![]() Rejoice in the Lord for your blessings are many! Let us not forget the encounter Jesus had with a rich man in Matthew 19:16-30. In Matthew 19:21 Jesus says,“If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” Afterwards the rich man leaves unhappy because he owned so many things (which he is supposedly attached to and does not want to give away). Then in Matthew 19:23-24, Jesus says to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” Did you know that in the United States:
1. If you or you family earns more than $10,000 a year then you are richer than 84% of the world? 2. If it’s more than $50,000 a year, then you are richer than 99% of the world. So, in other words, most of us, who live in America, are rich, and if Jesus were alive today, he would be talking about you and me! It will be hard for most of us to enter the kingdom of Heaven. Wow. Would you be willing to do what Jesus told the rich man to do? Are you willing to give away everything you own to the poor right now?
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