Also, by the nature of their poverty, the poor always lead a humble life, and they don’t have the same life as the rich and maybe want to be rich but they can focus their lives on praying to God and following Jesus, they cannot get distracted by money and wealth. Money is a luxury and a true Christian’s happiness can lie within the hope and love from Jesus and God. But those who behave right in the way of God, keeping His commandments, regardless of material wealth and status however will make it.
Rich christians have more to lose than the poorer christians. If you are rich and have to give up your money because of the following of Jesus’ teachings and want to go to heaven, you have to give up your nice possessions, your job (possibly), your house and turn your life around.
Dii.) However, some people may disagree. If Christians follow Jesus and his teachings, they should give to charities and Christian organizations and the church willingly without any doubt or issues arising. But how can they do this if they barely have enough money to support themselves, by buying their own food, paying their bills and providing themselves and their families with shelter and basic necessities.
Also, people who are not Christian and are supporting themselves and their families to survive can’t support all their Christian friends’ with their lives and bills and food and clothes etc, why should someone work so hard to provide for their family and provide for someone who isn’t working hard? You can’t rely on people to sort out your own life, otherwise this can cause them unhappiness.
Money in some senses is happiness. Not neccisarily having a huge mansion with a swimming pool in Hollywood kind-of-rich, but more just being comfortably off with no stress in your life of worries of financial problems and affording basic necessities. Isn’t Christianity about loving God, Jesus and generally having a good life? How can people achieve happiness if they can’t afford to put shelter over their own heads?
However, a true Christian follows Jesus’ teachings and as Jesus shows it Is better to be poor as you can get into heaven, then that is who and what you should learn from and try to follow, to have a true, meaningful Christian life.
