Matthew 19:21-23
21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
k I moved into poverty Jesus
so feeling pretty humble and boring lately I do not really have any drama to add to the forum anymore 🤷♀️😕
I miss the excitement of drama but what is a woman to do when she has chosen to pick up her cross and follow after the Lord ✝️
When the rich man gives all away to his wasteful sons and lives of the land, but believes in nothing where would he go sister, cos i kinda like the idea of torture and pain. Every good man deserves it and every bad man has earned it, cos a good man doesn't live he exists and a bad man lives but has to pay.
There's more to it than that. In many cases God made quite a few people in the Bible rich, and landslides of more people who aren't in the book.
You need to ask yourself what will you become with that kind of power. You also have to be wary of where your heart will be when rich.
In many cases being rich is the result of wisdom.
I always wanted a VR headset and I still never tried one. I see that $6000 headpiece that blows the minds of VR enthusiasts. It has them in a state of astonishment where the augmented reality literally fools the user into thinking things are really there, even when they run older VR software, it's like those programs are brand new. They can't stop repeating themselves and they can't stress how good this device is. This thing is different.
On the other hand I don't want to spend a great deal of time in metaverses, even those VR chat rooms from what I've seen is addictive and people live in there. One day maybe, or maybe not. I tend to lean toward useful things more often than not.
For nearly 5 years now I've embarked on a path of becoming rich and one thing I'm careful about is not becoming corrupt. I also receive downloads, I kid you not I'm being spoken to. This year my purpose was revealed to me. If I don't follow these instructions then I won't make it for sure.
Being rich isn't for everyone. Spiritually it can destroy someone.
There's also this strange thing I noticed, where the more we give, the more we receive. Most people will think this as foolery or magical thinking.
"A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous."
The first part of that sentence speaks of generational wealth. Money for lifetimes.
The sinner will spend and spend, that money is divided between hard workers.
Know this, it applies to everyone, and even more so when you're rich
Matthew 6:1-34 said:“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ...
Hardly doesn't mean never, but power corrupts.
In many cases it takes wealth to give wealth back, as we can see from Charity Drives and Televangelists. If you simply become penniless then you won't have the wealth to help the less fortunate.
Many stories in The Bible go on about one's generosity with their possessions, especially when it comes to things like farmland.
