Monday, December 15, 2014

Money, money, money!!! #9




Perhaps these words from Jesus are some of the most valuable to us about the love of money:



Mark 10:23-27

23 Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!” 24 And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

26 And they were greatly astonished, saying among themselves, “Who then can be saved?”

27 But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.”



Two times in these verses Jesus uses the word "hard" in talking about entering the kingdom of God. I think we had better take notice don't you??? BUT I want us to see Jesus says it is not impossible but hard for the rich to enter the kingdom. So we can draw from this that riches can be a big temptation if not kept in check. So much so that Jesus very straight forward like points it out to us! It even shocked the disciples. Jesus was putting to rest the thought that great riches were a sign of the favor of God upon that person. Riches has nothing to do with that, where your relationship with Jesus is the deciding factor of us reaching the kingdom of God!



So let us think about these important words from Jesus this morning. Is your money keeping you from Jesus or is your money being used to bring you and others to Jesus?



Tom

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