Matthew 19:23-26 (KJV)
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

If there be one saying of Jesus which the mammon preachers would rather not have in the Bible and would have scrapped from it if it were up to them, it's this one. But since it's impossible for them to do that, they have tried to dilute it as much as possible, like one who said that it didn't literally mean the eye of the needle, but a low entrance somewhere in Israel, if I recall correctly, where camels would have to bend down to be able to pass through.

However if the shocking reaction of Jesus' disciple, who had forsaken everything to follow Him, to that saying of Jesus was anything to by, it proves that's nothing but a big fat lie!

But that the eye of a needle meant "the eye of the needle" as we all know it, and "a camel" meant a camel as we all know it, hence the extent of astonishment of the disciples when Jesus said "it's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God" that made them ask, "who then can be saved?"

But what they misunderstood at the time was that what Jesus meant by "to enter into the Kingdom of God" in that saying didn't mean same thing as "to be saved", because in that context the kingdom of God meant something more than being saved.

This can be drawn from the conversation that ensued between Jesus and the young rich man that led to that saying of Jesus. For the rich man had asked Jesus what he needed to do to have eternal life, in other words to be saved, and Jesus told him what he needed to do. And that was a requirement that he had met since his youth, which meant that he had done what he needed to do to be saved. Matthew 19:17-19, Luke 18:21.

But then he wasn't satisfied with that hence he asked, if there was something else he was lacking, that was when Jesus told him what he needed to do if he wanted to be perfect, in other words enter into the kingdom of God, which exceeded the requirement of being saved. And this was what the rich young man couldn't meet. Matthew 19:20-22

Hence the saying of Jesus concerning how hard it was for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God, that it was easier for a camel to enter through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Now the kingdom Jesus spoke about here was not that which was in heaven which those who've met the requirement of salvation as the rich man would be able to enter, but that which Jesus was going to bring upon Earth, whose entry requirement exceeded that which was in heaven, which was what the saved rich man failed to meet, that brought about that saying of Jesus.

So there was no need for the mammon preachers to start watering down the meaning of that saying of Jesus in the first place, for it's not that hard for a rich man to be saved. But entering the kingdom of God which Jesus brought on the Earth is a whole different level because of the requirement which makes it almost impossible for a rich man to enter into it as was shown by that rich man. Hence the saying "it's easier for a camel to pass through the eyes of the needle than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."

But the disciples of Jesus had met the requirement which the rich man was unable to meet, having forsaken their all and followed Jesus, therefore they were able to enter into the kingdom of God on Earth.

God bless.

The Words Of Jesus.

"It's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." - Jesus

A. The major problem you have is that you lack the understanding of the structure & network of Christ's church on earth.

B. You're fond of omitting the Holy Spirit because you don't know the purpose & importance of the comforter. Yes, you've received the Holy Spirit but your intoxication & drunkeness of the wine is quite visible from the level of your teachings because you lack spiritual maturity to control & subject it. Hence baby babblings.

C. Your teachings are inspired by envy, jealousy, self qualification of righteousness, & poverty-card-to-heaven mentality.

D. Reading by letters or having dreams doesn't qualify your growth in knowledge & understanding of the spirit, I also have scores of prophetic revelations, even physical visitation of angel. YOU JUST LACK MINISTERIAL EXPERIENCE & SPIRITUAL GROWTH BUT MIXED WITH RELIGIOUS ZEAL.

Adeboye, Kumuyi, Oyedpo, Olukoya, many others forsook all & follow Jesus, but here they're today. IT IS RICHES WITH HAVING THE URGE & NEED (THIRST) TO ALWAYS FOLLOW CHRIST.

Jesus said "with God all things are possible." It His inspiration towards us to love and learn of Him genuinely and do away with fear. It is written "perfect love casteth out fear."

He knew it is difficult for human (flesh and blood) to surrender all and follow Him because of our sinful nature of fear, worry, anxiety, etc despite promising us would get them back in folds both on earth and in heaven. Reason, He promised the Holy Spirit to help mortal man. It is written "without Him (HOLYSPIRIT), we can do nothing. NOTE: Calling to surrender all is specifically for ordained ministers from the womb and others are sheep in various area of occupation i.e work, biz, others. Hence, tithings, offerings, vows, giving, support, etc for gospel expansion to the world. THIS IS CHURCH STRUCTURE. DON'T BE ENVIOUS, WAKE UP!

THE RICH MAN: Jesus wanted Him to be born of His Spirit first because is already condemned by jewish law. A rich man without spiritual (inner) rebirth of the Holy Spirit cannot do God's will..

JESUS AND RICH MAN IS ALL ABOUT THE LEADING BY HIS SPIRIT AFTER REBIRTH OF MAN'S SPIRIT. Flesh can't do it!! Impossible!

Typical character of a worldly rich men is vividly and boldly written in proverb 1:22-33.. They possess;

-pride.
-haughty.
-self leading.
-self righteousness.
-self qualification.
-self glorification.
-self exaltion.
-self importance.
-self idolisation.
-attributing success to hardwork, brain, strenth, skills, education, etc.
-oppress & mock others.
-etc...

Whether a rich man acquire riches by religious law of honesty or crooks, they both are condemned eternally by self because they were not saved by, in, and for Christ. IT IS SELF DESTRUCT WITHOUT HAVING THE NEED OF A SAVIOUR OR HELPER i.e without Spirit of Jesus Christ, a man will lead him self and is condemned already, no matter how upright he is (read proverb 1:23). This is filthy righteousness because he displays "no need" of helper since he's doing right things. "NO NEED OF HIM BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING RIGHTEOUSNESS?" GOD HATE IT!!

Camel is a Hebrew tongue, means rope i.e how thin and tiny it is, it would find it much easier to pass through the needle's tiny eye.

RICH MEN OF THE WORLD ALWAYS DOESN'T POSSESS THE NEED OR URGE OR DESIRE (HUNGER AND THIRST) OF A SAVIOUR AND HIS SPIRIT BECAUSE OF THEIR RICHES AND RIGHTEOUS WORKS. WHAT ABOUT THE POOR? MANY HAVE SUCH MINDSET TOO.. Therefore, both the rich and poor are eternally condemned.

Jesus Christ is the Spirit of God's righteousness given to the rich and poor who hunger and thirst after Him because humanly, we can't do His will. He said "if any man thirst, let him come and drink, he shall be filled." Water is the Spirit of God, and He's the light and risen glory upon the Church which attracts the riches of gentiles, wealth, unbelievers, kings, queens, nations, tribes, etc (read isaiah 60, acts 4:33, 1Cor9, Gal3:20-21).

If men from east saw and traced the risen star, how much more of risen glory? It attracts; it takes away darkness and its works; it coverts people to Christ (isaiah60)

Lastly, to be poor for Christ is not a physical state of poverty. To be poor in Him is a spiritual law to both the rich & the poor because NEW TASTATMENT is all about the spiritual activities before the physical i.e both coexist. Or can you tell a married believer who focuses on spiritual heaven only not to physically have sex to give birth? If so, that is foolishness!

Spiritual controls the physical i.e both coexist but always take charge spiritually by His Spirit, not filthy human righteousness by letters that kills. One of things Jesus restored to us is spiritual walk & duty i.e to take always charge spiritually but only by rebirth of the Holy Spirit (born of the Spirit).

The rich man on focused religious righteousness and his riches while Jesus focused on his poor spirit i.e condemned soul enveloped with self leading, pride, self righteouness, etc.

POVERTY OF THE SOUL is the Inability to humble & submit both in body, soul, and spirit to the saviour whose Spirit is our helper & guide. Whether rich/poor.

In addition, I'm using this opportunity to tell you that be open to growth in grace and knowledge of our Lord God Jesus Christ. Also, don't be like the senior brother of the prodigal son WHO MISSED THE GREAT PARTY OF THE PRODIGAL SON FILLED COMPASSION, MERCY, GRACE, LOVE, JOY, PEACE AND LIBERTY. He missed it because he acted and displayed the characters of anger, jealousy, bitterness, resentment, unforgiveness, disrespect, accusative, self righteous, caustic, biting, piercing, judgemental, hate filled, envy, claiming to be first, spiritual pride, and religious pharisee towards his brother.. God hate it! You are not His judge neither is His negotiator!

You may be in a far country, and not be aware because of these attitudes developed by your lack of spiritual growth and maturity through reading only letters. Babies' odd characters and utterances are known by their level of maturity. So, we all need to grow up (heb 5:8-14, heb 6:1, 2peter3:18).

How hard it Is says Jesus!

Though the Truth hurts...

It's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle...

hate inspired thread...

CodeTemplar:
hate inspired thread...

What Jesus says is of course hate-inspired to those who are not His but of the devil.

jesusjnr2020:
What Jesus says is of course hate-inspired to those who are not His but of the devil.

Jesus did not say rich men won't see heaven just because they are rich. It is how you come about the wealth and what you do with it that will determine where you end up in. You introduced hate into it in your bid to proclaim righteousness. With God all things(godly wealth inclusive) are possible.

A rich man focus es on money. As an obsession money becomes his gods

CodeTemplar:
Jesus did not say rich men won't see heaven just because they are rich. It is how you come about the wealth and what you do with it that will determine where you end up in. You introduced hate into it in your bid to proclaim righteousness. With God all things(godly wealth inclusive) are possible.

When did I say rich men won't see heaven just because they are rich you?

To be honest, you should be very concerned about yourself because the way you tell lies as if your life depends on it, it's obvious you're hell-bound because that where the father of liars is.

Why do you have to lie so much and accuse people falsely even when it's not warranted?

No wonder you're so obsessed with Oyedepo because he doesn't place emphasis on your morality, but just how much money you have and If you pay your tithes.

Really shameful.

jesusjnr2020:
When did I say rich men won't see heaven just because they are rich you?

To be honest, you should be very concerned about yourself because the way you tell lies as if your life depends on it, it's obvious you're hell-bound because that where the father of liars is.

Why do you have to lie so much and accuse people falsely even when it's not warranted?

No wonder you're so obsessed with Oyedepo because he doesn't place emphasis on your morality, but just how much money you have and If you pay your tithes.

Really shameful.

Any MOG that's rich is a pharisee now. according to your crusade. have u forgotten?

CodeTemplar:
Any MOG that's rich is a pharisee now. according to your crusade. have u forgotten?

Men of which god, mammon?

Are they as rich as Job who I'm now defending against the false accusations of your blind leader?

That shows it has nothing to do with being rich but a church leader having the mammonic mindest of the Pharisees and preaching their doctrine.

By the way, what has that got to do with this thread?

You're obviously Antichrist.

All mammon worshippers are.

jesusjnr2020:
Men of which god, mammon?

Are they as rich as Job who I'm now defending against the false accusations of your blind leader?

That shows it has nothing to do with being rich but a church leader having the mammonic mindest of the Pharisees and preaching their doctrine.

By the way, what has that got to do with this thread?

You're obviously Antichrist.

All mammon worshippers are.

So says. the man who corrects Holy Spirit inspired scriptures.

CodeTemplar:
So says. the man who corrects Holy Spirit inspired scriptures.

The sayings of your god Satan in it were also inspired by your holy spirit.

Makes sense.