Money grows on trees??? by Gary Rose

Behold, the wisdom of a future philosopher! This little guy has a LOT to learn; especially about money! What he says SOUNDS REASONABLE ENOUGH, but he is still dead WRONG!

Right about now, you are saying to yourself- give him a break, after all, he is just a KID. And you would be right, of course. However, adults sometimes think in a mixed up way, just like HIM...

Matthew, Chapter 16 (World English Bible)

 ¹ The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.  ² But he answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’   ³  In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the signs of the times!   ⁴  An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” 

He left them, and departed.  ⁵ The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread.  ⁶ Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 

  ⁷ They reasoned among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.” (emp. added vs. 6,7)

  ⁸ Jesus, perceiving it, said, “Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, ‘because you have brought no bread?’   ⁹  Don’t you yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?   ¹⁰  Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?   ¹¹ How is it that you don’t perceive that I didn’t speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” 

  ¹² Then they understood that he didn’t tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 

1 Corinthians, Chapter 1 (WEB)

¹⁸ For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. ¹⁹ For it is written, 

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”

  ²⁰ Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the lawyer of this world? Hasn’t God made foolish the wisdom of this world?  ²¹ For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was God’s good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.  ²² For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,  ²³ but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,  ²⁴ but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God; ²⁵ because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. (emp. added vss. 20-25)

The disciples' reasoning was faulty because they really were not listening to what Jesus had to say. But, this is nothing new, because like the "smart" child in the picture- they still had a lot to learn! But, eventually they understood all that they needed to know, because The Holy Spirit guided them.

What about everyone else? Well, people don't believe God for a variety of reasons, mostly because they think too much of their own understanding and not enough of God's.

Think you are so smart that you don't need to believe in God; tell me, WHY DO BANKS HAVE BRANCHES???