Why are the homeless, homeless?

[Neighbor]

1 hour ago, Stan Murff said:

Do you know of any promises the Lord has made concerning taking care of those that walk with Him, abiding in Christ?

Yes I do; the record of Job especially at Job 2 within the oldest book of the Bible, on through Psalms especially the 23rd, to Thessalonians and Hebrews, concluding at Revelation.

I am shown the covenants both unilateral  as well as bilateral made that declares the everlasting mercy  of God.

Yes I know of them.

[Know Jah]

agree homelessness causes are many. As we can state the problems its more encouraging to site some solutions. Whereas man has yet to fix the problem. Think it will only be solved when Almighty God steps in.

[Big Boy Stan Murf]

On 8/22/2023 at 3:12 PM, Neighbor said:

Yes I do; the record of Job especially at Job 2 within the oldest book of the Bible, on through Psalms especially the 23rd, to Thessalonians and Hebrews, concluding at Revelation.

I am shown the covenants both unilateral  as well as bilateral made that declares the everlasting mercy  of God.

Yes I know of them.

So you think the Lord wants His people to live in poverty and even be homeless?

Think this would make us closer to the Lord?

My point was, there are in fact a lot of promises in God's Word that show He does NOT want His people to live in poverty at all.

Not all will be very wealthy but we should all have plenty to meet our needs as well as the needs of others in the Body of Christ around us (to the household of faith first!).

And it's related to our work!  The Lord will bless our work IF we believe His promises concerning our financial well being... and if we don't work we shouldn't eat as the Lord's Word says in 2 Thessalonians 3:10

Of course some will claim "you preach prosperity gospel" and the accurate reply is... no, it's just regular Gospel and the devil talked you out of believing some of God's promises! 

[Neighbor]

17 minutes ago, Stan Murff said:

So you think the Lord wants His people to live in poverty and even be homeless?

Think this would make us closer to the Lord?

Some comments made on these boards are too silly to respond to other than to simply declare them silly.

[Big Boy Stan Murf]

There are those that claim we should have next to nothing because in doing so it makes us closer to the Lord.

I've found that some people are literally scared to have a little money because they are afraid it will cause them to turn away from the Lord

Apparently they have not learned about the fruit of the Spirit which includes self control which actually is the Lord's self control He is sharing with us... IF we will walk in the Spirit based on God's Word.

[Neighbor]

On 8/23/2023 at 5:26 PM, Stan Murff said:

I've found that some people are literally scared to have a little money because they are afraid it will cause them to turn away from the Lord

While I doubt that to be the case, if there are any I will be pleased to relieve them of their burden.

[backontrack]

On 8/20/2023 at 10:29 AM, upuntildown said:

Why are the homeless, homeless?

My personal belief is that the homeless were abandoned by their families for whatever reason.

Does anyone know of any studies on this?

The Bible says we will always have the poor Mat 26:11 

Many of the people begging for money on street corners refuse to work. I learnt along time ago give them food no money why! Because I hired one and they told me about the scam so if your giving them money you fell for it. But their are some cases where God will let you know who needs help if you listen to his voice!

[Big Boy Stan Murf]

9 hours ago, Neighbor said:

While I doubt that to be the case, if there are any I will be pleased to relieve them of their burden.

There are 2 extremes being taught about this world's wealth

Once side claims we should all be millionaires (commonly called the prosperity gospel) and these are typically the folks that also believe Christians are going to take over the world for Jesus and the Lord cannot come back to earth until we get that job done.

It's funny because they don't have an army or a navy or an air force or any way to force the world to become Christians.  LoL!

Then on the flip side you have some folks that teach it's a sin to have any more money than you need to just barely get by on, and that being poor makes one closer to the Lord

The funny thing is, BOTH groups have allowed the deceitfulness of riches enter in and choke God's Word from their lives and It has become unfruitful (see Mark 4:13-20)

Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight

TRUE prosperity is being in a right relationship with the Lord abiding in Him!

[Neighbor]

Doesn't matter what some hear of others teaching. It only matters what the Bible states and the Holy Spirit guides individuals in doing regarding the Bible's reveal.

From Proverbs 30 ...

Two things I request of You
(Deprive me not before I die):
 Remove falsehood and lies far from me;
Give me neither poverty nor riches—
Feed me with the food allotted to me;
 Lest I be full and deny You,
And say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or lest I be poor and steal,
And profane the name of my God.

[Big Boy Stan Murf]

13 minutes ago, Neighbor said:

Doesn't matter what some hear of others teaching

 

Actually it does matter because among others verses , Ephesians 5:11 tells us to have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather REPROVE them

In other words we should be correcting the false doctrine going around so others don't fall in to traps set by the devil that can turn them away from the Lord.

It's not right to take the "I got mine, phooey on ever one else" mentality.