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Why is it ok

i belive that we are all first in Gods eye so no one should make a fuss about who came first or who came last, maybe the ones that don`t know Jesus as lord and saviour and if they were choesn to work for him i think that they would think the same way as those people did, but because we all know Jesus as our Lord and Saviour we should not even think like that not even for one minute, for we are all first to him and not last, he don`t think of being last to us so why should we think of others being last.

By: Stephanie Lewis
Category: The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard

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Why did Jesus tell the rich man to sell all his possessions before coming to follow Him?

Jesus wanted to test the rich man`s faith. If he was really seeking the kingdom of God and understood what it stands for then giving up worldly things would be easy. But here is a man who was caught up.....trapped in his worldly achievements. .how do you tell a man with everything that there is treasure waiting for him in heaven when he has all the treasure he need right here on earth?Why should he give it up ? Why should he even bother?Following Jesus would mean being humble and being friends with the lowly. the sick and the poor. Did he really want to do that? He had friends in high places. His heart was heavy and sad because he didn`t understand what Jesus was saying to him.Jesus was merely asking him whether he would give up his life for God just as he did. I think that is what he meant when he said sell all you have and follow me.Jesus knew he was on his way to God and if this man had followed him he too would be on his way to heaven ... But because of his lack of faith he did not want to give up what he already posessed for something he that he had not seen.How easy is it to give up what we have for the promise of better things to come.....especially if it something that we have never seen before.That is the cleverness of Jesus` teaching. He is not telling us to go sell all we have and stay without....what he is saying to us is that if we are seeking the kindom of God we should not put all our focus on things of this world.They are only there to make our journey through life comfortable but we should not let them rule our lives..he will provide all these things if we only let him and we can only let him if we are following in his path.If we are blessed with plenty we should share with others because we know that when we move on there is alot in store for us. That is what Jesus is saying to us. Don`t just go about your life seeking weath....we can`t spend all our life doing that because we will leave them here anyway when we move on to the great beyond and also if all our time is spent gatheing wealth how can we build a frienship with God and be a witness for him if we are too busy in our own materialistic world? So why not look to the future....to God`s Kingdom where there will be treasure in abundance!!!! By doing God`s will here on earth we are doing a job for christ and he is putting our salary in a heavenly bank so we can enjoy it upon retirement!!! Why not save for the future...isn`t it worth it???

By: M Marshall
Category: The Rich Young Man

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Jesus the rich and his possessions

if we put God first in our life we will be better off in seving him we put to many things before him that is why we have all these promblems in our lives. we serve things, and money, and people but we find it hard to give up every thing for him. Sad isn`t it.

By: Stephanie Lewis
Category: The Rich Young Man

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