Passage From Matthew or Luke Term Paper

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Luke 18: 24-25

And Jesus said, "How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God" (Luke 18: 24-25).

This passage has two meanings. One is that a man's riches does not make him more desirable in the eyes of God, and the other is a man's wealth cannot buy him forgiveness.

It is all too common in society that the wealthy feel superior over the poor. The poor could not possibly love their children more than the wealthy. They could not possibly be better parents than the wealthy. They could not possibly be better role models for their children and community than the wealthy.
Their marriages and relationships could not be better than those of the wealthy. The wealthy are wiser, more industrious and better citizens. In short they are better human beings and therefore, would have to be more desirable children of God. They believe that God favors them by bestowing upon them wealth and prestige. The poor are poor because they must have fallen out of favor with God. It is not society's fault, but their own. Their own doings has led to their poor circumstances. They wealthy believe that only they are in God's grace.

The wealthy do not necessarily believe that they themselves are….....

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