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XavierJesusLovesIndia said:
Anyway, please address the other clear verses Moses cited, as well as those I cited in the OP. Moses cited these
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Keep in mind that the directives of Moses were to the Israelites, who were to treat other Israelites as their brethren. So those teachings are not of universal application. And did not Christ tell His disciples to "make friends of the unrighteous mammon"? So while money is frequently used for unrighteous purposes, it was also be used for righteous purposes.
 
Luk 6:34 "And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful."
 
Moses_Young said:
You're not understanding the difference between usury and investment.
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Are you talking to me or Jesus? After all, I merely showed you what he said, and he said it to someone who knew, and not mistakenly thought, he was an austere man who reaps where he hasn't sown.

I'm done beating this dead horse.
 
notonmywatch said:
Are you talking to me or Jesus? After all, I merely showed you what he said, and he said it to someone who knew, and not mistakenly thought, he was an austere man who reaps where he hasn't sown.

I'm done beating this dead horse.
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If you think God is austere (who "so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten sin, that whosoever believes in Him, shall not perish, but have eternal life") and reaps where He hasn't sown, you have an incorrect understanding of God. This is the same understanding as the wicked servant, who was rebuked in the passage we are discussing.

But it seems to me that the wicked servant wasn't rebuked for his misunderstanding of God. He was rebuked for his hypocrisy, in not acting in a way consistent with the belief he claimed about God.
 
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