{"id":1380,"date":"2025-11-01T15:22:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T15:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/?p=1380"},"modified":"2025-11-04T15:24:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:24:22","slug":"the-word-to-the-rich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/?p=1380","title":{"rendered":"The Word to The Rich"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”1px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text quote_border_weight=”2px” quote_border_color=”#F7BAAF” admin_label=”Text” module_id=”quote” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ quote_line_height=”1.3em” header_font=”Vidaloka|||on|||||” header_text_align=”center” header_4_font=”Vidaloka||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#161616″ header_4_font_size=”24px” header_4_line_height=”1.5em” header_5_font=”Vidaloka||||||||” header_5_text_align=”center” header_5_text_color=”#161616″ header_5_font_size=”50px” header_5_line_height=”1.2em” custom_padding=”11px||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ header_4_font_size_tablet=”20px” header_4_font_size_phone=”18px” header_4_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” header_5_font_size_tablet=”35px” header_5_font_size_phone=”22px” header_5_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” border_color_all=”rgba(22,22,22,0.11)” border_width_top=”1px” border_width_bottom=”1px” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]

\u201cCommand those who are rich\u00a0in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth,\u00a0which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God,\u00a0who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.\u00a0Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds,\u00a0and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves\u00a0as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of\u00a0the life that is truly life.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

1 Timothy 6:17-19<\/b><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]

God\u2019s Word instructs Christians not to conform to this world, but greed can be seductive. Jesus said that it was easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a wealthy person to enter His Kingdom. Indeed, some believers will ignore, minimize, or twist the Scriptures to defend their selfishness. God is not pleased when the wealthy slander, vilify, and neglect those whom He has called His people to care for. The offenders are deceiving themselves and others, but their rebellion cannot escape God, who sees and knows all things.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dear Father,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Only your holy conviction can deliver those who are ensnared by the love of money. As flesh seeks approval for its actions, please intervene by the Spirit of Truth. Transform the hardhearted hoarders into blessed givers who hear and obey your Word. In Jesus\u2019 Name. Amen.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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For Further Study:<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>Matthew 19: 23-24 \/ Matthew 6:24
<\/span>Matthew 25:35-40 \/ Proverbs 19:17
<\/span>Ecclesiastes 5:10 \/Proverbs 11:28
<\/span>1 Timothy 6:9-10 \/ 1 John 2:15-17
<\/span>Luke 12:15 \/ Proverbs 28:20\u00a0<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cCommand those who are rich\u00a0in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth,\u00a0which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God,\u00a0who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.\u00a0Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds,\u00a0and to be generous and willing to share. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"blog","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\"\"\n\n\u201cI am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel\u2014 <\/b> <\/b>which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God\u2019s curse!\u201d Galatians 1:6-7<\/b>\n\nThe Good News is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It\u2019s the truth that sets us free, from both the power and the wages of sin. Because the enemy is the author of lies, he distorts and perverts what God has said and done. False Gospels serve those who\u2019d rather embrace their sin, than repent of it. The theologies behind these fake gospels may use harmless sounding labels like inclusive <\/i>or progressive. <\/i>But anything that leads us to celebrate what God forbids, is not of God, and therefore has no power to redeem. So, we can choose to walk in truth by the Word\u2014or embrace our old nature by the counterfeit. One offers life\u2014the other offers death. But there is no middle ground.\n\nDear Lord, \n<\/i>Please keep us from deception. For in your perfect love, you are neither double-minded, nor swayed by popular opinion: You change not. No one can improve your word or your finished work. By your grace, we can take the narrow path, where our hunger for truth overrides the flesh. In Jesus\u2019 Name. Amen.<\/i>\n\nFor further study:\nMatthew 24:24 \/ 2 Corinthians 11:4\nLuke 17:22-23\n2 Timothy 4:3-4 \/ James 3:1\nMatthew 18:6-7\nGalatians 5:17 \/ Romans 7:18\nJohn 10:27 \/ John 10:4-5\nMatthew 7:13-14","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afterbirth","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1380"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1386,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380\/revisions\/1386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}