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<blockquote data-quote="Emperor Constantine" data-source="post: 1290422" data-attributes="member: 16623">Exactly. We have to work (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+thess+3%3A10&amp;version=ESV" target="_blank">2 Thess ‪3:10‬</a>) to earn money (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+tim+5%3A18&amp;version=ESV" target="_blank">1 Tim ‪5:18‬</a>), so that we can give alms (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+5%3A42&amp;version=ESV" target="_blank">Matt ‪5:42‬</a>) and pay our workers (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deuteronomy+24%3A14-15&amp;version=ESV" target="_blank">Deut 24:14-15</a>), so that we can avoid worry (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+6%3A34&amp;version=ESV" target="_blank">Matt ‪6:34‬</a>), and most importantly so that we make good use of what God has given us (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+25%3A14-30&amp;version=ESV" target="_blank">Matt 25:14-30</a>). But if we make money our god (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+6%3A24&amp;version=ESV" target="_blank">Matt ‪6:24‬</a>), then we've done it all wrong. It's like eating properly and exercising; we take good care of our bodies and our finances because they belong to God (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+6%3A19-20&amp;version=ESV" target="_blank">1 Cor ‪6:19-20‬</a>), and we have to take good care of what's his.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Emperor Constantine, post: 1290422, member: 16623"] Exactly. We have to work ([url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+thess+3%3A10&version=ESV]2 Thess ‪3:10‬[/url]) to earn money ([url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+tim+5%3A18&version=ESV]1 Tim ‪5:18‬[/url]), so that we can give alms ([url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+5%3A42&version=ESV]Matt ‪5:42‬[/url]) and pay our workers ([url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deuteronomy+24%3A14-15&version=ESV]Deut 24:14-15[/url]), so that we can avoid worry ([url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+6%3A34&version=ESV]Matt ‪6:34‬[/url]), and most importantly so that we make good use of what God has given us ([url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+25%3A14-30&version=ESV]Matt 25:14-30[/url]). But if we make money our god ([url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+6%3A24&version=ESV]Matt ‪6:24‬[/url]), then we've done it all wrong. It's like eating properly and exercising; we take good care of our bodies and our finances because they belong to God ([url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+6%3A19-20&version=ESV]1 Cor ‪6:19-20‬[/url]), and we have to take good care of what's his. [/QUOTE]

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