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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