Was Jesus Anti-Rich?

Summary

Jesus is not anti-rich; he is simply aware that wealth is not without its problems. Jesus knew the trouble was not about money, but the love of money; not about possessions, but the abundance of possessions; not about working hard, but about working only “for ourselves” (v. 21); not about being rich, but about not being “rich toward God.” Jesus is against greed, worry, and shortsightedness; and in favor of being “rich toward God,” by which he means using our wealth ethically, responsibly, and compassionately, remembering that “the things you have prepared, whose will they be?”