In ancient Greece, Homer once said that money can make the most sainted person into an evill person.
Matthew 6:24 says, "No onoe can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other.  You cannot serve God and mammon (money).

What does Jesus mean that you cannot have two masters...God and Money?   Why not?

What does it mean to serve money as a master?

How can you tell if money is a master to you?

Why do you think that countries like the United States ignore the teachings of Jesus when it comes to money?  Think about who controls the money and the media.  Is it the top, middle, or bottom of society?   

REMEMBER, THIS BLOG IS TO BE KEPT CLEAN.

Questions taken from DARE FROM JESUS 2 by Maark Oestreicher 2003.   Page 26. Youth Specialties books published by Zondervan.

Matthew 7:7-11 states "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; and he who seeks finds, and to him who knoxks it will be opened.  Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?  Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?  If you then, being evil, know how to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father who is in Heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

Father George spoke about prayer again in Church on Sunday.  How often do you pray at home?

What do you pray for?  Things that you want or need?  Please be honest.

How can God hear our prayers?  To answer, think about God's infintie nature.  What must we do as humans to have our prayers reach God?

"ιδου ερχομαι ως κλεπτης μακαριος ο γρηγορων και τηρων τα ιματια αυτου ινα μη γυμνος περιπατη και βλεπωσιν την ασχημοσυνην αυτου."  (Translation)  Behold, I am coming as a thief.  Blessed is he who watches,a nd keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame." Revelation 16:15

We began discussing how the Bible describes the Afterlife in both the New Testament as well as the Old Testament. 

Please take some time and post your thoughts about the afterlife.  When you think of Heaven, what feelings and images come to mind?  When you think about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, what thoughts, feelings, or images come to mind?

Please feel free to express yourself openly.  You can and should respond to your classmates as well. 

Byzantine Greek copied from http://biblos.com/revelation/16-15.htm.