PROVO, Utah — The Savior had a great deal to say on wealth — particularly on the attitude his disciples should have toward it.

S. Michael Wilcox, an instructor at the Salt Lake University Institute of Religion, spoke at BYU's Campus Education Week on Monday, Aug. 17, about Christ's teachings on the "diversions of wealth."

Wilcox said he wanted to let the scriptures do the talking and provide "a lens to look through all the other counsels and decisions that we might get" on finances.

In Mark 10, a rich man came to Jesus and asked, "what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?" The man had kept many of the commandments. "Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me."

Wilcox said that we often focus harshly on the word "lackest" instead of the the phrase where Christ "loved him."

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