With just a little more poetic tolerance, the distinction between to God / for God / to be used in the service of / serving God, is at best nebulous...
Part of the Shema is Deuteronomy 6:5 : "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might." ( The " and with all your might", is traditionally meant to include all your resources ( i.e. money etc...
The Quran 2.3 talks about those "Who believe in the Unseen, and establish worship, and spend of that We have bestowed upon them; " ( Among many others, Talha and Zubair were millionaires who fisabilillah, spent in the cause of Allah ...
When it comes to Christianity and the prosperity gospel , isn't it based on the theory that the more you give, the more you get in return from God the Father Almighty?
As to the frequent criticism of pastors having their own private jets, the answer is that this is not the age of transportation by camel, horse, donkey, this is the age of science and technology , and covering vast spaces in order to fulfil the Great Commission is more easily done by air travel....
On Sunday, 5 August 2018 10:13:12 UTC+2, Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM wrote:
Like every other organizations, Churches and Mosques need money to run, please, stop telling us that monies donated are monies given to God. God does not need money!
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