Jesus Christ said, "But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.". This verse sounds like a commandment, a promise, a bait, and a line tinge with seemingly subtle contradictions. But would the ever truthful Messiah contradict himself? Especially, when one of his immortal words states that heaven and earth shall passed away but not his words?
The first part of the verse, "seek first the Kingdom of Heaven", is what I call the commandment; the second part, "everything shall be added unto you", is the promise and the bait. I say bait because it allures the listener to follow a commandment in exchange for something, which is actually everything. Furthermore, I say a contradiction because while the line stressed the importance of the kingdom, it also emphasized that everything, which I believe is the inherent material desires of every person like wealth, fame, beauty, intelligence, power, family, etc., are noteworthy and should not be forgotten. If we would consider this a valid reasoning, then we may conclude that indeed Christ is contradicting himself; because he is not into any of these things, and his life is a vivid example that these things are not that important.
Seek the Kingdom and you will have everything. Just imagine the nature of the deal and the bargain that I believe any cunningly wise materialistic business minded person will definitely consider. I don't want to question the authenticity of this line from The Bible nor doubt Christ for he is unquestionably truthful. Everything is owned and controlled by God and there is no doubt that He alone can bestow anything and everything to anyone. What I do believe is that the loving savior will say and do anything to save his flock from the chaotic life in hell. Christ's promise also revealed our lack of faith, that is why the son of God had to seemingly contradict himself for us to follow and believe him.
Jesus said, "My first and foremost commandment is that you shall love the father with all your heart, your whole mind, your whole being". Obviously, in this commandment alone, we can see that Christ's teaching is based on love. Love is a vast subject to deal with. But we all know that love is giving; and for our loved ones, we are willing to give everything even our lives, as what Christ did on the cross. When it comes to love all things material is secondary if not irrelevant. As we have known and learned from history and scriptures, for love, some great personalities of the past had given away everything including a kingdom. Although in Christ's case, he did give away everything, including his life and an earthly kingdom, for God's kingdom.
