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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Luke 12:33

[b] "Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys."[/b]

Naw, the Bible doesn't mean what it says exactly. Just pick out the parts you like best and ignore the rest. [/quote]

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. (Luke 12:33)

Jesus is saying we have to sell our stuff to be saved. Being rich is wrong because ‘it’s hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom’.”

No. It is harder for the rich and self-sufficient to receive from the abundance of God’s grace, but the kingdom is received, not purchased. “Your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom,” says Jesus.

Jesus is saying we have to sell our stuff to be blessed. ‘Blessed are the poor.’

No. The poor are blessed if their poverty leads them to Jesus,  but poverty is not a blessing. Nor do we earn the Lord’s favor by selling our stuff.

[b]I don’t know why you insist that Jesus wants Christians to give away all their money and become homeless and not have medical care and rely on government programs, it’s absolutely absurd[/b]. [/quote]

I dunno.  Because I read it in the Bible?  Of course those were different times back then, but you can't have it both ways: either the words in the Bible mean what they say or they don't.[/quote]

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Matthew 19:16-22
New King James Version
Jesus Counsels the Rich Young Ruler(A)
16 (B)Now behold, one came and said to Him, (C)“Good[a] Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”

17 So He said to him, [b]“Why do you call Me good? [c]No one is (D)good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, (E)keep the commandments.”

18 He said to Him, “Which ones?”

Jesus said, (F)“‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ 19 (G)‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, (H)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”

20 The young man said to Him, “All these things I have (I)kept [d]from my youth. What do I still lack?”

21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, (J)go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

We know from the four Gospels that Jesus did not call all of his hearers to give away all their possessions. Not all people are as burdened by their possessions as this young man was. In his case, the challenge was radical because of his strong attachment to wealth (Matt. 19:22). God knows precisely what is in our hearts and what is needed as we serve him.[/quote]

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