Bank Accounts

[Tonus]

I think it's pretty clear that Christian charity to the poor is based on verses like those but I don't see what this has to do with bank accounts specifically - It just means you should give your money away if you have too many

Or that you should give all of it away, because god will provide.  But as with so many Bible teachings there is no unified theme.  In Acts 5, a pair of people sell some property and donate half to the apostles, but apparently sought to make it seem as if they were donating all of it.  When Peter reprimands them, he reminds them that the money from the sale was theirs to dispense as they pleased.  In other words, they would have done no wrong by keeping half, or even all of it.  In this instance there is no issue with keeping property or money.  Yet Jesus praised a poor elderly woman who dropped two minor coins into a collection box because she gave all she had, while others (who gave more in the absolute sense) gave less because they were donating from money they had to spare.

So as ever, the message is mixed.  Your money is yours to do with as you please, but unless you dispense with all of it you cannot follow Jesus.  It's ambiguous enough that you can interpret it to make yourself feel good no matter what you do.