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[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 year ago

In Matthew 19:24, Jesus tells His listeners, "Again I tell you, 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.”

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While not impossible, we haven't made any micro camels yet.

[-] Mostly_Harmless@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Its a true statement because camels and needles exist while heaven doesn't

[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 0 points 1 year ago

Matthew 19:24

You don't need a micro camel. Cite the next 2 versus.

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 7 points 1 year ago

“Truly, I say to you, tonly with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 uAgain I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter vthe kingdom of God.” 25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?” 26 But Jesus wlooked at them and said, x“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” 27 Then Peter said in reply, “See, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?” 28 Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, in the new world,2 when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me awill also sit on twelve thrones, bjudging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 cAnd everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold3 and will dinherit eternal life. 30 But emany who are ffirst will be last, and the last first."

Sorry about all the numbered citations, and random letters. Too hard to edit that out on mobile lol

Still sounds like they need to give everything up and then they'll be rewarded.

[-] bluGill@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

No it doesn't. It says that if you give everything up you will be rewarded, but it doesn't follow that you have to give everything up. Actually most would argue that giving everything up only works if you then follow Jesus.

Verse 26 is key here: "with God all things are possible." Most Christians will agree that there are many different ways to a reward. Some will put more limits on the number than others, but none suggest that the only way is to sell all. We see plenty of people in the bible who clearly didn't sell all and seem to be saved. Some of them even seem to be rich.

[-] anonionfinelyminced@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

If money is your god, then no-one else can be.

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