Article March 16, 1946 Issue

Signs of the Times

True Riches versus Mere Possessions

with contributions from James Reid, J. D. McCrae, Halford Luccock, H. J. Armitage

The Rev. James Reid D. D.
British Weekly, London, England

"A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth" (Luke 12:15) .....

It is a deeply rooted idea that the more things a man has, the fuller and richer his life. A certain amount of possessions is necessary to life ... Jesus knew this need and sympathized with it. When he saw the anxieties about food and clothing that were eating into the hearts of people he said, "Your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things." God knows our need and has provided for it ... Yet Jesus was always insisting also on the peril of possessions.

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