Christ’s Teaching on Riches and Poverty
THESE things were reversed by the teaching of the Lord of glory. The common people were not "accursed" in his eyes; he preached to the poor, and they heard him gladly. He ministered to their longings—blessed their little ones, healed their sick, raised their dead, and, best of all, set them free from sin. He did not shut out the rich; but the rich, by cleaving to riches, shut out themselves, as we have learned in past lessons. In fact, it can be stated with assurance that, of the responsible, only those will be saved who realize the nothingness of all earth; who, if rich, place those riches upon the altar of God, and use them for his glory.