Responding to the blessings of other gods

[Classik]

We often tell fellow Christians: God bless you, or may God bless you; or at times we do so to non Christians. Is it right to respond positively to a non Christian who wishes you well in the name of his/her god? Buddha bless you! Allah bless you! etc

So if someone who is your friend comes to you and says: may Buddha bless you, and he means well, and is your friend....what would be your reaction?

Another scenarios is when your boss is a worshiper of another god - an ardent worshiper of those gods....and he pays you. is that a dirty money?

 

[reba]

dirty money? not if the work is done..
I could not leave the " blessing of a god" unremarked.....IF the person is a friend they i would say some thing like you know i worship the only true God .

 

[Classik]

dirty money? not if the work is done..
I could not leave the " blessing of a god" unremarked.....IF the person is a friend they i would say some thing like you know i worship the only true God .

And that's also openly disagreeing with such blessings?

 

[Deborah13]

Another scenarios is when your boss is a worshiper of another god - an ardent worshiper of those gods....and he pays you. is that a dirty money?

How would the money be dirty, he obviously didn't get it from a false god?
Now if you knew that money came by means of sinning, say prostitution, I'd say that is dirty money. Don't work for such a person.

If a friend said Allah bless you, I'd have to tell them that I realize that they mean that saying as a kindness towards me but that I don't believe there is a god, that they call Allah.
Note,
Buddhists don't believe Buddha is a god or that Buddha can bless them. So they wouldn't say this.

 

[Brother Mike]

We often tell fellow Christians: God bless you, or may God bless you; or at times we do so to non Christians. Is it right to respond positively to a non Christian who wishes you well in the name of his/her god? Buddha bless you! Allah bless you! etc

So if someone who is your friend comes to you and says: may Buddha bless you, and he means well, and is your friend....what would be your reaction?

Another scenarios is when your boss is a worshiper of another god - an ardent worshiper of those gods....and he pays you. is that a dirty money?

The correct response is to say, "Thank you very much for your thoughts."

 

[jasonc]

May the Heshem bless you as do torah,aka shalom aleichum

 

[Deborah13]

I can't imagine a friend saying this, they would know what I believe, but an acquaintance might.

 

[jasonc]

I can't imagine a friend saying this, they would know what I believe, but an acquaintance might.

I have a jewish family.it's possible but not common but Messianic jews have said shalom to me.visit isreal. That can be said as hello in Hebrew, but it's origins is what I said.

 

[Kenny_ms]

To the first, cheerfully respond "and may God bless you."

The money, not at all dirty for you. The money could be filthy for the guy, and he made it by selling drugs or himself but for you, it's just your paycheck...however I might still wash my hands after handling it.

 

[evenifigoalone]

If I can say "God bless you" to non-Christians, they can say "Allah/Bhudda/Lord Shmooz bless you" to me.
If on the other hand they don't want me to say that, I can honor that request, too. Why not? Actually, my default would be not to say it unless I knew they were Christian or unless they said it to me first.

And I'll work for anyone no matter what religion they are. Why should I push anyone away based on a difference in views? I mean, unless he's an evil guy who does evil things...like Hitler or something.

 

[YosefHayim]

2 John 1:10- If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

 

[evenifigoalone]

I was wondering what the reference to that verse was. (I have many verses more or less memorized so far as the general gist goes, I just have a hard time remembering the references.)
What is the context, though? Unbelievers in general, believers who are inspecific, anyone who does not say what belief they hold, what? We are told to be kind to everyone including unbelievers, so I have a hard time believing that the only people we can even let in our house are like-minded believers.

 

[HBEtechnician]

We often tell fellow Christians: God bless you, or may God bless you; or at times we do so to non Christians. Is it right to respond positively to a non Christian who wishes you well in the name of his/her god? Buddha bless you! Allah bless you! etc

So if someone who is your friend comes to you and says: may Buddha bless you, and he means well, and is your friend....what would be your reaction?

Another scenarios is when your boss is a worshiper of another god - an ardent worshiper of those gods....and he pays you. is that a dirty money?

I'd say "A blessing only happens once."

 

[Deborah13]

2 John 1:10- If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

Actually in the Greek the pronoun 'your' is not there. 'the house'. I remember that church meetings were held in houses, in this case Kyria's house.
I take this to mean that she should not give them the opportunity to preach or teach their false doctrine to those that fellowship in her house. Just as a pastor would not allow a false doctrine to be preached to his flock, in the church assembly.
Or maybe even just to her own immediate fellowship group being her children.

 

[YosefHayim]

I was wondering what the reference to that verse was. (I have many verses more or less memorized so far as the general gist goes, I just have a hard time remembering the references.)
What is the context, though? Unbelievers in general, believers who are inspecific, anyone who does not say what belief they hold, what? We are told to be kind to everyone including unbelievers, so I have a hard time believing that the only people we can even let in our house is like-minded believers.

...any unto you, and bring not this doctrine...

I see ANY that BRING NOT THIS DOCTRINE. Clearly they've brought another because they hate the truth.

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Here's something else. Reject those false blessings. For Satan transforms as and angel of light. (2 Cor 11:14)

 

[YosefHayim]

and he pays you

If this were not pay for your work, but an attempt to bless you in a false god's name.

Abram to the King of Sodom.

That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: Genesis 14:23
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Work pay is another story

 

[evenifigoalone]

Actually in the Greek the pronoun 'your' is not there. 'the house'. I remember that church meetings were held in houses, in this case Kyria's house.
I take this to mean that she should not give them the opportunity to preach or teach their false doctrine to those that fellowship in her house. Just as a pastor would not allow a false doctrine to be preached to his flock, in the church assembly.
Or maybe even just to her own immediate fellowship group being her children.

That would make more sense.

...any unto you, and bring not this doctrine...

I see ANY that BRING NOT THIS DOCTRINE. Clearly they've brought another because they hate the truth.

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Here's something else. Reject those false blessings. For Satan transforms as and angel of light. (2 Cor 11:14)

So someone who is trying to preach something else, then?

 

[YosefHayim]

That would make more sense.


So someone who is trying to preach something else, then?

Evolution is another doctrine.

 

[Barbarian]

Luke 10:36 Which of these three, in thy opinion, was neighbour to him that fell among the robbers? [37] But he said: He that shewed mercy to him. And Jesus said to him: Go, and do thou in like manner.

Natural law is given to all men; they know that there is a God, but they may not understand who He is, and may have all sorts of false ideas of Him. I am not insulted when someone of another religion blesses me in the name of his god. In the case of a Jewish or Muslim person, it's the very same God. They just don't understand Him completely. But do any of us?

The point of the parable of the Good Samaritan is not "it's good to help people." The point is that even a Samaritan, who has charity and compassion for others, is preferable to a religiously-correct Levite who lacks compassion. Jesus makes this point again and again in His ministry.

We should listen to Him.

 

[Classik]

Ask core muslims and they'd tell you GOD JEHOVAH is not the same as their God