1) John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
2) John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
3) John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

This seems pretty plain to me. If you love the Lord, you keep his commandments. Simple!

John the Apostle emphasized this particular aspect of authentic Christianity here:

1 John 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
1 John 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
1 John 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

I cannot imagine a single Christian anywhere in the world denying the plain words of these particular statements which are echoed elsewhere throughout scripture. So what is my point?

This is my point:

I am asking everyone that reads this post and calls him or herself a Christian, to click on the pay pal logo on the link below p and donate $10.00 to my account. I adjure every Christian reader to do this for one and only one reason, namely, because I am asking. I am asking according to the plain words of Jesus as quoted in both the gospel of Matthew and the gospel of Luke, that Christians should give to everyone who asks. I have printed the full passages so as to not be accused of taking the verses out of context. As can be seen from a careful reading, it quite plainly implies that in so obeying this admonition of the Lord, you may indeed be blessing someone who is evil. Let's read:

Matthew 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Luke 6:30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

I do not expect to receive even one donation, even though $10.00 in US currency is almost nothing. Even though my motives can easily be interpreted as selfish, or blasphemous, or even evil, the plain teaching of these passages is that Christians should not resist evil, and should go ahead and give to anyone who asks, not regarding the motives of whoever is asking. God blesses the evil and the good and so should the good Christian.

It may be that God will judge me harshly for taking advantage of his sheep in this way. It may be I am only heaping damnation unto myself. But be that as it may, that does not absolve the true Christian from his or her obligation to obey the Lord, thus proving their true love of HIM.

As I said, I don't expect a single dime from this scriptural request, for the simple reason that I do not believe anyone really believes the Bible, and there are no real Christians. Christianity, like every other religion, is only popular to the point where it gives something to the adherents. When it asks something that seems unreasonable, like giving an obvious apostate exchristian some money, well, then common survival sense kicks in and the cash stays in the wallet regardless of clear instructions.

The Lord commands Christians to give to everyone who asks, even evil people. Of this there is no doubt, but I will receive nothing for my honest and open request.

Please don't disapoint my faith in that you are a true christian. Please !!



Here you can donate with a joyful heart: Only serious donations please.

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j/k

hey where's the money ??

How about 1 Yen?

Do you accept IOUs?

1Ti 6:9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
1Ti 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 1Ti 6:11 ¶ But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness....

you know i love ya....how about a cup of coffee instead...

randomhit10

hey I mean true christians !

The links not working for me - must be some higher force at work.

Hmmmm.................okeydokey !

3 bucks please !!


Coffee does sound good !

Your plan will never work - most christians are hypocrites. I keep telling everyone this but yet there are still christians.

Amazing.....

wow, I'm shocked. really.

you sound like all those hypocrit 'Christians' out there that demand money for blessings. you don't believe in the Bible and yet you took the time and effort to make a post trying to use it's teachings to solicit money from people. i wish that I had money, i'd send it to you just to call your bluff.

if you didn't say that you were kidding, i'd call you shallow and pathetic, preying on Christians and telling them to 'prove themselves' to you by demanding their money. but since you said you were kidding I guess I won't.

hey, who says this doesn't work...i saved 7 bucks....get your cup, its ready to pour...

randomhit10

For once Llucid, I agree with you this thread is in bad taste. I know he did it as a joke, but it is a poor one. I think M you have had a momentary lapse of reason. Now if you were to put your plea on TV you might get some bucks out of some old Ladies. That is the proper way to get money out of the gullible.

We had a christian on here once that put up $1000 to any atheist that could prove there was no God <---yea it is pathedic

I think he should have given us the $1000 if he couldn't prove there is a god.

I'd be £500 richer.



edit: typo

Apologies, but I'm going to close this thread as it's in breach of the following:

1b. Recruitment: Do not recruit site visitors in to joining other web sites or forums, request participation in surveys, petitions, protests, political campaigns or money making schemes.

Tiggs.

Update: MLOR has assured me that the hyperlink in question was a dummy one, and done purely as jest. The post raised some interesting points - it just isn't suitable in this format (even as a joke).