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My belief is this: Jesus was concerned about man’s possessions inhibiting his relationship with the Father. I think that He was mostly concerned with a person’s spiritual status, not so much whether they had clothes on their back or not. Now, are we to give? YES, most assuredly so! But, if we forget that man is an eternal being with an eternal destiny, then all we’ve done is make it a little more comfortable until he stumbles into Hell. No favor done there.

Nowhere in Scripture is it written that a place is saved for me in Heaven because I vote to take someone else's wealth and give it to the poor. If my Faith calls for me to help those in need I must do it with my own resources, not take from someone else and believe that it is I who has done good.

Liberal theology likes to use the death of Ananais and his wife as an example of God's will that we must divest ourselves of everything for the good of the group. But Ananais did not die because he did not surrender all his wealth to the community. He died because he lied. Telling the Apostles that what he gave them was his fortune, and not revealing that that he held back much. The story of Ananais is about being honest to God about your personal commitment. It is not a metaphor that shows Christianity is or was a Marxist faith.