Rich or Right With God? Does Jesus Really Say Christians Shouldn’t Be Rich?

Jesus says in Luke 6:24, “Woe to you who are rich.” But Proverbs 10:22 says that the Lord’s blessing brings wealth. So which is it? Is wealth a blessing from God, or is being rich spiritually dangerous? In this Living Word teaching, we look at today’s Gospel, Luke 6:20–26, alongside Proverbs, Job, the rich fool, the rich young man, and St. Paul’s instructions to wealthy Christians. Scripture gives us a more challenging answer than simply “rich is bad” or “wealth proves God has blessed you.” Money can be a gift, but it can also become our security, our identity, or even our master. Jesus asks us to become “rich in what matters to God.” #CatholicBible #Jesus #Money #Wealth #BibleQuestions #LivingWord #SufferingWell +++ SufferingWell: Through the Cross, Not Around It ~ We believe your suffering and ours is very valuable. Jesus told us to take up our crosses and follow Him. He made it clear that our lives as Christians would be full of suffering. In other words, your suffering isn't a strange anomaly: It's actually part of your walk as a Christ-follower. Hence, our tagline: Through the Cross, Not Around It. Understanding how to give your suffering to God can make it so much more worthwhile ... and sometimes, you will actually find joy in it! The more we trust God and submit ourselves to Him, the better we can become at offering up our suffering to Him to use. It's easier to submit to God if we fully trust Him! And even more important, the more we trust God, the more we will trust Him in the suffering and see how it works for our good and the good of others and how it glorifies Him. Our desire is to help Christians learn to trust God in their suffering, to unite their suffering with Christ, and to offer it to God to use for the souls in purgatory, for those who suffer or need to know Christ, and for our world. We offer courses to support this and to encourage others in this practice. We have three email courses available now and are working on more. Learn about them here: • Our first three FREE SufferingWell email c... You can request any of these courses by writing to us at sufferingwell@protonmail.com To learn more about SufferingWell, or to inquire about our classes, please contact us at SufferingWell@protonmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!