Why didn't Jesus use his knowledge to have a lot of money like Mohammed did?
608553
what Jesus has and is money can't buy.
952621
ok first of all Jesus does not use magic........It's called being the most powerful God in all the universe and beyond.  secondly, He did forsee meth, He just didn't tell us about it because God doesn't tell us everything.  Did God tell us that we would be invovled in a war? Did God tell us that we would be attacked on 9-11? Did God tell us about any other drugs? I guess this is my point: God doesn't tell us some things because it's all part of the challenge;it's called having faith and perseverence.  \nP.S.  you should seek help on this meth thing.......maybe then you'll have a good argument.
857541
Jesus didn't say it's "impossible" for a rich person to get into Heaven; He said it's "difficult."  So long as the wealthy person doesn't idolize their money, and they use their resources to care for those in need, and, of course, are Born Again, they'll get into Heaven.\n\nPeace.
531064
intelligence isnt faith.\n\nyep he was a sinner.
641288
Hah!  I love what punk*rocker* said.  It's true...you can have all the money you could ever want, but still be unhappy.  People all clamoring to get some of that money, you'd have to decide what to do with it, and all those other inconveniences with having lots of riches.  Eternity with Jesus however, is just that.  There are no catches all over; it's simply yet profoundly refreshing and blissful.
459829
God listens to all prayers, but he doesn't have to answer all of them.  \nGod is smarter than any of us.  God knows what you want ($1M, huge wang, Xbox 360), but he also knows what you need, and the things you want may not be the things you need.  With respect to the money and the Xbox, God may have provided you with the ability (brains & talent) to acquire those things.   No comment on the other.
328041
Mohammed is more recent.Jesus lived about 2000 years ago, Muhammed lived only 1400 years ago.Wait another 600 years and there might be people who would doubt he ever existed.\nAlso Muhammed interacted with other nations that were devoloped enough to keep accurate records.(he exchanged messages with Rulers of Egypt, Byzantium, Rome, Persia, etc, and he led a defensive war against a Byzantian army, so he was mentoned in the records of many countries). jesus didn't make such fuzz , and the commotion he made was veru local and didn`t start spreading into different countries except much later after his crucification.So he left a chance for historians to make hefty amounts of mony by publishing books on doubting that he ever existed:)\n\nIn all cases it makes no difference, both chistianity and islam have billions of followers , and both are manipulated by morons to promote hate , bias, descrimination, fanaticism, and we-are-better-than-you childish atitudes as many answers here reflect , which goes in sheer contrast with the teachings of both faiths!(peace and love) \n\nSome humans can't help being insecure.
969352
An excellent question.........I don't understand that either........ask the Pope who lives in unbelievable wealth while just outside the Vatican are poor and hungry people begging.
94725
well as far as I know Jesus was the Prophet AND the Messiah.\n\nYou have a valid point too because Muhammeds so called prophesies were more like rules to live by, he talks about prophesies that will be forced by action if people live by his rules.  The prophesies of the Christian Bible were far more spectacular and true.\n\nI understood your question just fine, so I think the wannabe English teachers out there, need to get a grip!
745518
There is only  one (1) GOD and he goes by  many different names . Couldn't Jesus be the same person as Mohammed ?
620995
The true Christian knowledge taught by Jesus was not understandable by everyone nor was everyone deserving of a full explanation. if you were spiritually ready you would get it. he said "cast not your pearls before swine" this was kind of spiritual elitism and so was  later removed from the so-called teaching of Christ so absolutely anybody could get to be a christian with no effort or knowledege. that is why it got so popular. But true Christanity does have secrets that only certain people can get.
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I totally think so.  How can you justify "having faith" and financially planning?  Did Christ financially plan?  Or his disciples?  For more than money for ministry?  But of course we all know we must financially plan, or else be headed for disaster.  Another example of difficulty of interpretation.
573920
the bible and all that is written was done in early times by those with wealth and power . it only makes sense to have a cheap labor supply availabe at all times, religions were taylor made to satisfiy the needs of the people and control of there destiny .You don't want labor to question managment.seeing as how there is no creator that is told of yet how can we know if there is a heaven or a hell no one knows for sure it is only blind faith and brain washing that has allowed religion to florish and today educated men question the role of religion in society.and does it have a benifit beyond basic morality that the wealthy ignore in order to continue to create wealth at the hands and minds of the enslaved .creating rules that make doing what you want increasingly difficult and more costly to do .regulatiobs on business in many nations around the worl are taylored to support the government in power at the expense of the working man this includes arrest jail and exicution to prevent men from achieving polarity with-in the community.As only man is in control and not the creator who we have no knowledge of i can say that man in his greed will destroy man .not god who is the creator off all we know.
829921
I agree in an obscure way. I believe that it is a sin to put our own needs first instead of doing what Jesus says to do and that is to love our neighbor as ourselves. If we all did that there would be no poverty, but Jesus knows everything; thus He knows that man will love ourselves most....which causes some to be rich and more to be poor.
321957
I have sometimes wondered about how Jesus, being God, was able to contain the infinite wisdom and knowledge of God in the finite space of a human cranium. The best thing that I have been able to figure out is that He had access to the fullness of deity, but did not make full use of it in some ways. For example, Paul's letter to the Phillippian church  speaks of Jesus not clinging to his prerogatives as God, but emptying Himself. It seems that He did not retain all knowledge of the future and technology, etc., so that he would rely on the Holy Spirit to do His works, just as we are to relay on Him. Jesus' entire life on earth was a ministry, not only his passion and death and resurrection. He served as an example of how we are to serve. \n\nSo, when Jesus was faced with a situation, He drew on the power of the Holy Spirit to work miracles, to prophesy, to heal, not His own power. In a sense, he gave up the right to decide what was the best approach. He was led of the Spirit to a degree that probably nobody else ever was. He was fulfilling a specific mission in His life, which was to redeem us, not necessarily to establish schools, etc. (more on this in a moment.)\n\nThe miracles Jesus did were to establish credibility so that people would believe He was the promised Messiah. (He told people to believe on the basis of the miracles, if nothing else.) The specific miracles were unimportant in the sense that He could probably have just spoken and healed everybody in Judea at once. But that would not have led them to faith in Him. They had to be done in such a way as to get people's attention and for them to see.\n\nNow, as to schools, it has sometimes struck me that the book of Acts is, as it says in the first sentence, "...all that Jesus began to do and teach..." The book is sometimes called the acts of the apostles, but I think they would be the first to give Jesus the glory for all those deeds. \n\nWhen I reflect on what has been accomplished, with Christians over the centuries establishing schools, hospitals, orphanages, museums, beautiful and permanent works of architecture and engineering, I am sometimes amazed, and I say, Jesus did it all. It is all from Him, and this would never have come to pass without Him. So, in a sense, He did do all these things. I don't know why He didn't do them sooner. But I know He knows what he is doing.
616365
why not? Mohammad 's acts are example of things which are ok and it is collected in hadith . his followers follow these things too. its convinient .
1100032
The common story all muslims mention about Mohammad not being able to read or write is not actually true and there are different facts which could support what i said. First of all, as we know Muhammad was in charge of all Business activities and tradings of his first wife Khadijah. Such responsibility required him to at least know how to read, write and do simple calculations. The other story which is mentioned in almost all famous islamic books is the fact than when Muhammad was about to die he asked for a paper and a pen to write something so Muslims won't deviate from the path of God. Such stories clearly show that he knew how to read and write but did not want others to know it so he could sell his stories better !