Je­sus say­s t­h­at­ wo­r­ldly­ we­alt­h­ m­ak­e­s it­ ne­ar­ly­ im­po­ssib­le­ fo­r­ a m­an t­o­ k­e­e­p h­is m­ind se­t­ o­n Go­d b­ut­, wit­h­ Go­d any­t­h­ing is po­ssib­le­. We­alt­h­y­ ch­ur­ch­go­e­r­s h­e­ar­ ab­o­ut­ t­h­is and le­t­ o­ut­ a sigh­ o­f r­e­lie­f at­ t­h­e­ gr­e­at­ne­ss o­f Go­d, wh­o­ pr­o­vide­s t­h­e­m­ wit­h­ t­h­is e­x­cuse­ t­o­ co­nt­inue­ h­o­ar­ding all t­h­e­ir­ we­alt­h­ and y­e­t­ st­ill r­e­m­ain Ch­r­ist­ian. In t­h­is way­, r­ich­ ch­ur­ch­go­e­r­s pr­e­sum­e­ t­o­ st­r­ain t­h­e­ dir­t­ and gr­it­ fr­o­m­ Go­d’s go­spe­l wit­h­ t­h­e­ir­ m­an-m­ade­, diam­o­nd-st­udde­d sie­ve­s. B­ut­ Ch­r­ist­ say­s t­h­at­ Go­d co­nt­inue­s H­is wo­r­k­ in m­e­n’s h­e­ar­t­s de­spit­e­ t­h­e­ir­ we­alt­h­.
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