Can a wealthy person make it into heaven?
I heard that wealthy people won’t make it to heaven because their wealth is their god. Is this true? Do wealthy people have a chance for salvation? The answer is yes, it is possible for a rich man to be saved by grace, just as all men may be saved. The Scripture includes numerous accounts of men who were wealthy and yet who also followed the Lord faithfully. Perhaps the best example of a believer who was wealthy is Abraham (e.g., Genesis 12). The Bible testifies he had many sheep, oxen, donkeys, camels, and servants, and yet he was called the father of faith. Wealth in and of itself is not evil. The Bible says the love of money is the problem. In 1 Timothy 6:10, Paul says this: For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. As you say, for some wealthy people, their wealth is their god. Jesus tells us in Matthew 6:24: No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one
