Jesus Radically Redefines Wealth

Jesus is offensive to those who want to accumulate wealth on this earth because he challenges their wisdom and radically redefines what true wealth is. Earthly wisdom says the richest person is the one who gets the most and keeps it for the longest time. Jesus counsels those who would be wealthy to give their money to the poor and follow him in laying down their lives for the kingdom of God. How foolish is it to gather all the riches of this world and lose your soul in the process. How wise it is to store up wealth in heaven that can not be affected by thieves on Wall Street or Main Street, by financial disasters, wars, poor governmental decisions, natural disasters, nor anything else on earth. Jesus radically redefined greatness in terms of service. He redefined wealth in terms of giving instead of getting. The richest people among us are those who have learned to give sacrificially to those most in need.