“Enter the Kingdom”

May 29, 2019

“Enter the Kingdom”

Blessing folk!!

The young man walked away.
He thought more of retaining his “riches” than he did attaining eternal life.

Remember his initial question…

 Mat 19:16
And someone came to Him and said,
“Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life?”


Remember, he had kept most of the Law.
Yet, he failed in the arena of covetousness.

Read Jesus’ response the the young man leaving.

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.”

Why is it hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven/kingdom of God?

Because they put their trust in their “riches” rather than in God.

This is not saying that the rich can not enter the Kingdom.

It is saying that you do not enter the Kingdom by trust in riches.

Jesus gave the hyperbolic example of a camel and the eye of a needle.

There is debate as to what is referenced.
A literal sewing needle?
A narrow passage way in a city wall?

Either way, the picture is that of impossibility by the nature of things.

One can not enter the Kingdom by trusting on anything other than Jesus.

What do our lives reflect?

In what/whom do we trust?

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