Reply #38: I always thought that verse was interesting. [View All]

[darkstar3]

I asked my pastor about it once, long ago, before I became a dirty heathen.

"Jesus says blessed are the poor, blessed are the meek, etc., and he even tells men to sell all their possessions and give everything to the poor. There's even a verse about how it's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into heaven. Doesn't that mean that success is anti-Christian? Doesn't that mean that instead of going to college I should give everything I have to charity and preach to the masses?"

"Not at all, , not at all. What Jesus and the Bible are trying to say is that in order to be blessed by God, you must first give your entire life to him. Only when you give your life fully to God can he bless you with all the things he wants you to have. Those things could include a good job, a big house, and enough money to care for your parents when they get older. You never know what God has in store for you until you surrender to him."

"Where is that in my Bible, sir?"

"No one place. You have to read the Bible very carefully in order to discover such truths. Prayer and fasting help."

In retrospect, I should have known then that it was all rectal extraction...