![]() We should be willing to help those in need freely. His message is that we should consider our wealth as a gift from God’s abundant blessings (which it is) and not even consider it ‘ours’. Jesus never said we must be financially poor to be saved. With that in mind, does God expect us to be poor? No. Once a person has wealth, it’s hard to keep God as their priority over money. The man chose his wealth over following Christ. Then Jesus tells him that he must give away his wealth! The man walks away dejected because he knows he can’t (or won’t) do it. Using the example of the rich man in Matthew 16, the man says that he wants to get to heaven and he’s been following the commandments. ![]() It’s hard for people with a lot of money (the rich) to not let the money come between them and God. It’s the mindset that a person easily slips into when they have money that becomes the sin. Conversely, a person who was raised in a lavish lifestyle might not consider having a half-million dollars to be wealthy. For someone who never had money, they might consider being wealthy when they have a thousand dollars in savings. It would be defined differently based on a person’s circumstances. For one thing, the definition of being wealthy isn’t clear. Money is a sneaky idol!īeing wealthy was not the Rich Man’s sin. The rich man’s sin was idolizing his money over helping the needy. In the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, what the rich man had done wrong was not helping the needy man – Lazarus. This is not to say that rich people can’t get to heaven, it’s just tricky. The actual parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus can be found HERE.Īt a different time, in Luke 18:25, Jesus said that it’s easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get to heaven. If they still didn’t heed the Word of God, one more person from the dead warning them wouldn’t make them believe either. The Rich Man then requested that Abraham go warn the Rich Man’s relatives, but Abraham said they had already been told through the prophets and by Jesus rising from the dead. After they died and the Rich Man was thirsty from his torment in hell, he asked Lazarus to give him some water, but Lazarus was unable to cross the divide between heaven and hell. The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus summary is that the Rich Man ignored the needs of Lazarus as Lazarus lay hungry and hurting outside of the Rich Man’s house. The Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man Summary
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