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Eye of a Needle, Narrow Path, Kingdom of God — Matthew 19 #1

The Rich and the Kingdom of God

¹⁶Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?”

¹⁷“Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”

¹⁸“Which ones?” he inquired.

Jesus replied, “‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, ¹⁹honor your father and mother,’^[c] and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’^[d]”

²⁰“All these I have kept,” the young man said. “What do I still lack?”

²¹Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
Matthew 19:21

²²When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.

²³Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.

²⁴Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
Matthew 19:24

References & reflections

[1] https://www.gotquestions.org/camel-eye-needle.html
[2] https://www.thejoshlink.com/article290.htm
[3] https://parablesreception.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-eye-of-needle-is-not-gate.html
[4] https://johndavies.typepad.com/blog/love-comes-blinking-through-the-needles-eye.html
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_7:13

Treasures of God’s Word Bible Maps

Adultery Defined by Jesus: Prenuptial Prototype of Moses Explained

Matthew 19 New International Version (NIV)

Divorce

19 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. ²Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

³Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?”

⁴“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’^[a] ⁵and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’^[b]? ⁶So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

⁷“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

⁸Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. ⁹I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”
Matthew 19:8-9

¹⁰The disciples said to him, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.”

¹¹Jesus replied, “Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given. ¹²For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”

references & reflections

[1] http://www.comereason.org/new-testament-contradictions.asp
[2] https://telioschurch.com/sermons/matthew-05m-jesus-on-adultery/
[3] https://slideplayer.com/slide/10717442/

I’ve become rich through the poverty of Jesus

Become rich by Christ’s sacrifice! Accept His gift 2 Corinthians 8:9

Able to Abound — Sufficiency in Christ: YOU HAVE ALL YOU NEED — Francis Chan Crazy Love Ministry

2 Corinthians 9 New Living Translation (NLT)

³But I am sending these brothers to be sure you really are ready, as I have been telling them, and that your money is all collected. I don’t want to be wrong in my boasting about you. ⁴We would be embarrassed—not to mention your own embarrassment—if some Macedonian believers came with me and found that you weren’t ready after all I had told them! ⁵So I thought I should send these brothers ahead of me to make sure the gift you promised is ready. But I want it to be a willing gift, not one given grudgingly.

⁶Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop. ⁷You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.”^[c]

⁸And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others.
2nd Corinthians 9:8

⁹As the Scriptures say,

“They share freely and give generously to the poor.
Their good deeds will be remembered forever.”
Exodus 16:14-18, Psalm 112:9 They share freely and give generously to those in need. Their good deeds will be remembered…

¹⁰For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity^[e] in you.

2 Corinthians 5:21 New Living Translation (NLT)

²¹For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:21

Penalty Paid in Christ: YOU HAVE ALL YOU NEED — Francis Chan Crazy Love Ministry

2 Corinthians 5:21 New Living Translation (NLT)

²¹For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:21

references & reflections

[1] Extend Grace to others www.cru.org/us/en/blog/help-others-grow/mentoring/extend-grace-others.html

YOU HAVE ALL YOU NEED — Francis Chan Crazy Love Ministry

2 Corinthians 5:21 New Living Translation (NLT)

²¹For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:21

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Adultery: Penalty of Prostitution is Destruction — Proverbs 6 #5

Proverbs 6:27-35 New Living Translation (NLT)

Lessons for Daily Life

²⁷Can a man scoop a flame into his lap
    and not have his clothes catch on fire?
²⁸Can he walk on hot coals
    and not blister his feet?
²⁹So it is with the man who sleeps with another man’s wife.
    He who embraces her will not go unpunished.

³⁰Excuses might be found for a thief
who steals because he is starving.
³¹But if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole,
even if he has to sell everything in his house.

³²But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool,
    for he destroys himself.
³³He will be wounded and disgraced.
    His shame will never be erased.
³⁴For the woman’s jealous husband will be furious,
    and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
³⁵He will accept no compensation,
    nor be satisfied with a payoff of any size.

References & Reflections

[1] https://spiritualray.com/what-does-bible-say-about-adultery

Proverbs 9

Wise!

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Proverbs 9 New International Version (NIV)

Invitations of Wisdom and Folly

9.1-2

9 Wisdom has built her house;
she has set up^[^a^] its seven pillars.
²She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;
she has also set her table.
³She has sent out her servants, and she calls
from the highest point of the city,
⁴ “Let all who are simple come to my house!”
To those who have no sense she says,
⁵ “Come, eat my food
and drink the wine I have mixed.

9.6

⁶Leave your simple ways and you will live;
walk in the way of insight.”

⁷Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;
whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.
⁸Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you;
rebuke the wise and they will love you.

9.7-9

⁹Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;
teach the righteous and…

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Kingdom of Heaven —Matthew 19 Children of God #3

The Little Children and Jesus

¹³Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them.
¹⁴Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” ¹⁵When he had placed his hands on them, he went on from there.
Matthew 19:13-14