[soc.religion.christian] Acts 27.23

ROBERT@kontu.utu.fi (Robert W. Johnson) (03/14/91)

God, whose I am, whom also I serve.  Acts 27.23.

It is a great thing when I discover I am no longer my own but His.  If the 
money in my pocket belongs to me, I have full authority over it.  But if it
belongs to another who has committed it to me in trust, then I cannot but
what I please with it, and I dare not lose it.  How many of us dare not use
our time or money or talents as we would becasue we realize that they are 
the Lord's, not ours?  How many of us have such a strong sense that we belong
to Another that we dare not squander a dollar of our money, or an hour of our
time, or any of our mental or physical powers?  We are alive unto God, not
unto ourselves.  Real Christian life begins with knowing this.

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Robert W. Johnson
Computer center, The University of Turku, Turku Finland
robert@kontu.utu.fi 	(InterNet)
robert@firien.bitnet    (BITNET)

The preceeding is my opinion and may not express the opinion of my employer
and furthermore has nothing to do with my employment. 

BINDNER@auvm.auvm.edu (03/19/91)

Calling the money in your pocket the Lord's is OK as long as
you use it to do the Lord's work (When you give alms your left
hand should not know what your right hand is doing...no man can have 2
masters (God and money)...it is very difficult for a rich man to
enter the kingdom of heaven).

Michael