Mat 19:21
Jesus said to him,
“If you wish to be complete,
go and sell your possessions
and give to the poor,
and you will have treasure in heaven;
and come, follow Me.”

Jesus knew the stumbling block in the heart of the young man - his possessions.

The young man walked away.

Jesus responded…

Mat 19:23-24
And Jesus said to His disciples,
“Truly I say to you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

“Again I say to you,
it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle,
than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

Jesus was speaking to His disciples.
How did they respond?

Mat 19:25
When the disciples heard this, they were very astonished and said, “Then who can be saved?”

They acknowledged the problem.
“Who can be saved?”
We all sin.
We all have “things” in which we stumble.

The disciples were “very astonished”.
They wondered.
Dare I say they “panicked”?

Jesus then gave a Word of comfort.
A Word which answered while bringing forth more questions…

Mat 19:26
And looking at them Jesus said to them,
“With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Man himself can not gain eternal life.
There is nothing that can be “done” nor “earned”.

Eternal life is only by God.
With God all things are possible.
Then, the corollary…

Luk 1:37
“For nothing will be impossible with God.”

With God, nothing is impossible.
With God, all things are possible.

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