CAN A WEALTHY PERSON BECOME A CHRISTIAN? - Roderick C Meredith - October 1967

Roderick C Meredith

Is it true that only poor people are likely to be "saved"? WHY are some people rich - and some poor? Abraham Lincoln is reputed once to have said: "God must love the poor because He made so many of them." Was Lincoln right? It is commonly assumed that – because of certain Biblical passages, and because the poorer classes as a whole seem naturally to be more religious God must prefer the poor to the rich. In fact, many people feel that material wealth itself is "sinful," and a certain feeling of spiritual superiority of ten displays itself as they discuss the mistakes of their well-to -do neighbor whom they describe as "filthy rich." Are the poor, then, more righteous than those who have material wealth? Is the possession of riches a sin in itself? - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library