I agree with God-breathed. I think it is something we need to do to be wise in this world.
REGARDING PROFITS AND TRUST ACCOUNTS:
a.) There is evidence in the OT where God did not seem to mind that men grew crops and herds and to trade them ... even for cash. That cash was then used to purchase things... so God has no problem with his people taking part in an economic system.
b.) He also has said that a good man will leave an inheritance to his children and to his children's children... so making a profit does not seem offensive to God.
c.) However, trusting on an economy that is so heavily influenced by our government and the treasury committee (can't think at the moment what the name of that committee is - duh) may have been an unwise choice. Perhaps we should have been saving up herds of animals that continually re-produce and supply an on-going and growing profit. They automatically reproduce - so you buy a few and then they become many. They continually produce wool, milk, or meat for as long as you can feed them and fence them... and for as long as your descendants are willing to continue.
I'd like to know what ranchers have to say about how they fair with raising animals and leaving herds to their children as an inheritance.
Lately, my husband and have wondered what we might to if our retirement in savings and in the market was suddenly wiped out. Maybe we could raise animals. Would this be wise in a depression???
REGARDING VACCINATIONS:
Well, we are born susceptible to harm and death, and I feel that God has given wisdom to some people to become doctors in order to help us get through this world ... so having insurance to help cover the 'worldly cost' is wise in this day in time.
TO SEE WHETHER A PEOPLE HAVE LOST FAITH IN GOD ... LOOK AT THE GROWING NATIONAL TRENDS:
However, where a lack of faith is shown among people is when the citizens of a nation choose to allow a government to be their hope for their retirement, their healthcare, the economy, their rights, and everything else.
Our founding fathers understood that rights and freedoms were granted by God and not the government of men. The LORD warned Samuel of just how corrupt a king/government could become... and just how much it would persecute the people in order to maintain their power, agenda, and luxuries.
