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While Jesus exposes the true poverty of the Laodicean church's boast of wealth (3.17–18), he presents himself as the true source and dispenser of wealth (cf. 2 Cor. 8.13–15). Later, earthly riches and businesses activities are associated with the sins of Babylon, the earthly power of evil with self-accorded glory and luxury, whose fall is ...
"Christ and the Rich Young Ruler" by Heinrich Hofmann. Jesus and the rich young man (also called Jesus and the rich ruler) is an episode in the life of Jesus recounted in the Gospel of Matthew 19:16–30, the Gospel of Mark 10:17–31 and the Gospel of Luke 18:18–30 in the New Testament. It deals with eternal life [1] [2] and the world to ...
Prosperity theology (sometimes referred to as the prosperity gospel, the health and wealth gospel, the gospel of success, seed-faith gospel, Faith movement, or Word-Faith movement) [1] is a religious belief among some Charismatic Christians that financial blessing and physical well-being are always the will of God for them, and that faith, positive scriptural confession, and giving to ...
[3] The text goes on to say that in contrast to all of the material things that can be destroyed or stolen, investments in Heaven cannot be threatened by others. Thus Jesus suggests that this is the most secure form of investment. This is a very rational and economic argument for piety, somewhat similar to Pascal's Wager.
So also in the parable of the Rich man and Lazarus Jesus states that the rich, having received their consolation in this world, will have none in the next. [3] Paul also speaks ill of wealth in 1 Timothy 6:10 (KJV), "for the love of money is the root of all evil". In terms of being full, St. Basil writes, "to live for pleasure alone is to make ...
Matthew 6:21–27 from the 1845 illuminated book of The Sermon on the Mount, designed by Owen Jones. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. The World English Bible translates the passage as: for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
The Parable of the Pearl (also called the Pearl of Great Price) is one of the parables of Jesus Christ. It appears in Matthew 13 [ 1 ] and illustrates the great value of the Kingdom of Heaven . This is the penultimate parable in Matthew 13, coming just before the Parable of the Dragnet .
The name Lazarus, from the Hebrew: אלעזר, Elʿāzār, Eleazar - "God is my help", [23] also belongs to the more famous biblical character Lazarus of Bethany, known as "Lazarus of the Four Days", [24] who is the subject of a prominent miracle attributed to Jesus in the Gospel of John, in which Jesus resurrects him four days after his death.