Why did Philip the evangelist have a house?
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Consider the Amplified version of Luke 14:33:
So then, any of you who does not forsake (renounce, surrender claim to, give up, say good-bye to) all that he has cannot be My disciple.
In other words, selling everything is not required of those who want to follow Christ (with one noteable exception) but rather a willingness to accept that everything belongs to God, everything we have is a gift from God and therefore we should be willing to give up anything, if required.
Incidentally, Philip is hardly the only believing home owner. Other examples are Simon Peter, Simon the Leper, Martha, Lydia, Titus Justus, Prisca and Aquila (also here), Nympha and Philemon to give a few Biblical examples.
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