dont see why I should give my money away.

Answer 1

I have just been dealing with this same scripture even though I have looked at it differently.

I have always paid my tithes and offerings to my church, and at times I do give extra to other evangilist and preachers that come by.

I'll give you a little story that recently happened to me.

One night while laying in bed I was thinking about a certain preacher I know. He travels the world praching the gospel of Jesus Christ to the extremly poor. ( India and Africa)

As I was thinking about him I said Lord I wish I was rich so I could help that man spread the gospel.

The Lord spoke back to my spirit and said "Why don't you give of what you have."

I wont lie to you we are not the richest people at all. I don't have much.

There was this thing I have been wanting it was very expensive and I had been saving my money to buy it. It had taken me a long time just to get 1/5 of what I needed.

But after the Lord said this to me I thought about it for serval days. And later decided to give what I had saved, it was hard but I really wanted to help win souls.

Another night I said Lord I wish I was rich so I really could send some money to help spread the gospel.

The Lord spoke to me "It's not how much you give, but rather how much you give of what you got."

This opened my eyes. Even though in man's eyes, such as the scripture says, is not much. God keeps a reacord and we will be rewarded accordingly.

When he spoke of paying tithes notice he only said give 10%, not just a certain amount of money. Not every one has the same amount of money but every one has 10% of what they got.


********************************************************************** Another example

If it cost $1,100 to do a certain thing to spread the gospel.

And man A had $10,000 and gave to the ministry $1,000.

Man B only had $100 and gave his $100 to the ministry. Who gave more?

To us humans it looks like the man that gave $1,000. But to God it is the man who gave $100 because he gave all he had.
Man A gave 10%, man B gave 100% this is how God judges.

God is not telling us that we have to give everything. The rich gave out of their abundance. $20 is a lot of money to a poor man but to the rich it is just pocket change.

Since we gave, the Lord has rewarded my family with a financial blessing that came from a very unexpected place.

Answer 2

If you know the Bible then you know that was in the old testament, back then they lived in tents and huts they were free to put up anywhere they wanted and there jobs was attending sheep and working for more wealthy family's, We don't live like that today. Jesus was only trying to make a point to the rich man that thought he gave much more than anyone else. If we gave everything we have today we could not even keep our jobs, that is not what Jesus expects or wants us to do, if you lose your job and home how would you be able to continue to give?
The next time you want to ask questions from the bible you should read the whole book and get some understanding of what God wants from us today. We do not live by old testament laws sense Jesus died for us.

Answer 3

You, like most people, do not understand the account that is reported. The woman gave out of her necessity, whereas the rich gave out of their excess. The rich were making token donations, whereas the woman was make a true contribution. This is not about the amount of giving, but about the quality of giving. Contrary to popular belief, Jesus never preached the gospel of poverty. He preached quality giving and commitment. You do not have to reduce yourself to poverty in order to be loved by God. God's love is free---it cannot be purchased at any price. God wants us to have our needs met, but he wants to be the one to meet those needs. We get those needs met by serving him. Poverty never guarantees success at anything. The church is not an investment company where you earn huge returns on your money----it is a place and an opportunity for service to God through helping your fellow human being. The rich throw money at the church thinking that they are earning God's favor and that they will receive a special reward for their contribution. It is the poor and the middle class, however, that do the real service to God with back breaking labor and commitment on the front line. The church does need the wealthy, as it take money to run the various programs that serve God. Money is plentiful, however, but the laborers are few. This account points this out, as there were plenty of rich men to put money in the pot, but only one poor woman who was willing to sacrifice all for God. I am not demeaning rich people, for there are some that serve God well.

Answer 4

There was no compulsion to make contributions in the early Christian congregation. In this regard, Paul wrote: “Let each one do just as he has resolved in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”—2Co 9:7.

The size of a contribution does not necessarily give a true picture of the giver’s generosity. Once Jesus Christ watched as persons deposited money in the temple’s treasury chests. Rich individuals dropped in many coins, but Jesus was impressed with the wholehearted generosity of a needy widow who dropped in only two small coins of very little value, saying: “This widow, although poor, dropped in more than they all did. For all these dropped in gifts out of their surplus, but this woman out of her want dropped in all the means of living she had.” (Lu 21:1-4; Mr 12:41-44) When it came to making contributions to aid poor fellow believers, Paul observed: “If the readiness is there first, it is especially acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what a person does not have.”—2Co 8:12.

Although no one can actually enrich God, who owns all things (1Ch 29:14-17), contributing is a privilege that affords the worshiper opportunity to display his love for God. Contributions given, not for publicity or for selfish motives but with the proper attitude and to advance true worship, bring happiness, along with God’s blessing. (Ac 20:35; Mt 6:1-4; Pr 3:9, 10) A person can assure himself of a share in this happiness by setting aside something from his material belongings regularly for the support of true worship and the aid of deserving ones.—1Co 16:1, 2.
God furnishes the best example of giving, for he has bestowed upon humanity “life and breath and all things” (Ac 17:25), he has given his only-begotten Son for mankind (Joh 3:16), and he enriches Christians for every sort of generosity (2Co 9:10-15). Indeed, “every good gift and every perfect present is from above, for it comes down from the Father of the celestial lights.”—Jas 1:17

Answer 5

If you understood the passage you would realize that Jesus is simply getting us to understand that anything we have we were blessed with. It's not really ours to begin with. God calls on his followers to be willing to give all they have. Without wealthy Christians willing to part with their wealth to sponsor mission trips, relief projects, and churches, where would we be? That doesn't mean God is asking for us to give away our entire savings to the next charity that knocks on the door, Christians through their relationship with God are directed by God when and where to give. By the way, giving of yourself includes non material giving as well... (ie... your time...).

Answer 6

so youre going to unplug your PC and give it to a homeless guy?

unless youre willing to do it....dont reccomend others do it.

basic common sense dictates that those who are doing it are NOT online talking about doing it.

so to respons to your question i suppose ill just throw yours back at you.

do YOU give everything you have.

obviously not. so pipe down...mmkay?

Answer 7

give every thing see if Devinne intervention test it you re self let me know if live through it live is evil back to front lived is devil back to front may be it was Satan conning the woman may be

Answer 8

are you sure its safe to have more questions then they ever will with answers without them having to consult the book of confusion and utter bullshit?

Answer 9

because we are humans and we are not perfect.
Only Jesus was perfect. man is not.

Answer 10

Do you?