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You Cannot Multiply Wealth By Dividing It

Fresh Manna
by Pastor Tim Burt

This is about Capitalism vs Socialism. Please think about this verse – the Words of Jesus – in the relation to the article below. You decide!

Matthew 25:29 29 To those who use well what they are given, even more will be given, and they will have an abundance. But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away.

college professor with class

As the late Adrian Rogers said, “you cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.”

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had once failed an entire class.

That class had insisted that Obama’s socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, “OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama’s plan”.

All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A.

After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B.
The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.

As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.
The second test average was a D! No one was happy.

When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.

The scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.

All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.

It could not be any simpler than that.

Published by Pastor Tim Burt
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About Pastor Tim

Pastor Tim is an Associate Pastor at Living Word Christian Center in Brooklyn Park, MN. Prior to LWCC, Tim worked for 14 years for Northwest Airlines. He also founded and was President of American Infant Care Products, which marketed his invention now seen everywhere - the first fold-down commercial infant changing table now used worldwide in public restrooms. Tim and his wife, Renee, have been part of the Pastoral Staff at LWCC since 1989.Tim created a Small Group Ministry when the church was about 800 people in size. Today Living Word is a church of over 10,000 people led by Senior Pastors Mac & Lynne Hammond. He continues to lead a large and diverse Small Group Ministry which includes Manhood God's Way a monthly Men's Group of over 300 men. His wife Renee leads a Women's Bible Study called Homemakers with over 200 women attending weekly. Tim's responsibilities also include oversight over the Visitor and Member Relations Department, Leadership Development, the lay volunteer minstry called Ministry of Helps , LivingLife for Unmarried People, Pastoral Care and Living Words Bookstore. Pastor Tim is also the State Director of Minnesota for Christians United for Israel. http://www.lwcc.org/ABOUT/pastors_bios.cfm?stfID=5

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