Should Christians Buy Life Insurance
A man following Biblical principles will look after his family, both in
the here and now, and afterward. If he was to work to have insurance, he
would save himself, the Church and his family resources that they probably
do not have. We are to care not only for ourselves, but for our children.
And we cannot see that our children are cared for properly, if when we are
dead, all their inheritance and resources goes to medical bills and burial
expenses. The children should not be supporting the parents after death,
but vice versa. Inheritance insures that.
Proverbs 13:22
"A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the
wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just."
Should a Christian get insurance and is buying insurance
Biblical? Absoloutely it is. Parents have a responsibility to the
children, to assure that they can carry on without the burden of the
fathers. That doesn't mean that the parents should leave their children
millions of dollars, that means they should not leave them their debt or
expenses. So what is the other side of this issue?
2nd Corinthians 12:14
"Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be
burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought
not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children."
Why are some Christians against
purchasing insurance? For one thing, those who think that this is
unbiblical believe that it shows a lack of faith. And they most often
quote passages such as found in Matthew chapter 6:
Matthew 6:25-33
"Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall
eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.
Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor
gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much
better than they?
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how
they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and
to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye
of little faith?
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we
drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly
Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these
things shall be added unto you."
Rather, it is having the God Spirit
necessary to submit to whatever God brings our way.
As for the idea that insurance is gambling, an insurance company is in
essence a private bank holding its participant's funds or premiums that
are used by the company to pay benefits on an indemnity basis. And as
such, it is a trustee, liable to its members or policy holders upon
termination of the trust. It is literally a contract or covenant promising
the service of a fair or equitable transfer of the risk of a loss from one
entity to another, in exchange for payment. The money received from the
financial institution's policy holders are the banking funds that pay
their losses and make the company profits. So it is no more gambling than
a credit union, saving fund or retirement fund is. It "would be" gambling
if when you paid for insurance, you might or might not receive benefits,
depending upon chance. But that is not the case in purchasing a service.
The bank or insurer receives a small payment for a service of indemnifying
the insured in the case of a large and possibly devastating loss. The
insurer is not gambling because the collective amount of small payments
insures he will not operate at a loss. So it is really no gamble for
either the insured, or the insurer. And the "truth" is, it would be more
gambling if we were to risk great family catastrophe and loss by not
having insurance, than by having it. Insurance is just a legal way to have
collective savings for catastrophes that come upon us all.
Why should a Christian Buy Life Insurance brings you these weekly Bible verses.
1 Chronicles 16
15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;
17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Exodus 34:28
28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
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