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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