Pauper/Prince Generous

I was at first resentful of Getz' description of the accumulation of wealth as a character of God. But now I see he is probably taking the route of least resistance in approaching the giving habits of the smaller group of people rather than the larger group by income stratification.

When a man who makes 1,000,000 dollars gives 10% he has given a great deal of money and yet there is still, at his disposal, for taxes and necessities and pleasures 900,000 dollars. When a man with an income of 25,000 dollars gives 10% he only has then 22,500 dollars on which to live.

Getz takes on the wealthier man, stating that many people, with examples from the Bible, when encountering an increase in wealth forget to thank God in the appropriate manner, with tithes and sacrifice. So we might easily assume that often the burden of the church is carried out by people of lesser means who are faithful in their giving.

So where I began resentful I end up thankful that he is obviously writing to somene else-not me.

Hospitable and Generous?

Now what sort of duplicity is this? If one is hospitable have they not been generous already? Or is ti that hospitality is actually directed at strangers and generosity is applied to all who are found to be in need?

Generosity from God by Getz ch 15

Be sure to tip well whether you can afford it or not or you really should not go out to eat. This will attest to your understanding of the plight of other people's poverty if not your own. more later...

From El Shadday...Peacemaking 101 ch 14 Getz

A funny thing happened...chapter 14/Getz
I am a turtle. I hide my fears in a vest pocket. I try to enjoy this as security. With security there is peace. But when the shell-cracker arrives, the pick pocket makes a tangential passing, peace is lost and security exposed as false. Thus it becomes known that even in seclusion there is not security, rather vulnerability. Now to what am I vulnerable? If I am vulnerable to God, then Love enfills and His power enables and rather than reactions of angst and fear, senses of security and peace abound. An abounding peace must by application be intentially inclusive, and if inclusive by mutual acceptance, then is there security.

Surely by these scriptures is this concept underwritten:

KJV Romans 12:16
16. Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

KJV Romans 12:18
18. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

KJV Romans 14:19
19. Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

KJV Romans 15:5-6
5. Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
6. That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

KJV Ephesians 4:1-3
1. I Therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2. With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
3. Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.