As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; You shall not defraud; Honor your father and mother.’” He said to him, “Teacher, I have kept all these since my youth.” Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” When he heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving, for he had many possessions. Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” And the disciples were perplexed at these words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” They were greatly astounded and said to one another, “Then who can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible.” Peter began to say to him, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.” Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields, for my sake and for the sake of the good news, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this age—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.” (Mark 10:17-31, NRSV)
Can a rich person get into heaven?
Actually, that question is the same as can a poor person get into heaven?
You see it really depends on how we define rich and poor. Some of the people with the most financial resources in this world are the poorest people there are and some of those who couldn’t buy a hamburger are the richest people in the world.
It really boils down to the question, “What must I do to inherit…”
If you stop to think about it there is really nothing you can do to get an inheritance, it is all at the will of the one giving the inheritance. So nothing is what you can do…
That is why everything is impossible for mankind, but nothing is impossible for God.
So if the rich person knows where all their blessings come from they will be in heaven, just as the poor person won’t make it if they are not sure of where their blessings come from.
Know whose the stuff is and whose you are, and that will make a difference in your life and the lives of others.
aSacredRebel 