Does God want us to be rich?
2007-11-15 12:50:32 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You know like having a houst, wife, kids and like 2 cars.
2007-11-15 12:54:16 · update #1
Your definition of rich is extremely vague. I am married, have three kids, have a house, have 2 cars, etc. I wouldn't consider us rich. Just normal. In some places I would be considered extremely rich but here the US, I think we're pretty average.
I think God wants us to be able to do his work so sometimes he blesses us with the capacity to do so.
2007-11-15 12:56:44 · answer #1 · answered by gumby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. How else can we give back to God? How else can we feed the hungry and heal the sick? And yes, we are allowed to enjoy the fruits of our own labor. Both Abraham and Job were pretty well off. Somehow, a poverty mentality has crept into Christianity. Get the just released book Rich Church Poor Church for an enlightening look at God's purpose for our financial lives.
2007-11-15 21:00:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Store up your treasures in Heaven"! What does it profit a man to have all the money in the world but not a single friend to enjoy it with? God wants us to be rich with love and wonderful memories and children; all the things money cannot purchase. Jesus could have come as a rich ruler but instead He chose to come from a ghetto (Bethlehem was considered a ghetto in those days). Being poor makes us depend on God every day to provide for us.
2007-11-15 21:01:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you mean rich in money I don't think so. There are many ways to be rich. We tend to approach Christianity from a very Western point of view. Prosperity doctrine that says if you have enough faith and give to the t.v. evangelist you will get rich doesn't work in most of the world, therefore, since it's not universal it's not truth.
2007-11-15 20:55:44 · answer #4 · answered by mel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible doesn't go as far as to say that He wants us to be rich. However, it does say that he wants us to prosper and to be abundant. The truth is that we are given what we can handle. One can answer this question by considering the alternative. Does God want us to be poor? I suppose that most would answer "no". Rightly so. Poverty would not be an expression of the Divine but abundance is. :)
2007-11-15 21:03:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding?
We are Joint-Heir with Christ, We are reigning as kings and priests of God. The heaven and earth, the golds and silvers and the fullness thereof are HIS is also mine!
What else can I says except believes it and you shall eats the fruit thereof and if you don't the inheritance that a believer have is left unclaimed
What say you ?
2007-11-15 20:57:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, rich in good deeds and rich in faith, rich in mercy and rich in love for the Lord.
2007-11-15 20:57:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus say's he came so that we would have an abundant life; Read the bible Abraham was the Richest man. Job was wealthy; Even Jesus had a treasurer...You don't need a treasurer if you are poor...
2007-11-15 21:01:23 · answer #8 · answered by bonnie w 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but you don't need a lot of money to be rich.
2007-11-15 20:53:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
He wants us to be obedient; living as His children. Some can handle wealth in a positive way, most cannot.
2007-11-15 20:53:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋