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Monday, July 28, 2014

"No good thing will He withhold…."


I wrote the other day about the inconsistencies in the Book of James regarding the rich being stereotyped as evil.   There was one line in verse 5 that really bugged me.

"5You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury…."

Take a look at this verse from today's reading. 

Psalms 84:11(NKJV)
11    For the Lord God is a sun and shield;     The Lord will give grace and glory;     No good thing will He withhold     From those who walk uprightly.

So if we walk uprightly God will rewards us with many good things.  Well that would make us rich wouldn't it?  In fact, that would allow us to live in pleasure and luxury wouldn't it?

If God gives many good things to those who walk in His way as a reward, then how can they be considered evil?  Is it James opinion that God gives evil gifts?

Hmmm?  

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