To paraphrase a biblical warning, a camel passes through the eye of a needle more easily than a rich man passes through the gates of heaven.
So I'm probably going to hell--not because I'm rich, but because I like the idea of being rich.
Wealth simply has more appeal than poverty--especially when it comes to cars.
If you read the Bible's details, it warns against the dangers of wealth improperly gotten or used, but doesn't condemn it as such.
As to the eye of a needle: at that time the common perception was that the wealthy were somehow better.
Josh McDowell was bugged in college by some Christians who kept saying he needed to change his mind, trust God, and receive the gift of forgiveness. He got so mad he decided to research and document all the factual errors he had been told were in the Bible. It didn't work out quite the way he expected. "Evidence that Demands a Verdict," "More Evidence that Demands a Verdict." FAIR WARNING Although readable, these books are not for those on the Evidence for Dummies level. He also wrote some easier ones.
I like the verse that starts "Give me neither poverty nor riches ..."