Chronological order of the New Testament

If I understand your post correctly you are wondering the “why” of the order…maybe this will help.... on some of it.

So Job wasn't a Christian, Soloman, King David?

No, they weren't.

Not called Christian but they knew about the coming messiah.

A Christian is a Christian by spirit, not law.

And that spirit is Love.

You cannot have more than you need while others are suffering and also have the spirit of Love. Its not rocket science is it?

Religion is nonsense. God sent us Jesus. and people turned Jesus into religion.

But Love is simple and pure and everything that matters.

Following Jesus is this...
Be overjoyed that you exist. That YOU have a place in creation and YOU know it.
And that you have food to eat and a place to sleep, and more than that, company that accepts you.
After that, out of Love, do your best to help others find this place because that is why God gave us Jesus.

Ask yourself if your yoke is easy and your burden is light. And if it isn't, then ask yourself why!

Following Jesus means your spirit is trained by God's Spirit to love holiness, which is Love.

And a holy person says, "I am grateful that I am, even if I don't have food and shelter, and I love other people, and forgive them, and want the best for them and love them, no matter what."

And, if that is the state you find your own spirit to be, then you are very blessed indeed.

So if a Christian works harder and/or is smarter with money than somebody else he is not a Christian? Your not one of those crying that others need to "pay their fair share" are you?

If a person takes more than they need while others are in need, then he is not a Christian.

No, they weren't.

If you need a car but you buy a Tesla, then you are taking.

But don't you see... why should you eat while another starves? Surely a Christian should want to be like Jesus. And did Jesus ever take MORE than He needed while others didn't have their basic needs met?

The LOVE God showed us in Jesus has the power to make mankind One.

If a person takes more than they need while others are in need, then he is not a Christian.

Yes, you should give all you can to those in need, after you provide for your own family. But the Bible says that those that won't work don't deserve to eat. If a person can't work that's different. There are all kinds of outreaches in this country to help those in need and the church is behind many of them. For the most part Americans are the most generous in the world. They give more to the needy, they help and are the first on the scene in disasters, they take in people from all over the world. If you work and make good money and give as the Lord has asked of you, what you buy with the rest of your money is your business. If you want to buy the most expensive car on the lot, that doesn't make you un- Christian. But certainly if God has blessed you, be a blessing to others. But all stats show that Christians are the most generous with their money.

If you need a car but you buy a Tesla, then you are taking.

But don't you see... why should you eat while another starves? Surely a Christian should want to be like Jesus. And did Jesus ever take MORE than He needed while others didn't have their basic needs met?

The LOVE God showed us in Jesus has the power to make mankind One.

Debating with a drunk is futile.

Paul,

As you and I have discussed at length about some things you're facing in your own life publicly in another thread...

You regularly condemn people having what you view as excess money in many threads across the forum.

But can you answer this one question honestly?

What would happen if you first lived by what you are telling everyone else to do -- what if you used all the money you spend on beer every day to help others instead? What kind of good could you be doing for others, instead of telling others what to do?

Let's put a verse you keep using in a more personal light: You cannot serve both God, and what you feel is your personal need for alcohol.

You, like the audience you are trying to preach to, are going to have to choose.

Have you even looked at Calibob's recovery thread that I left you the link for in the other thread?

I agree, as a very long time ago I dated a severe alcoholic for 3 years, and I'll never do it again.

I know he won't listen, but the purpose of my post is to help others decide if they want to continue the discussion with him, and in which direction they want to take it in.

And I do pray that every now and then, posts like this might be even be just a slight jolt that maybe, just maybe, will make him stop and at least think about earnestly turning in a different direction.

We all have things in our lives we don't want to give up.

Me not drinking beer is not the answer, although I continually try to stop.
And, unless we keep looking in different places, we won't find it.

Good luck seoulsearch.

Mammon is not a blessing. It is a curse. And God doesn't bless people with a curse.

You cannot serve God AND mammon.

That which is much esteemed by men is an abomination to God.

But, rather, lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven.

Go, sell all you have and give to the poor, and come, follow Me, and you will have treasure in heaven.

For I was naked and you did not clothe me, and hungry and you did not feed me.

Didn't we this and that, in Your Name?
Depart from Me, ye workers of iniquity. I never knew you!