Build a Community of Love

After giving to Caesar what is due to Caesar and to God what is due to God, what next?

Train yourself in using all the blessings at your disposal (seed capital and your 90% of the increase) in building, propagating and perpetuating communities of love.

¹⁷ A man ran up to [Y’shua], and fell on his knees before Him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” ¹⁸ “Why do you call Me good?” Y’shua answered. “No one is good—except God alone.” MARK 10

¹⁷ “If you want to enter life, obey the commandments,” [Y’shua said.] ¹⁸ “Which ones?” the man inquired. Y’shua replied, “Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, ¹⁹ honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.” MATTHEW 19

²⁰ “Teacher,” he declared, “all these [commandments] I have kept since I was a boy.” MARK 10

²¹ The young man said, “What do I still lack?” MATTHEW 19

²¹ Y’shua looked straight at him with love and said, “You need only one thing.” MARK 10 tev

²¹ If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give the money to the poor; and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me. MATTHEW 19

²² At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth. MARK 10

The rich young man was shackled to his material possessions, guilty of idolatry of earthly riches. Y’shua rebuked him, saying, “Why claim that you love God and you have obeyed His commandments? Behold, many of your brethren, descendants of Abraham, are dying of hunger and clad in filth! Your home is filled with many goods, yet not one reaches out to them!” (Gospel of the Hebrews and Gospel of Barnabas)

¹⁷ If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can love of God be in him? ¹⁸ Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1 JOHN 3

²¹ Whoever loves God must also love his brother. ²⁰ For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 1 JOHN 4

²⁶ As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without [righteous] deeds is dead. JAMES 2

Y’shua was teaching the rich man (and us) that obedience of the commandments sans love of neighbor is meaningless and worthless in God’s sight. Nothing is wrong with being rich. But it certainly is wrong to keep one’s blessings to one’s self. Nobody should monopolize his blessings. Blessings are given so we might learn to share, especially with the needy and the less fortunate. Love of God and love of earthly riches do not mix. No idolater can be an effective propagator and perpetuator of love and faithfulness. There is no such being as a Christian idolater (Matthew 19:21).   

²⁴ No man can be slave to two masters; for he will either hate [one] and love [the other], or scorn [one] and be loyal to the [other]. You can’t be a slave to both God and money [mammon]. MATTHEW 6

³³ Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. LUKE 12