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NASB | Luke 18:22 When Jesus heard this, He said to him, "One thing you still lack; sell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 18:22 When Jesus heard this, He said to him, "You still lack one thing; sell everything that you have and distribute the money to the poor, and you will have [abundant] treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me [becoming My disciple, believing and trusting in Me and walking the same path of life that I walk]." |
Bible Question:
dear brothers in christ, i really have some question which i need an answer. In the book of luke 18:22, somebody wanted to follow Jesus,and at the end of their convesation,Jesus told the guy that he lack something, and what the guy was lacking is, he should go and sell all that he has before he can follow Jesus, and my question is, should we sell everything that we have before we can follow christ? or what does that statement of Jesus really mean, LUKE 18:22 |
Bible Answer: I believe, that to get Jesus' full message, you need to know, as Paul Harvey would say, "the rest of the story." The rest of the story is that, after the man went away sad, for he had many possessions, the disciples spoke with him about the matter. Jesus said it would be harder for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a wealthy man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but with God, all things are possible. Therefore would Jesus ask this man to accomplish something that He knew He couldn't accomplish? Well, He did ask him to, but why? So the man would know that works cannot save him. Would God demand of us to follow the law, knowing that we could not do it? A camel cannot go through the eye of a needle. However, with God, all things are possible. Through the blood of Jesus, we can all enter the Kingdom of Heaven. So yes, it is good to give our possessions to those who are in need, yet we can only do so (in a right manner) through walking in the Spirit. These are actions that come about only through Christ working in us, not us doing something for ourselves to earn our way to heaven, but purely doing it through the love of God because we truly care about others and want to please God. Those are my views about this passage .... that Jesus is saying that, through mercy we enter the Kingdom of God, God makes this possible, but it is not possible for man to do it on his own. It seems that, throughout the gospels, wherever men thought they were holy, Jesus showed them that they were not. There is always a step further that we can go to be "holier" ..... The man, who, thinks he is holy because he has not committed adultery, Jesus shows him that if he even thinks of adultery he is guilty of it .... Jesus showing that God looks at our hearts, and there is always more that we "could" do to be holy ..... meaning, we are not God, and will never be God .... I have not said this as well as I could have, I had to take my son to school in the middle of it :-) I hope it was clear enough though for you to get an idea of my thoughts on the matter. In Christ .... LimeJuice |
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