Even if you had your own land and sea, the countries and states of the whole world, if humanity worked for you, if they gave you fountains of gold instead of water, then I’d tell you you still weren’t worth thirty cents, because you’d have lost the Kingdom of Heaven. If you like, measure this statement of Christ’s against all the gold on earth and you’ll see that the gold doesn’t outweigh the damage that possessing it will do to you. It’s easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God (Luke 18, 24-5). Imitate the poverty of Him and His saints, who were deprived of material goods but enjoyed untold spiritual wealth.Īlways remember the Lord’s declaration on how difficult it is for the rich to be saved: ‘It’s very difficult for those with money to enter the Kingdom of God. Think, rather, about Peter and Paul about John and Elijah, about Christ Himself, Who had nowhere to rest His head. Most of them wallow in self-love, in hard-heartedness and sin. But, unfortunately, not many rich people are distinguishged for their love of others.
Yes, useless, unless they’re generous and charitable.
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