A nobleman who lived near an old Christian gentleman one day asked him to dine with him. Before dinner they walked in the garden. After looking at all the beautiful flowers and fruit trees, and all sorts of rare-plants with which the garden abounded, his lordship exclaimed: "You see, I want for nothing. I have all that my heart can desire.”
His visitor made no reply, but seemed lost in thought. His lordship asked him the reason.
"Why, my lord," said the old gentleman, "I was thinking of another very rich man who came to question the Lord Jesus one night. He found that, though a man may have all these things, he may never see nor enter the kingdom of God. In John 3:33Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. (John 3:3), Jesus said to Nicodemus: 'Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God'.”
These words forcefully struck the noble-'man, and he found no rest till he knew that he had the true riches through faith in Christ.
"For ye know the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich" (2nd Cor. 8:9).