2006-12-28 06:47:45 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That may be what televangelism is all about....
2006-12-28 06:49:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
A man's sin is his responsibility to recognize and make the choice. It is all about making choices. Jesus has done the work at the cross. It is a finished work. It is the rich man's responsibility to accept Christ as Lord and Savior. There is nothing sinful about being wealthy. The sin lies in worshiping wealth and misusing it. God wants the whole person, not just part of him. The rich man has difficulty in surrendering himself totally to God because he want to so desperately hang on to his material goods. He in effect worships them. God is a jealous God and will not have a man worship other gods. Money and property can easily become a god.
2006-12-28 14:55:50 · answer #2 · answered by Preacher 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the rich man has bowed to the Lord and asked, then God would most definitely help Him. If the rich man is too busy being a rich man to ask, why would God make time for one who has no time for Him. This is the just way of God.
2006-12-28 14:55:48 · answer #3 · answered by rezany 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HE (GOD) has tried to relieve the rich of their baggage by leaving all the poor and sick people around.
The rich man can drop his bags there with them and fit through the eye of that needle then.
2006-12-28 14:55:58 · answer #4 · answered by mythoughts 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever read the story of Job in the Bible? He was a very wealthy man but also one of God's most faithful followers. God allowed Satan to test him to the point that he lost absolutely everything including his family, his wealth, and his health. In all of that he never left God. He clung to Him for strength to endure the trails. God rewarded Him by giving him a new family, new home and even more wealth than before. I would say Job is a shining example of a rich man who can indeed know God and make it to Heaven.
2006-12-28 14:55:09 · answer #5 · answered by Pamela 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the rich man wanted to be relieved of the burden, then yes He would
2006-12-28 14:51:39 · answer #6 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Choice. God does not take away our agency. It is what is done with the wealth that keeps a rich or a poor man out of Heaven.
2006-12-28 14:51:35 · answer #7 · answered by Answergirl 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There was the whole line about, "Give unto Ceaser that which is Ceasers."
God is not interested in the "baggage" a man accumulates. He is interested in your faith. So go buy your boat, or whatever and devote your life to God.
2006-12-28 14:53:11 · answer #8 · answered by Ben B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The trial of material wealth is like any other trial, in that, it can be conquered. The thing that makes it so challenging, is that it makes the individual being tried, so comfortable in the corporeal life, that they either do not look to spirituality for self evolution, or that they are unaware of the weight of their responsability to society.
2006-12-28 15:30:58 · answer #9 · answered by Joe Carioca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, God would like these people to release their own baggage. He wants to see if they truly want to help those that truly need it the most, or if they want to buy another diamond plated backscratcher.
2006-12-28 14:51:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The point of the story is that it impossible to serve two masters.
You cannot serve GOD and man.
2006-12-28 14:51:41 · answer #11 · answered by watcherd 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋