Jojo and Daniel, Take the religious crap offline. It doesn't belong here. To remain on topic, Defkalion's web site has been suspended. http://defkalion-energy.com Doesn't make me feel very confident that a LENR device is forthcoming.
- Brad On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Jojo Iznart <jojoiznar...@gmail.com> wrote: > That is a misconception. God does not require every Christian to sell all > they have and give to the poor. This command was for a specific person who > was rich and his riches was hindering him from serving God. For some > Christians, riches do not hinder them. It's simply a question of priority; > not mutual exclusivity. > > If you want to be contentious about this; I only ask that you study the life > of Lydia and Philemon. Did they sell all they had after their conversion? > > > > Jojo > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Daniel Rocha > To: John Milstone > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 2:20 AM > Subject: Re: [Vo]:Polarized ECat Testers > > 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 >> To: John Milstone >> 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
