In short one should be an average man

The only God I know is myself!

RealJaneDoe:
What about pastors who are extremely wealthy by collecting tithes from members they'll have easy access to heaven riiight

Its biblical to collect tithes and offerings but enriching themselves and their families is what. Doesn't sound good. But if you bring up this conversation in public , you will be the devil or people look at you as the enemy.

KKKWHITE:
God looks into the HEART of men.

If you don't know what to comment it's better you read posts

godson4u79:
Poor people can never enter the Kingdom of God........Thats one fact I know


If you dont hve car worth past 5 million Naira, A minimum account balance of 20 millionNaira and a comfortable residential abode, then be sure that you hell will be powered with Natural gas.

So who do you think that will congratulate you for this trash?

Poor people and their illusory morally better than the rich, attitude. SMH. It's a fact that immortality is more prevalent among the poor than the rich.

Meanwhile, the bible author(s) on this subject matter really erred. Most truly rich people are ambitious yes, but they aren't covetous. Also, they knows and upholds the principle of honesty being the best policy in business. They aren't hypocritical either, so there's always no room to worship a gods of men.

Covetousness knows no financial class. In fact, as I said in the first paragraph here, you'll find more covetous people among the poor than the rich.

In summary, I'd say that it'll be easier for a camel to pass through the eyes of a niddle than for a covetous person to make "heaven." One can be ambitious and successful and still morally upright.

politicalpastor:


Its biblical to collect tithes and offerings but enriching themselves and their families is what. Doesn't sound good. But if you bring up this conversation in public , you will be the devil or people look at you as the enemy.

So are you saying one should be more concerned about what people think rather than what is right

LorDBolton:
Even solomon with all his wisdom and understanding lost his way so how can these fat preachers presume to tell me their opulent lifestyle ain't affecting their ability to stay holy?


Thus; nobody holy pass

OP you're on point.

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I concur with you

Mans wisdom is Jehovas foolishness. Op you are confused. Please keep your confusion to yourself.

jnrbayano:
The love of money is the root of evil.

A wise rich man can go to heaven easily.

The lack of money rather is the root of all Evil

una de mad una don no weda heaven or he'll de so now it's a crime to be rich or to make money abi or I should stay poor n broke n can't afford food or the basic neccesity of life

Bleep u n ur kingdom of God the heave. is here on earth ok enjoy it here before imagining one place that u r not sure of

iliyande:
Note: Having money is not a sin; however, you can easily become more devoted to money than to God.

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (Matthew 6:21)

No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. (Matthew 6:24) (See also: Luke 16:13).

However, riches have the potential to deceive those who possess them. This is not always the case, but it is, indeed, a potential pitfall--so much so that Jesus does say it is quite hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

The Parable of the Sower sheds more light on this. In this parable, there are four different types of soil on which seed is sown. The seed represents the Gospel and the soils represent different responses people have to it.

The third type of soil/response is described as follows:

but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. Mark 4:19

Why is that? Here are some reasons why it's hard for a rich (or even poor) man to enter the Kingdom of God.

1. The rich (and poor alike) tend to look to riches for ALL their needs

The carnal, unrenewed mind thinks worldly things. Just like the rich young ruler that Jesus talked to prior to the earlier passage (see Mark 10:17-22), all of us tend to trust in our riches because of the tremendous comfort, security and privilege that it brings.

Seriously, money can buy many things, but it can only buy so much. It can't buy salvation. Thus we won't be receiving the free gift of God in Christ Jesus through it.

2. Salvation is NOT by works or riches

No one can work or pay his way to heaven and the Kingdom of God. Ephesians 2:8-9 says "God saved you by His grace when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it."

Salvation is a gift from the Lord, paid for in blood by the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. It's a gift that no money, no favour, and no amount of work can ever purchase. Romans 6:23 says, "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord."

3. Salvation is God's own work, NOT ours

Hebrews 12:2 says that Jesus is "the founder and perfecter of our faith." He was, is, and will always be the One who made the way for us to be saved. He was the one who worked to bring us to salvation (see Ephesians 2:4-7), who works to continually produce the fruits of our salvation in Him (see Philippians 1:11; Galatians 5:22-26), and the one who will bring us to completion (see Philippians 1:6).

Those who trust in their riches to provide all they need to live a godly life (yes, even that) will find that riches aren't even needed to save, to build up in the faith, and to grow in Christ-likeness. All we need is less of us and more of Christ (see John 3:30; 2 Corinthians 3:18).

As already mentioned, it is entirely possible for a rich man to go to heaven. The problem is that a rich man can more easily trust in his own merits or wealth.

I love your write up. Pls, i don't understand your stand about salvation.
And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Matt 10:22
Jesus said you've to endure. Jesus taught works and not grace. You've to do something. The branch that does not bear fruit, He cut away John 15
According to the parable of the sower, you must bear fruit.
Jesus won't help you. The Holy Spirit is there to guide you