Wealth in God’s Kingdom

“And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.”  –Matthew 19:29,30 In the Bible, there are 2,200 references to money and possessions. That’s three times as many as to love, seven times as many as to prayer and eight times as many as to belief. Money comprises 15% of the Bible. One fifth of Jesus’ teachings were on money and 17 of the 38 parables deal with possessions. Jesus talked more about money than any single topic besides the Kingdom of God. Why? Because the number one thing that causes anxiety, fear and worry in our lives is a sense of lack. Money is a symbol of food,