Christians and unbelievers have opposing positions on what constitutes poverty.
Unbelievers say: You poor Christians have to go to church all the time. Christians say: You poor unbelievers miss the joy of church.
Unbelievers say: You poor Christians can’t smoke or drink. Christians say: You poor unbelievers harm yourselves when you smoke and drink.
Unbelievers say: You poor Christians can’t curse. Christians say: You poor unbelievers insult God by cursing.
Unbelievers say: You poor Christians can’t have any fun. Christians say: I used to enjoy your kind of fun, but it isn’t nearly as much fun as God gives me since I became a Christian and will give me in heaven.
Unbelievers say: It is hard to be a Christian. Christians say: It is harder to be an unbeliever.
Unbelievers say: You poor Christians are trapped. Christians say: You poor unbelievers are trapped.
Unbelievers say: I know better than you poor Christians. Christians say: I know better than you unbelievers.
Unbelievers say: You Christians are poor. Christians say: I have untold wealth and blessings.
Unbelievers say: You poor Christians have it bad. Christians say: I have life more abundantly.
Unbelievers say: Your God is a meany. Christians say: My God is kind and loves me.
Unbelievers say: You poor Christians are no better than I am. Christians say: Of course not, but God has forgiven us.
Unbelievers have only been on one side of these issues and do not have all the facts. Christians have been on both sides and have experienced all of the facts. If Christians are wrong in these things, they do no harm to themselves or to anyone else. If unbelievers are wrong in these things they do great harm to themselves.
Nuggets From The Bible
Matthew 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
1 Timothy 6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
