Rich man and Jesus

[marica_mandic]

Rich man called Jesus GOOD TEACHER.
Jesus responded that no one is except God.
Rich man has kept commandments.
Jesus said that rich man should given up from everything, and giving that to poor.
But that rich man could not do.
Is every command easyer that give up from money.
is money the most difficult what person can not give up.
Money give safety to a person?
Is better money or very much good relationships with human beings ?
When we give up for money , we helped too much people, we realy could not know which people we helped.

 

[Big_Ro]

I have had a discussion on this subject a couple of other times regarding this passage. Yes, I think it is very difficult for humans to turn away from their love of material possessions or in a larger context worries about our livelyhood. However, I don’t mean to hijack your thread but I have always wondered if we can be certain that the young man did not indeed get rid of his possessions. This is a common and majority interpretation but I don’t think it says that specifically in the text. It just says he goes away sad and Christ comments on how difficult it is to do as he commanded. But can we be certain that he went away sad because he knew what he had to do and mourned the loss?