Matthew 19:23-24
King James Version
23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples,
Verily I say unto you,
That a rich man shall hardly enter
into the kingdom of heaven.
24 And again I say unto you,
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle,
than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
That's what makes a rich man, poor.
If he doesn't acknowledge GOD.
If he doesn't believe in JESUS.
If he dishonors the HOLY SPIRIT.
If he hasn't repented of his sins.
If he is too proud to admit he has sinned.
If he doesn't care to know about sin.
If he doesn't care to know the WORD of GOD.
If he is blind to the plight of the blind.
If he is indifferent to the needs of the poor.
If he thinks he can buy his way to heaven.
Through charity, or good works.
All those make the rich man, poor.
I did say in the second post that there is GREAT abundance in the world.
"Why the poverty?"
Because the rich hoard.
Even the upper middle class hoard.
The elite keep the poor, ignorant.
The god of this world keeps us ignorant.
"What you don't know won't hurt you."
On the contrary, what we don't know, has hurt us.
Thing is, privileged information is reserved for the few.
In total contrast to Scripture, which waits for all of us to have fellowship with JESUS.
The rich can whitewash poverty, build tall fences, or reserve tickets to the moon, or another planet they want to colonize.
The fact remains, the poor will always be with us.
We must not scrap the rest of humanity out.
Deuteronomy 15:11
King James Version
11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land:
therefore I command thee, saying,
Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother,
to thy poor,
and to thy needy,
in thy land.
We're all children of GOD.
We're all creations of the LORD.
How can we turn a blind eye, to our suffering brothers, and sisters?
How can we live, and eat luxuriously, when others are homeless, or starving?
How can we live normally, when other people are being oppressed, and marginalized?
How can we sleep good nights, when others don't even have a place to stay, much less a warm bed to sleep in?
How can we think fashion, when others have no change of clothes?
JESUS told the rich man:
Matthew 19:21
King James Version
21 Jesus said unto him,
If thou wilt be perfect,
go and sell that thou hast,
and give to the poor,
and thou shalt have treasure in heaven:
and come and follow me.
The Bible is not anti-wealth.
It is anti-coventousness.
It's either GOD, or mammon.
Who have you chosen?
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