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<strong>Attack</strong> <strong>Your</strong> <strong>Lack</strong><br />
away grieved: for he had great possessions."<br />
Now Abraham had great possessions, but he<br />
didn't trust in them. He trusted in the God who<br />
gave them to him. Abraham looked to God as his<br />
Source, never to any man or thing. This young<br />
man had gained his wealth the same way<br />
Abraham had, but somewhere along the line he<br />
had CHANGED SOURCES. He had kept God's<br />
commands and God had prospered him. Now he<br />
has his eyes off God. He has his eyes on his<br />
material wealth and he is looking to it as his<br />
source.<br />
Jesus knew this. "And Jesus said unto his<br />
disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches<br />
enter into the kingdom of God!" (Mark 10:23).<br />
Now don't misinterpret Jesus' words here. He<br />
wasn't saying that people who have wealth can't<br />
get to heaven. If that were true, then everybody<br />
would have to be poor in order to serve the Lord.<br />
That's not scriptural at all. It's foolish to think<br />
that way.<br />
What Jesus really is saying is this, "How<br />
impossible it is for people who trust in their<br />
money as their source to be saved." That's the<br />
reason this man went away with deep grief in his<br />
heart. He had switched from trusting God as his<br />
Source to trusting his money as his source. He<br />
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