A Rich Man Shall Hardly Enter into the Kingdom of Heaven
The most important teaching of Christ Jesus is of course:
Mark 1229 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
And the most unique teaching of Christ Jesus in all the human religions is:
Matthew 1923 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
People wish and ask happiness and wealth when following a religion, but Christ Jesus clearly said that rich men cannot most probably enter into Heaven. It means that you have to be poor to be admitted into Heaven.
In other words, Christianity is a religion encouraging people to be poor. Buddhism also encourages people to abandon their desires, but it does not emphasis especially on a need to be poor, although the Buddha lived and preached, begging people for foods.
When Christ Jesus went out to the desert to allow Satan to attempt Him, Satan used worldly wealth, success, honor, etc. as traps for making Him stumble over human desire. However, Christ Jesus said, "Go away, Satan!," rejecting all the offering of Satan. And later, He preached to people to love the God but hate money.
In this context, the core of the teachings of Christ Jesus is that a man should be materially and economically poor if he is rich in faith. In deed, for a man to earn even a dollar, he has to sell any part of his soul to Satan. Money brings everything evil to the man. Satan uses money as a tool to make men become its followers and betray the God.
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Luke 3, King James Version
3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
Indeed, it is said in the Bible that Judas Iscariot betrayed Christ Jesus for 30 silver coins. Therefore, true followers of Christ Jesus, even if such a man calls himself the Pope, should not have money equivalent to 30 silver coins or more. But the palace of the Vatican costs more than that.
Poverty and Christianity must be the critical issue to be addressed. Because, rich men can hardly enter Heaven, according to the teaching of Christ Jesus.
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Luke 3, King James Version
3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.