Uncertain riches to me would fall into the catagory of even the stock
market in some cases. Anyone played the stock market lately! Is it not
uncertain!
Primarily what I was thinking about, was many of the pyramid schemes
and the like. I know those who are always "gambling" on the latest net-
working pyramid scheme. The last one I knew about started with a busi-
ness man in a fairly large UPC church and he was supposely and may have
been, connected with the top men in the scheme. It was a sure thing! I
believe many had confidence in those who introduced this scheme, so they
invested. I would have hated to have been the one who introduced it.
To make a long story shorter, it resulted in many good men and women
in the "Church" losing thousands and thousands of dollars. Some had much
of the building of their new church facility depending on these "uncertain"
riches scheme. Many others, pastors and church people alike invested
their hard-earned money into this "sure" opportunity of a lifetime. Some
possibly thought it was possibly a "God-thing" to help His people.
You probably didn't hear about it because I'm pretty sure it was an em-
barrassment to many preachers and church people. The thing fell through
(as they usually do) and somebody reaped a harvest of money that could
possibly have gone to the missions field or for the furtherance of the needs
of their own churches.
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/04/042104.asp
Nuff said!
Falla39
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