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what does this means
AK4:
--- Quote ---God helps those that help themselves never found that one either.
It is not there!
--- End quote ---
WOW i remember hearing that dozens of times
Stevernator:
No good deed goes unpunished is a cynical saying about how the world works sometimes. Say if you help someone in need and then they try to take advantage of you or perhaps you take time at work to handle something important outside of your normal duty but you get chastised by the boss for being unproductive. Personally I think that the statement is not true; I think there are great rewards for doing what is right (not necessarily immediate).
WhoAmI:
Do any of you ever get told you are just playing semantics when you tell someone that a certain phrase or scripture is not quoted as such?
Jeff
carol v:
The road to hell is paved with good intentions = no good deed goes unpunished.
And while I agree with Stevernator that there are great rewards for doing good -- I don't know -- my life has illustrated the opposite. But I won't tell you guys my life history...you're welcome.
God helps those who help themselves -- well that's just a by-product of belief in man's free will. First we have to help ourselves by "accepting" Christ as our savior and THEN God will help us in return. I get the credit for accepting Christ, for helping myself -- gee, I'm my own savior.
When in truth and in scripture we have to empty of self, become truly humble and realize we are simply nothing good without God. I can "help myself" to go nowhere fast.
winner08:
SORRY EVERYBODY :( :( :( I meant to say no good deed goes unpunished. give me a break. I have just got through Hurricane Gustav. I was tired. So Jeff cut me some slack, it was a mistake. I for one never quote Scripture because I can;t remember where it is in the bible. If I do I will make sure it is accurate. Oh yea ,I never said it was Scripture. I just was asking if any of yall new what this saying meant. I have no others to ask. Is this not the off topic board?
Darren
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