Does it matter how much money I have?

Does it matter how much money? Can I be a Christian and be financially secure, even rich? This is a question that has been debated over and over again by Christians and even non-Christians. If I was to be asked, my answer would simply be 'No, not at all.' I've heard people use the argument that your pride shows in how much money you hoard up in your bank account. The story found in Mark 10:17, the story of the rich man is used to support the argument that you need to live a life of poverty to inherit eternal life. Although I can see what people are making from this passage, I believe it is a misinterpretation.

I'll begin by saying it's the love of money that is the root of evil, not money itself. Within the passage of the rich young man, I believe that Jesus says that he had love for money and possibly found too much security in it. Trusting in and loving money was the rich young man's downfall, not the fact that he had money. The love of money is a love that consumes. It can make one delusional. Judas is a prime example of this. I believe that Judas was genuinely in awe and in love with Christ yet in the end he sold the Saviour for thirty pieces of silver. God the Father does not look at how much wealth you have accumulated over the years. God looks at the heart. God wants your heart to belong to Him and not to your wealth.

People need money to survive - fact. I would go as far to say the church would not function/survive without money. The more money you have, the more you can give to the church. The more you can give to the church, the more the church can increase in evangelism and all the other things that the church needs money to accomplish.

Money and wealth are good things if you're responsible and love God with all your heart. Money is ok if you would be ok to give it up.

Conall Mahon