diff --git a/content/bible_journal/luke_18:18-30.md b/content/bible_journal/luke_18:18-30.md index 2a8347d..0653f78 100644 --- a/content/bible_journal/luke_18:18-30.md +++ b/content/bible_journal/luke_18:18-30.md @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ +++ -title = "Luke 18:18–30 -date = "2023-01-14 +title = "Luke 18:18–30" +date = "2023-01-14" +++ -### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk18.18-30 +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk18.18-30) This time we get an example of someone who trusted in his own righteousness. Jesus had just said, "Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ God had blessed you with wealth and would continue to bless you after you died and bring you into His kingdom. The people also knew you can't fit a camel into a needle's eye, so they wondered if the rich aren't getting in, what hope do the rest of us have? Jesus replies, "What is impossible with men is possible -with GOd." (_v. 27_) So if "eye of a needle" refers to a narrow place, why +with God." (_v. 27_) So if "eye of a needle" refers to a narrow place, why would Jesus assert that it is impossible for men to get into God's kingdom? Remember the lesson of the children, and of the Pharisee and tax collector. We can't bring ourselves to God's kingdom. He has to invite us in, of His own