The gates to enter the kingdom of heaven will be narrow

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The gates to enter the kingdom of heaven will be narrow Christanon 08/20/18 (Mon) 01:07:35 307dad No.690061

As Christians we should be living in poverty we are told to forsake everything even our friends and families yet we see millionaire mega church preachers who don't appear to be in any form of poverty. If our donkeys are carrying our earthly treasures it wont be able to fit through that narrow gate. We should forsake our possessions for there are greater treasures in heaven that will not rust or be stolen by thieves.

Christanon 08/20/18 (Mon) 01:19:15 831ba2 No.690070

Disregard earthly treasures.

Strive to establish heaven on earth.

Seek not petty comfort in the notion of afterlife eternal. Virtue in this life should be your only solace. By God's grace so it shall be anon.

Christanon 08/20/18 (Mon) 01:21:29 831ba2 No.690075

And aye, you're right to call out hypocrite millionaire preachers and such.

Christanon 08/20/18 (Mon) 02:11:49 2fe5b6 No.690100

>>690061

Not necessarily the entire point is that you can not take your earthly treasure with you to heaven and trying to will actually prevent you from getting in so focus more on God and Jesus then on money that is essentially worthless before God. You need to take the responsibilities God gave you into consideration.

Christanon 08/21/18 (Tue) 01:12:32 0d92a2 No.690430

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The objective is not the renunciation of material itself. It is the acceptance of The Holy Spirit (Kingdom of Heaven).

It's so "large" as to push out the need for personal possessions.

Some are successful using deliberate poverty to highlight their dependence on God, but to see it as a prerequisite puts the cart before the horse.

This came up on halfCh last night, but this line of thought centers your gaze on worldly things. It's counterproductive and discouraging, until you're ready to ask "what MORE can I do, for the glory of God?"

Christanon 08/21/18 (Tue) 01:27:37 a99511 No.690433

most christians cannot handle wealth and their poverty literally needs to be imposed on them so that they arent shitty ambassadors.