re: #70 rwdflynavy

I think God expects us to share from our abundance, but I don’t think the intent is that you will give up all worldly possessions, just that you won’t let them rule your life. Also the definition of “rich” is tricky, is that a villager who owns 3 head of cattle-rich or a Bill Gates Billionaire-rich? or something in between?

Except that slightly earlier, Mark 10:21 explicitly states that in addition to obeying the commandments the rich man would have to give everything away to gain real riches. Only then would he be able to follow Jesus. And we know what the rich man’s choice was …