"Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, "One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.""
Author: Mark 10 Verses #: 21
In this passage Jesus is asked how a person can acquire eternal life. The man who was questioning Jesus was a rich man who claimed he had kept the commandments all his life. Jesus told him that he lacked one thing in order to qualify to receive eternal life. He was told that he was to sell everything and give the money to the poor and follow Jesus. The man became sad because he had great wealth.
How many wealthy female televangelists have given everything to the poor? How many wealthy christian CEO's have given everything they have to the poor? Have very public christians like Sarah Palin obeyed the command of selling everything they have in order to acquire eternal life? Has your pastor? Who was the last christian you met who sold everything and given the money to the poor?
The rich young ruler in the story asked very clearly how he could inherit eternal life and Jesus told him to sell everything he had and give to the poor. The verses doesn't say a sell a few things or give 10% to the church or your local pastor, Jesus was very clear about this. Sell everything you have and give to the poor. Sarah Palin pays Washington insiders for help from her political action committee, and she certainly is not on record for giving any amount of money to the poor, let alone all of it. Is Sarah Palin a christian or not? Who do you know or who have you ever known who follows this teaching of Jesus. We all like John 3:16 because it just requires "belief" and not a lifestyle of poverty to get into heaven but is that not a "cherry picking" of biblical commands and Jesus' teachings?
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