""Jesus looked at him and loved him. Then he told him, “You’re missing one thing. Go and sell everything you own, give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me.”
"Shocked at this statement, the man went away sad, because he had many possessions."" Mark 10:21,22 ISV
Note O comrade that this man was a keeper of the law yet he was missing something vital which could deprive him of inheriting the kingdom of heaven - Freedom.
Don't misunderstand Jesus to be a raiser of destitutes or poor people; Jesus is not against men having properties but rather, wants men to truly possess whatever possessions they have and they themselves possessed by God.
A man possessed by his possession is a man who is controlled by what he possesses; such men seem not to be able to do without their possessions and can not part with them even for the sake of serving God's purpose. To such, their possessions have become their gods.
Are you still possessed by your possessions O comrade? Are you still missing the freedom bought by the death and resurrection of Christ? Do you have anything in possession that you can't give up for Christ's sake?
Check and cry to heaven to be dispossessed of them if there is/are and you shall inherit the kingdom of heaven. Pray for grace.
Shalom
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