Blood circulation pumped by the heart keeps the body alive. Money circulation pumped by faith (exactly like religion, which is why Jesus said you either serve God or Mammon) keeps the economy going. Actually it is not faith, but the object of faith, which in today’s economy, are the financial institutions.
When a person is greedy and eats a lot of fat food, he gets cardiac arrest and the heart needs operation. The mouth, which enjoyed the food, is not punished. Instead, it is the innocent skin that has to be cut to reach the heart.
When the financial institutions are greedy and faith in them drops, money supply drop and the economy suffer cardiac arrest. The innocent people suffer when the economy goes into depression.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
The tree of the knowledge of good and evil
God saw all that He had made, and it was very good (Genesis 1:31 HCSB). The LORD God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the midst of the garden, as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:9 HCSB).
We note that in the beginning, everything was very good. There was no evil, and no knowledge of evil. Everyone knew what good is. But no one knew what evil is.
But in the Garden of Eden, there was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If anyone eats of the tree, they will know evil, they will know imperfection, they will know suffering.
Adam and Eve know what good is, but they know not evil. So they ate the fruit and they found out what evil is. Since then, every human have the knowledge of good and evil.
We note that in the beginning, everything was very good. There was no evil, and no knowledge of evil. Everyone knew what good is. But no one knew what evil is.
But in the Garden of Eden, there was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If anyone eats of the tree, they will know evil, they will know imperfection, they will know suffering.
Adam and Eve know what good is, but they know not evil. So they ate the fruit and they found out what evil is. Since then, every human have the knowledge of good and evil.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Restitution
Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering (Leviticus 6:5 KJV).
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift (Matthew 5:23-24 KJV).
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep (Exodus 22:1 KJV).
One must restore to the offended brother full restitution and add to it one-fifth more before offering the trespass offering to God. In Luke 19, Zaccheus is willing to give half of his possessions to the poor and pay four-fold restitution to those he has defrauded.
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift (Matthew 5:23-24 KJV).
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep (Exodus 22:1 KJV).
One must restore to the offended brother full restitution and add to it one-fifth more before offering the trespass offering to God. In Luke 19, Zaccheus is willing to give half of his possessions to the poor and pay four-fold restitution to those he has defrauded.
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