"Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but the God all things are possible."
Matthew 19:26 (NIV)
The disciples believed that having money was a sign that God was pleased with you. They also believed that the more you obeyed the Law, the closer you were to God. So it blew them away when Jesus told the man to give away all his money as the "good" thing he needed to do to enter the kingdom of heaven.
This is a wonderful passage that contains multifaceted teaching, yet if we approach it from the man's question, we realize that at the heart of the passage is the truth that there is no "good" thing we can do to enter the kingdom of heaven. It is impossible for any human to do anything that will bring them eternal life. How many millions - even billions - of people have not learned this lesson? How many people strive to find the good thing they should do in order to have eternal life with God?
Our Lord told us with God all things are possible, but there is one thing that is impossible for God. Hebrews 6:18 tells us that God cannot lie! Jesus said, "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again." Oh friend, only God can save; only His grace, only His Spirit, only His Christ. He alone is mighty to save!
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