tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6724179790608266621.post3998318206793214782..comments2016-01-22T21:22:14.390-08:00Comments on Faith's Journey: When the Ignorant Try to Challenge God ...Ned Barnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03061911547748210995noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6724179790608266621.post-53234423351785106142016-01-22T21:22:14.390-08:002016-01-22T21:22:14.390-08:00I really don't think that's anything like ...I really don't think that's anything like Jesus was saying. Again, I could be wrong, but I believe he was referring to things (money, pride, etc.) that any man puts ahead of God the Father. Jesus did not take issue with other wealthy men (men who were not, apparently, obsessed with their wealth), but he made it clear that his followers had to leave behind the things they HAD PREVIOUSLY valued above all else, and put Christ and God the Father ahead of earthly passions.<br /><br />At least that's how I read it.<br /><br />In the case of this young man, his love of his money was the root of his inability to follow Jesus, so your cited verse is accurate. But be clear. Money is not evil. The love of money (ahead of the love of God) is the root of evil.<br /><br />Or so it seems to me. Thanks for your comments, and for not being anonymous, and especially for citing chapter-and-verse.Ned Barnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03061911547748210995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6724179790608266621.post-84757543787304679082016-01-22T21:18:06.446-08:002016-01-22T21:18:06.446-08:00You may be right; however, because you chose to ma...You may be right; however, because you chose to make an anonymous comment AND you chose to not cite any sources other than your own "knowledge," it seems like we're dueling self-appointed experts. If you care to change these (by not remaining anonymous and by citing sources), I'll be glad to:<br /><br />a. Take your comments under advisement; and,<br />b. Change my comments if I find your sources persuasive, and I might - I was not there 2,000 years ago, and cannot swear to the existence of the "Eye of the Needle" gate into Jerusalem, or anywhere else (since Christ didn't specify where "the Eye of the Needle" was). Until then, however, I'll choose to rely on my own sources ...<br /><br />I don't know who you are, so I have no way of evaluating whether you'll do this. Your beginning - insulting me on this AND (by implication - "as usual") insulting all of my Faith's Journey blogs does not encourage me that you're "up" for some rational and civil discussion leading to agreement and further understanding. <br /><br />The ball's in your court, "Unknown."Ned Barnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03061911547748210995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6724179790608266621.post-66341055546082026332016-01-22T17:46:15.688-08:002016-01-22T17:46:15.688-08:00Jesus clearly believes that throwing down your mon...Jesus clearly believes that throwing down your money and wealth and so on and running off to worship God, that God will provide and you'll be fine...<br /><br />God is the STATE in this example, who provides for worshipful non-working hippies and will feed and house and clothe them. <br /><br />God clearly hates money and wealth according to Jesus, and if you cannot take the several inferences to this and use them to form some clear inferences, then you don't belong posting a blog.<br /><br />1 Timothy 6:10 King James Version (KJV)<br />10 For the love of money is the root of all evilAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430923427120017607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6724179790608266621.post-2769064822910242102016-01-22T17:40:55.148-08:002016-01-22T17:40:55.148-08:00Ridiculous garbage, as usual.
From Scholars - &qu...Ridiculous garbage, as usual.<br /><br />From Scholars - "The "Eye of the Needle" has been claimed to be a gate in Jerusalem, which opened after the main gate was closed at night. A camel could only pass through this smaller gate if it was stooped and had its baggage removed. This story has been put forth since at least the 15th century, and possibly as far back as the 9th century. However, there is no widely accepted evidence for the existence of such a gate.[4][5] There is actually a small gate in Jerusalem called "eye of a needle". It can be found in the Russian Church, in the Old City of Jerusalem, but was built in the 16th century, and clearly has nothing to do with this passage.<br /><br />Variations on this story include that of ancient inns having small entrances to thwart thieves, or a story of an old mountain pass known as the "eye of the needle", so narrow that merchants would have to dismount from their camels and were thus more vulnerable to waiting brigands. There is no historical evidence for any of these, either.<br /><br />These interpretations also ignore the explanation given in Matthew 19:26 :“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Additionally, such an especially cruel reading would infer that the rich may take back anything they had just given to the poor."<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430923427120017607noreply@blogger.com