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NASB | Revelation 3:17 'Because you say, "I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 3:17 'Because you say, "I am rich, and have prospered and grown wealthy, and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked [without hope and in great need], [Hos 12:8] |
Bible Question:
My Question is with reguards of Luke 6:24-26. 24 "But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort. 25 Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. 26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets." I looked up in the dictionary that woe means sorrow. Why should sorrow be given to the rich, the well-fed and ones of good reputation? Was Jesus talking about the rich, well-fed and ones of good reputation in the general case or to those that were listening to Him at the time, either way I don't understand why "woe" be to them. |
Bible Answer: Good question KamanUCI! Jesus tells us that HIS grace is sufficient for us (2Cor 12:9)and the He will supply all our needs . . .(Phil 4:19) All too often, according to this warning to the church at Laodicea, those who are satisfied by the fruit of their labor are blind. They fail to recognize that there is a famine in their soul. When we have no needs, it is difficult to see spiritual poverty. Jesus said to the rich young ruler, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God!(Matthew 19:24) Indeed it is much to mourn and sorrow over for those who trust in their own strength will enter eternity without God! No amount of "air miles" will take the rich (or the poor for that matter) to heaven! Jesus is the only way. Apart from Him,we can do nothing! |
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jendaddie |