The BIBLE.

xbish, i have mentioned over and over that i am not arguing. if you keep thinking that i am arguing with you, then you will get more upset. if you have a problem with God, please take it up with God. it will be far more productive since i am not really responding to any of your arguments. i just want to do what christ told me to do. look what else christ told me to do:
"If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen." 1 jn 4:20

if i truly loved you, then i would not continue to put myself in temptation of being angry with you. i am not going to respond to your provoking anymore, for the fact that i am weak. if you are truly convicted in your heart please feel free to pm me

i agree entirely with heronz on the issue of human debate

This is one of the many parts of the bible that bother me. So what this is pretty much saying is that even if a person followed the ten commandments to the letter, was kind to others and lived an overall good life, but they happen to be hard workers who were lucky enough to make a fortune, they're going to hell?... Yeah... GG

it means that if you think you "have everything," then it is far harder for you to say "i give up this world" - because you will be giving up SO much

Jesus also said this:
"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money." mt 6:24

look what else the Bible says:
"You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise." ps 51:16-17
is the heart of a rich man likely to be broken and contrite? or rather, proud and arrogant and puffed up because of all that he thinks he has achieved for himself? we are looking at the heart, remember, not the outward appearance.

honestly, we do not know the heart of someone, unless that heart is ours, and we are searching it. if you are a rich man, then you can ask yourself that question; until then consider the possibility that you might be wrong

 and if you are still listening, hear the story of the rich young man, from whence that quote came

The Rich Young Man

16Now a man came up to Jesus and asked, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?"

17"Why do you ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied. "There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, obey the commandments."

18"Which ones?" the man inquired.

Jesus replied, " 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, 19honor your father and mother,'[d] and 'love your neighbor as yourself.'[e]"

20"All these I have kept," the young man said. "What do I still lack?"

21Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

22When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.

23Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."