What's in your wallet ?
Remember that TV credit card commercial, what's in your wallet ?
Jesus really preaches very often about man's addiction to money, rather than love of God & neighbor. Listen to the two minute podcast about not having enough love & heart in your wallet.
Matthew 19 28:30
Jesus said to them, “Amen, I say to you that you who have followed me, in the new age, when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory,
will yourselves sit on twelve thrones,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters
or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more,
and will inherit eternal life.
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”
will yourselves sit on twelve thrones,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters
or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more,
and will inherit eternal life.
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”
Tough Love: This Gospel is a hard Gospel. It can be tempting to try to rationalize it, to say that Matthew is talking about spiritual poverty, but Christ’s words are very clear: “It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” Of course, it’s not that Christ measures out his love based on our degree of poverty—he is not so legalistic. No, Christ is warning us: having material wealth can lead to attachments that may distract us from loving God and loving our neighbor. Prudence and temperance are virtues that can help us to live in comfortable circumstances without becoming trapped by them.
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