Today's Daily Lesson comes from Matthew chapter 19 verses 16 through 22:
16 And behold, a man came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” 17 And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.” 18 He said to him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, 19 Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 20 The young man said to him, o“All these I have kept. What do I still lack?” 21 Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” 22 When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
In the Apocrypha there is a story about St. Thomas who is said to have brought the Gospel to India. While there Thomas's great skill as a carpenter was made known, even garnering the attention of King Gundafor. Impressed, the King gave Thomas a large sum of money and ordered him to build a great temple. After many years passed, the King returned to Thomas expecting to see the temple. He was incredulous when he saw nothing built at all. Thomas then told the King that he had indeed built a great temple with the King's money and the reason the King could not see the temple was because it was in heaven and had been built by giving money to the poor.
That story makes me uncomfortable too.
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