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NASB | Matthew 19:24 "Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 19:24 "Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man [who places his faith in wealth and status] to enter the kingdom of God." |
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Bible Note: Prayon It means if we are accumulating money instead of putting it to work our focus is wrong. Now some money can be saved and still be put to work such as retirement accounts and such. But even that can go over board I know one person that has 450 thousand socked away and claims to be to poor to buy the children Birthday gifts. Having money is not the problem or even how much. The problem is what is your focus. What do you guard your soul or your money? It becomes real telling when we get a windfall. One faithful man paid his tithe each pay day the check he wrote was for 500 dollars. Then he got a windfall of 100,000. He could not bring himself to write check for 10,000 even though he gave that much in 20 pay days. He rationalized it and said he didn't want to appear to be a show off. He was a afraid the church would waste the money. Over time God was able to reveal to him that all he really was doing was trying to protect his windfall and that doing that had become more important than God in his life. That there was a problem. Interestingly enough he gave his 10,000 to God and a little more and within 10 years he had another windfall of 200,000. Again he had the same problem only worst. God clearly showed him where his love was and the man again had to repent. We are to be stewards of God’s money. God allows us to use it any way we want He just looks at how we handled it. What became most important in our lives. EdB |