{"id":11645,"date":"2021-09-20T19:01:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T23:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=11645"},"modified":"2021-09-28T11:21:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T15:21:49","slug":"so-buying-lamborghini-is-out-of-the-question-also-question-on-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=11645","title":{"rendered":"So Buying Lamborghini is out of the question? Also, question on Abortion."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This came up in last Thursday's Bible study on James 5:1-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is also the first time I realized this is the first pastor whose father attends church Bible study, actively. Later I also learned that the parents also attended the church service, not sure how often, but it was impressive enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pastor's father responded to the above with disagreement, because there were good honest people making those Lamborghinis and they deserved the money. The rebuttal to that was that he would rather spend time with the frugal kind who give aide to the poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was thinking of asking \"So what if this frugal person you like to hang out with, also owns a lamborghini?\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then on a Sunday later when the topic was brought up again in Revelations regarding the Laodicean church, I figured out a better response:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It depends on the motive. And it is really not a cryptic yes and no answer. Sometimes it's yes, sometimes it's no. Saying Christians are not allowed to buy Rolex or Hermes bags, is like saying Christian men are not allowed to marry beauty pageants or supermodels. Or churches should not have chandelier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus has even taught us on the wise use of God's blessings, to multiply God's gifts, otherwise, even what you have already will be taken away from you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I looked up Dr. Tong's response <\/a>on this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his Q&A series of \u5bb6\u5ead\u00b7\u751f\u6d3b\u00b7\u5176\u5b83<\/strong> (I posted Q#39 here because it's relevant to today's issues as well, though off topic):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    38<\/a>\u3001\u57fa\u7763\u5f92\u4e0d\u5fe0\u5fc3\u4f1a\u600e\u4e48\u6837\uff1f\u5f53\u6211\u4e3a\u81ea\u5df1\u4e70\u8f83\u8d35\u7684\u8863\u670d\u65f6\uff0c\u5c31\u652f\u8d23\u5907\u81ea\u5df1\u6d6a\u8d39\u94b1\uff0c\u7a7f\u7740\u592a\u968f\u4fbf\u53c8\u89c9\u5f97\u4e0d\u8363\u8000\u795e\u3002<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    39<\/a>\u3001\u57fa\u7763\u5f92\u5987\u5973\u56e0\u4e3a\u5bb6\u5ead\u7ecf\u6d4e\u800c\u5815\u80ce\uff0c\u662f\u5426\u72af\u7f6a\uff1f\u5982\u679c\u662f\u7f6a\uff0c\u662f\u4ec0\u4e48\u7f6a\uff1f\u5728\u5ba1\u5224\u65f6\u662f\u5426\u4e0d\u80fd\u8fdb\u5929\u56fd\uff1f<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To sum it up, John the Baptist though more frugal than Jesus, was no better spiritual than Jesus. So it all comes down to the motive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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