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Old 04-20-2007, 09:48 AM
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Reaping What You Sow

I have been thinking about something and just wondered how others felt about it.

We know the law of harvest is you reap what you sow. I know we think of that primarily as individuals. But what about nations?

If a nation rules their people in a way that they hinder the people from being able to support themselves, are we helping them by giving them money and aid all the time?

For me I am tired of paying higher taxes to give to foreign countries that hate us and have made decisions that caused them to be poor. Yet we have our own poor we turn a blind eye too. To me that just isn't right. Doesn't the Bible say charity begins at home?

IF God is penalizing that nation by sending a famine and we help them, are we doing right?

I know as a Christian we want to reach out and help. But will God punish us IF His hand is in this?

What are your opinions?
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Old 04-20-2007, 09:52 AM
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I have been thinking about something and just wondered how others felt about it.

We know the law of harvest is you reap what you sow. I know we think of that primarily as individuals. But what about nations?

If a nation rules their people in a way that they hinder the people from being able to support themselves, are we helping them by giving them money and aid all the time?

For me I am tired of paying higher taxes to give to foreign countries that hate us and have made decisions that caused them to be poor. Yet we have our own poor we turn a blind eye too. To me that just isn't right. Doesn't the Bible say charity begins at home?

IF God is penalizing that nation by sending a famine and we help them, are we doing right?

I know as a Christian we want to reach out and help. But will God punish us IF His hand is in this?

What are your opinions?
I think there is both a time to help people in compassion and a time to withhold help and make people face consequences. I think it just depends on the situation.
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Old 04-20-2007, 09:53 AM
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I think there is both a time to help people in compassion and a time to withhold help and make people face consequences. I think it just depends on the situation.
How would you decide when to help?
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Old 04-20-2007, 09:57 AM
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How would you decide when to help?
When it is to the hurt of the other person/country to continue. I think it is the normal mode to help first. And then if it doesn't evoke any change, then a change of course is in order.
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Old 04-20-2007, 10:00 AM
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When it is to the hurt of the other person/country to continue. I think it is the normal mode to help first. And then if it doesn't evoke any change, then a change of course is in order.
What about the hurt to your own country?

If you don't have it and you send it anyway, then all will suffer in the long run would they not?
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Old 04-20-2007, 10:05 AM
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What about the hurt to your own country?

If you don't have it and you send it anyway, then all will suffer in the long run would they not?
All you can do is make your voice known.
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