CQOD: 10/26/07 -- Wesley: in debt to the rich
Christian Quotation of the Day
October 26, 2007Feast of Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, Scholar, 899
Commemoration of Cedd, Founding Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of the East Saxons, 664
Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.
-- 1 Timothy 6:17-19 (NIV)
Quotation:
Let all our chapels be built plain and decent; but not more expensively than is absolutely unavoidable: otherwise the necessity of raising money will make rich men necessary to us. But if so, we must be dependent upon them, yea, and governed by them. And then farewell to the Methodist-discipline, if not doctrine too.
... John Wesley, instructions to Methodists in the U.S. [1784]
Quiet time reflection:
Lord, instruct my heart, so that my wealth does not become a curse.
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posted by Robert McAnally Adams at 10/26/2007 12:04:00 AM
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