Why is it difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom of the heavens? Mt19:23 What's wrong with wealth?

Nothing wrong with wealth.

It's what you do with it that matters.

The lust for money is the root of all evil

Nothing is wrong with wealth but you must love God more and be willing to give up everything for him. Like drugs most wealthy people get hooked and that becomes most important think to them. It is priority that are important.

most of them got there and stay there by stepping on others backs and necks.

that behavior is the issue.

very few got wealthy by plowing fields and buying more fields legitamately - not saying it isnt possible - but its rare.

Wealth is part of material world, keeps you there...

Funny how so many of the wealthy are so toxic in general. And yet the public hangs on their every word and move.

It takes away from worshiping God. You don't have time for God chasing money. It's simple!

That behavior is celebrated in this society. The people who do that are rewarded. Look at Gates, Bezos, and all the billionaires. So genetically inferior too haha, I Mean honestly Gates is just so livery and unattractive.

It doesn't say it's impossible but it's harder.

We probably never hear about the few genuinely good ones, who actually do good for others, and don't just set up tax-free "Foundations" to launder their loot, while claiming to be "Philanthropists."

Anyway, God knows.

i guess it's also the way how you got to that money

who you screwed, scammed, removed to gain it

in today's brutal world, your waste/misfortune is my treasure/golden egg

I won't judge you.

^^^ this. ^^^


Jesus said not to judge anyone.



Jesus will be judging you!

Wealth is a 'blessing' when you earn it!

There is nothing wrong with wealth.

It's the people that obtain it and how they obtain it

and maintain it that presents 'consequences' on your

character.

The more wealth you obtain, the less likely you are to

be Godly. Thanking God for our life on Earth is so important.

If you forget who put you here, you forget there is someone

watching over you and you tend to do 'what you please'...

even if it displeases God. You have no foundation to

understand how what you desire affects others.

You become cold and calculating.

This is why we all have troubles. If it's not wealth,

it's something else you put before God. With some women,

it's their beauty. They use it to get 'what they desire'

regardless whom it affects negatively.

Power is the same thing, it corrupts us.

Wealth can corrupt us significantly...

Corinthians 6:2-3

You never read history. When the idea of money was handed to cultures that never used it. And the end result.

"Don't Apply a Double-Standard

Those who quote Matthew 7:1 as evidence that Christians should never judge need to read the context of that verse. Yes, Jesus says, "Do not judge, or you too will be judged," but he goes on to say, "For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?"

In other words, don't apply a double-standard and judge someone for a sin you're equally, or even more guilty, of committing. Instead, Jesus says, "first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye." So the solution isn't to refrain from judging; it's to fix yourself so you can help fix others."

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Happy Phoenician merchants, FTW!

Because it turns people away from God and turns them into major assholes.

If you are in needle manufacturing and make a huge mile long needle, then perhaps a camel could pass through the eye. Not impossible but you would use all of your wealth making it.

It's not the money you make, but rather what you do with it.

Look around the world is full of misery and need for help. Those who do their best to help others don't hold on to their money. They use it to help others.

Nancy Pelosi has millions, who does she help with it?

To the contrary, most wealthy people earned it over time. The idea that the wealthy got there by stepping on others is a myth for the most part.

Still, the love of money and the trappings of wealth are too much for most people to overcome and those things supersede God for most.

Notice the wording...it's easier for a camel to pass thru the eye of a needle...meaning it's hard for the rich man.

It doesn't say the rich man wont be ALLOWED in...it says it it difficult for the rich man.

I take that to mean it's difficult for most rich men to let go of their worldly possessions. Including the thought that they are great.

You have to be humble to enter the kingdom of Heaven...you must enter as a newborn child enters this world.

I'm poor so I don't have any problems! I don't worship money!

I lead by example.

Wealth is often at someone else's or some other begin's expense.

Look at what money is doing to Bill Gates! He thinks he can play God!

Adam and Eve ate from the tree so you know what's right and wrong!

No, you shouldn't allow wealth and the pursuit of it distract you from God and God's plan for YOU.

In fact if you're following God's edict you should have 0 concern for wealth. If you require wealth in the process god will provide it.

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