I wonder what God considers rich?
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That verse describes how difficult it is for rich men to turn AWAY from the worship of money - you cannot have two masters, you cannot have God and money as your masters. You can only have one master:\n\nMatthew 6:24 - "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."\n\nThe thing is, back then, the reason men got rich is because they store up treasures on earth for themselves instead of storing up treasures in Heaven for themselves. If you put the money into use in order to expand the kingdom of God, then you are accumulating treasures in Heaven for yourself. If you deliberately keep back the money so to use it for your own luxury, your own comfort, then you show who you worship.\n\nYou can be rich from a high rate of income, but you should not be rich from hoarding treasures for yourself on earth.
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I'd have to say a man of value if I knew I would be able to live the rest of my life happy and content with what I have. A man of riches may have the wealth and the position of power, but money isn't everything and there is definitely certain things in life that the richest man could never afford.
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A non-christian rich person is Generally continuously hunting for themselves and their happiness and they believe they will find it with "more money."  Always seeking more, always working to obtain more and never being satisfied with what they already have.\n\nThe poor Christian already knows who they are in Christ and thus has over flowing joy from within.  They are content with whatever it is God my bless them with and realize that no matter how much/little they have, it is still a blessing of God.\n\nAs for as the activities, personalities and interests...\nThose are unique to each individual person and any type of generalization would simply be that... An extreme generalization.
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Sorry, all that that statement means is that it is difficult for a person with material wealth to get into heaven becuase he will be tempted to trust in those things than in God.  That is all it means.
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I'm rich\nmaybe not so much in dollars \nbut I am surrounded by the love of my family and friends\nand that that is the best kind of rich there is.
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It has to be. The term filthy rich means the richest of the rich. Many filthy rich give to charities and other organizations but the percentage most give away is usually small compared to their worth, and the places their money goes almost always benefits them or their friends rather than actual people in need. Bill Gates and his wife are the exception, along with a small list of others we will call the mega rich. Most donations and charities are anonymous so the truth of who gives how much is unknown and really none of our business. Wealthy people tend to get labeled greedy because of the way most obtain their wealth, most rich people have created their wealth from other peoples losses and hardships, most of the filthy rich have burned many bridges and sold their souls to the almighty dollar.
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What's your own view as in rich? like how much money, asset, and etc.? Some people think they're poor even with several millions of dollars they have.
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The only true way to be a rich person is to be content!! If one is never content with what the have, no matter how much they make, they can never beome a rich person but a greedy person!\n\nRemember, the man who couldn't stop complaining that he didn't have any shoes until he saw another man with no feet!!
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It was spoken about people who love money more than god. For them the money comes between them and God. It's fine to have riches on earth as long as they are not your first love.
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I'm rich in Christ! My treasure is in Heaven
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People who live in heavens do so because they have wealth that they have either inherited or earned or swindled. There are two types of people in this materialistic world - the 'haves' and the 'have nots'.
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Healthy , wealthy and wise
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r u not rich.think again
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God says He's a jealous God and I imagine He knows more about Himself than I do.\n\nConsider this: God is supreme.  He is GOD.  He wasn't invented by man, or He wouldn't be God.  He is all-knowing when we obviously aren't.  He's all-powerful when we obviously aren't.  He has always existed when we obviously were born not all that long ago.  He is holy and we definitely aren't.  He is GOD and is infinitely more awe-inspiring than we are.  Basically, He is worthy of praise.  He deserves it.  Just like kings and royalty get respect, He should get just as much and more.  He created us, we didn't make ourselves.  So imagine all that; imagine what the word "God" infers.\n\nAnd then read Exodus 20:2-5: "'Iam the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.  You shall have no other gods before Me.  You shall not make for yourself a carved image...you shall not bow down to them nor serve them.  For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God...."  \n\nIf God is really God, He has some claims on us.  Because we are not God.  We are His creation.  And one of those claims He has on us is that we worship His awesomeness.  I mean, imagine your favorite singer, actor, writer, athlete, and then imagine you trying to tell the media that, no, YOU are better than this person when obviously you stink next to their talent!  That is how we act as humans most of the time.  We don't give God His due.  And He has a right to be jealous.  Don't know if that answers your question, but that kind of jealousy is righteous.  Ours is petty.
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no one really knows how god works\n\nI'd like to think that IF  he  is "recycling" souls, he puts them in the opposite situation then what they were just in so that the soul can gain a new perspective \nex.\n Rich person - poor person, \n     athlete - nerd\n     demorcrat -republican\nThis way in the end, we all understand each other better
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Well, I can see how you would believe that, but I have an inside track on something that has nothing to do with money.  I've felt the hand of God in my life.  I'm poor.  I've seen His miracles touch the lives of those around me.  I've heard His voice call to me from a distance and heard His voice whisper to me from close to me.  I know there is a God because I have felt Him in the inner most part of my being.  Doesn't matter who does what with money.  I have no money (save the less than $100 in my checking account), and I can still testify to the fact that there is a God that cares for me regardless of any business side to any religion.
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What is with all the biblical answers? This is questions and answers, not Bible study. Geez.. He said "Man"\nAnyways, Bill Gates.\n\nOk.. Richbro.. you creep me out.\n\n\nI tried to look up the information and all I could find was http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bill-Gates-Is-the-Richest-Man-in-the-World-Again-9199.shtml  Could it be someone from the past like a King? \n"Bill Gates’ fortune is appraised at $51 billion, which gives him a clear advantage over the second place, Warren Edward Buffett, president of Berkshire Hathaway, who is $10 billion poorer."\n\nI wouldn't even know what to do with that much money.