“Pretenders”
“Pretenders”
Blessings folk!
Read carefully.
What do you think is being said?
Pro 13:7-9
There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing;
Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth.
The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,
But the poor hears no rebuke.
The light of the righteous rejoices,
But the lamp of the wicked goes out.
Here is the bottom line.
“Rich” is not what man thinks it is.
“Poor” is not either.
“Rich” is not in the accumulation of stuff.
“Poor” is not the lack of stuff.
“The ransom” means “the price of a life”.
What is being said?
The outcome of a righteous life is true wealth.
The righteous hear and know.
The “poor in spirit” will hear no rebuke from the Lord!
Mat 5:3
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
What are you rich in?
Jas 2:5
Listen, my beloved brethren:
did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
Are you a light of righteous rejoicing in the brilliance of the richness of the Lord?
Are you rich in faith?
Or, are you a struggling lamp whose light is dying in the pursuit of stuff?