If they were Christians, they left all behind after convertion: Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
http://biblehub.com/matthew/19-21.htm 2014-08-20 15:13 GMT-03:00 Jojo Iznart <jojoiznar...@gmail.com>: > They were believers in the true God just like Christians today. But if > you want to be picky and unreasonable about it, here are a few examples of > rich Christians. > > 1. Joseph of Arithmatea was rich. He owned his own private tomb hewn > from a rock. A very expensive piece of exclusive real estate at that time. > > 2. Barnabas owned land worth enough to feed the whole Jerusalem church. > The church at that time was at least 5000 men strong. This would be a > membership of over 20,000 if you include women and children. > > 3. Lydia was a seller of purple. Purple was the clothing for kings and > royals. She was rich enough to be associated with kings and royals. > > 4. Philemon was rich. He had many servants and a house with guest room > for Paul. At that time, a family normally lived in a house with one room. > The living room was the kitchen, the dinning room, the bedroom. Philemon > has a hosue with multiple rooms and he maintained many servants. He was > rich. > > 5. Luke was a medical doctor. A very expensive and rare vocation at that > time, which means his family must have been rich enough to send him > everywhere to learn medicine. They didn't have centralized medical > colleges, if you want to be a doctor, you have to travel everywhere > and learn from many people and places. > > > > Jojo > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Daniel Rocha <danieldi...@gmail.com> > *To:* John Milstone <vortex-l@eskimo.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, August 21, 2014 1:58 AM > *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:Polarized ECat Testers > > Those people were not Christians. > > > 2014-08-20 14:51 GMT-03:00 Jojo Iznart <jojoiznar...@gmail.com>: > >> You seem to be implying that one can not be both a Christian and Rich. >> If so, I can assure you that is not the case. Here are a few examples for >> you: >> >> >> 1. Joseph was a believer and was the 2nd in command in Egypt. He was >> rich in power, money and Glory >> >> 2. Abraham was very rich with thousands upon thousands of sheep and >> camels, and a household with 400 able-bodied fighting men. This guy had >> his own private army bigger than the army of many city states at that >> time. His men was able to defeat 4 kings and their armies. If he had 400 >> fighting men, the size of his household must be between 3000-5000 >> people. That is rich. >> >> 3. Job was the "greatest man in the east". Job was from the area of Ur. >> The region we know as the fertile crescent - Shinar or Babylon - the cradle >> of civilization. So, Job was the richest man in the world at that time. >> When God was done blessing him, he was twice as rich. >> >> 4. Solomon had brass that could not be counted. Enough gold and silver >> to overlay all the surfaces of the large building - the temple he built. >> The guy was richer than anyone alive today. >> >> >> > -- > Daniel Rocha - RJ > danieldi...@gmail.com > > -- Daniel Rocha - RJ danieldi...@gmail.com
