[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Sunday, May 19 [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Teacher, I will follow you wherever[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] you are about to go.[/FONT] —[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Matt. 8:19.[/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]A scribe said the above to Jesus.[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] However, when Jesus told[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] him that[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] “the Son of man has[/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]nowhere to lay down his head,†[/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] the scribe had second thoughts.[/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] The uncertainty of where his next[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] meal would come from or where[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] he would live apparently did not[/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]sit well with the scribe, for there[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] is no indication that he became[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] a follower of Christ. [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif](Matt. 8:20)[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Men often put material security[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] ahead of spiritual pursuits. Getting[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] higher education and securing[/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]a well-paying job are priorities[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] for many of them. According[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] to their way of thinking, the reward[/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]of making money is more[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] urgent and practical than any[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] benefits that might come from[/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]studying the Scriptures and seeking[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] a close relationship with God.[/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]What the Bible teaches may appeal[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] to them, but “[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]the anxieties of this system of things and the[/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]deceptive power of riches†[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]choke[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] whatever interest they may have.[/FONT] —[FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif]Mark 4:18, 19. [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma, sans-serif] w11 11/15 4:3, 4[/FONT]
Hi All: I wonder how investing the publishers hard earned contributions into speculative "Hedge Funds" by the Society figures into the understanding of this text, or does the FDS get a waiver on this one? frank