Sorry but time has really gotten away from me. I wish I had more time to post today but I will have to make this one a quickie. I was intrigued by something the character Virginia Page said on page 18. She asked, "What would he (Jesus) do with a million dollars? She had inherited a million dollars and so her dilemma was what would Jesus do with such a large sum of money.
The reason this little question intrigued me is because of all the good Christian people (and you know who you are) who feel the lottery is a harmless, innocent game. Now I will preface the rest of this comment by opening saying that I hold great disdain for the lottery system, but I won't get into all that day. After all I promised a quickie didn't I? My question is not so much, "Would Jesus play the lottery?" My real question is "If Jesus played the lottery today, why would he?"
I think I know your answer, you would say "Well pastor Jesus would play the lottery so that he could help a lot of people with all that money." Maybe you are right, that might be what Jesus would do if he played the lottery", BUT WHAT ABOUT YOU? Why do you REALLY want to play and win the lottery? Oh it is so you could give money to the church? Really? How is it that we can't trust God with tithe on $1000 but we would will have no problem trusting Him with tithe on one Million.
Pardon me if I sound a bit skeptical but it is only because I am. Would Jesus even need to play the lottery today if his church was faithfully giving as he has already instructed? OK I better stop before I get in even more trouble.
Pastor Sheldon
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