Christians need to answer,?

Question

I heard the sermon last sunday, as per the bible one man came up to jesus and told him, that he followed all the commandments of those days and was good and pure, can he enter the kingdom of god ?
jesus looked at him and said go sell all your things and give it to the poor. the man went away sadly because he was too rich.
does it mean all the rich people in this world cannot enter the kingdom of God ?
Do we have to remain poor to get gods kingdom?

PLEASE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
dont talk about other subjects
i never asked any one to prove if jesus is god or not...............

thanks to all for excellent answers
I need more.............

Answer 1

Well, the man believed he kept all ten of the Commandments... he believed he never :

denied God as being Lord of his life
committed idolatry
blaphemed God's name
failed to keep the sabbath
disrespected his parents
murdered
committed adultery
stole
lied
coveted.

However, Jesus showed that, if the man loved God as much as he said he did, he would be willing to go and sell his things... he would do as God commanded... But he couldn't. He loved his money too much.

Therein, Jesus showed that the rich man, right then and there, broke two commandments. 1.) That money, and not God, was Lord of his life, and 2.) he turned money into an idol.

We ought to be willing and able to give up everything in this world if God so asked it of us, especially so considering that God is eternal, and "stuff" is temporary (think: what would you rather have: a car that will break no sooner than 5 years, or a car that'd break no sooner than 20 years? We tend to aim for the things that last longest.. God will outlast all things, so He should be our goal). This is the ideal.

But Jesus showed there, that living by the Law will not save anyone. It is by His grace that saves. If he had repented of his idolatry of wealth, and then took means to change his ways, all would've been good.

For a counter-example... Imagine a guy who's life is one big pity-party. His live revolves around his poverty, and every chance he gets to gain money, he rejects it. He has become so accustomed to street-life, he refuses to accept normalcy. He thrives off the pity people give him, and takes advantage of the kindness of strangers. Is it wealth that is his idol? No, but rather, it is his poverty that is his idol. However, people like that are very few and far between, and usually relegated to hippies and hobos and whatnot (no offense to any, just an example).

Solomon was probably *the* richest man in the Bible. Was he damned by being wealthy? No, far be it! But rather, his downfall was the fact that he refused to follow the command that God gave the Israelites, not to marry foreign women, lest they be turned to following false gods. And look at what happened. Solomon married foreign women, and idols popped up all over the place. God was no longer first in Solomon's life. He turned to false gods.

The issue here is not about wealth in of itself... but rather... the condition of your heart. *Could* you give up wealth for God? Could you take a hammer, and go and break the 'things' most precious to you? Take a lighter and burn that which you hold close? If yes, your heart is right in this issue. If not, then it is not.

If a mere thing is not important to you, its loss will not affect you beyond simple 'indifference'. If it is that important to you... it is possible that has it become an idol in your life, and keeping you from salvation. After all... it is God that we cannot live without, not 'stuff'.

Answer 2

No, there will be loads of rich people in Heaven. What you need to understand is that this particular man did not have riches so much as riches had him. I believe had he done what the Lord asked him to do he would have wound up being a lot richer. You see he was rich because he was smart. But if he started selling stuff and giving to the poor the money would have started coming back to him like an ever growing snowball down the hill.
Its a spiritual law:
Luk 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again

Mat 19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Mar 10:30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
Luk 8:8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Of course an hundredfold is a whole lot better than 6 or 7%.

I Cr 13;8a
10-19-6

Answer 3

I, too, wonder what Bible Marvelous is reading! The Gospel of John ("the Beloved"), the disciple to whom Jesus entrusted the care of His mother, the only disciple who stayed by Jesus' side until the very end...anyway, John chapter 1:

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it...He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him...The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."

This could not be any more clear that Jesus IS God--Not a created being. Read the whole chapter. Also see Hebrews chapter 1:

"...in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through Whom He made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being, sustaining all things by His powerful word...when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says, 'Let all God's angels worship Him'...about the Son He says, 'Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever,...He also says, 'In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.'"

Clearly, God the Father is referring to His Son Jesus, as "God"!

Again, read the whole chapter--better yet, the whole book. We may become sons and daughters of God by adoption. But Jesus has always been the Son of God from eternity.
This is my first answer ever. Sorry to be so wordy. Tho it's rather off the subject of the question itself, it DID come up before I started! And it's important. There are several excellent answers already!, i.e. "The LOVE of money is the root of all evil". And the rich young man who claimed he kept all of the commandments was NOT! Those are two of several excellent answers already made. Also, plenty Old Testament evidence of Jesus' Divinity. I believe you should always reverently pray for the Holy Spirit's guidance whenever you open your Bible, and give thanks for the privilage of having a Bible to read in safety at this time in our lives and our nation (USA). I pray you continue your search and don't let Satan, or his henchmen & women's tricks and trials deceive and discourage. May God bless you!

Answer 4

No it does not mean that the rich will not enter into the Kingdom. It simply means that this man did not put Kingdom interests first in his life. His material possessions meant more to him than the love of God. He made the choice. He could have been rich with God as well as materially well off. We all need to be able to give up everything for the sake of the Kingdom, but do most people. Ask a Christian if he would denounce being Christian for $1000.00. A true Christian would say "never", but would they foresake going to a Christian meeting for a little overtime, thereby sacrificing Kingdom interests for maybe $20.00.

Answer 5

Marvelous what Bible are you reading ?John 3 ,31 clearly quotes Jesus as coming from God .It amazes me that people think Jesus is a great prophet but completely disregard His teachings.It is really like saying that Einstein was a great scientist but his E=MxCxC is crap.You are making a contradiction.
As for the rich man the asker has left out the part that says "with God everthing is possible".The Gospel does not suggest that( Bill Gates) will go to hell.Even poor people can find themselves there if they put objects between God and themselves..

Answer 6

Even if you remain poor but has no love in your heart, it is still no use.

God asked,

1. Love the Lord your God with all your heart.
2. Love your neighbours


So, Christ asked, why did you call me Good? For only God is good.

Which means that the rich man recognize Jesus as God.

And so, since you know that Jesus is God, are you willing to follow God's word? God's command? Are you willing to listen and obey God out of LOVE for God and nothing else.

Are you willing? The rich man walked away sad because he is not willing ... (for all you know, he changes his mind later ).


So, the question is ... How much do you want to love God?

Answer 7

No, it does not mean all rich folk cannot make it to heaven, but what it does say that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Rich folk (not all) want to hang on to their money thinking they can take it with them when they go or just being selfish, spending it on themselves or whatever. Money is the root of all evil. It can turn a good man, real bad.

Answer 8

In no way does it indicate that rich people can not enter the kingdom of God.

Jesus knew the rich young man loved his wealth more than anything. He loved money more than God. The wealth became the idol/god for this young man.
That was the problem, not the wealth.

Answer 9

I am not a Christian but yes it more or less says this in the bible

there is more chance of a camel passing through the eye of a needle than a rich man entering heaven ( i think thats the one )

i think it means that you should remain humble and not live for material possesions
which i think should everyone should be doing and not just christians

Answer 10

A rich man can enter heaven, just as long he don't let that money take his mind off of God. & you don't have to be poor to make it to heaven, Many people has taken scriptures out of context. God is not interested in money, He owns it all any how, TV preachers are interested in money but not God. The love of money is the root of all evil. Look at that scripture closely, THE LOVE of money Not the Money.