Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said,“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
So we can confidently say,
I will not fear;
what can man do
to me?”
Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Christ's view of wealth is conscience, not morality! Christ does not look upon private wealth as a moral issue but as a conscience issue. Time, not wealth, is life's most valuable commodity! Opportunity cost is a key concept in economics? Jesus looks upon "worldly wealth" in the economic context of "opportunity cost", or the cost forfeited by forgoing God's kingdom, or some other non creative utilization of time and energy.
ReplyDeleteWealth is a human value with a voracious appetite which binds a person's ego to earth. Worldly wealth must be valued against the forfeited worth, or, per Jesus, that of time not spent with the kingdom of God. "Gaining the world and losing the soul!" What worth is the soul? What is the real net gain over the eternal benefit forgone?