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NASB | Luke 18:26 They who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 18:26 And those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" |
Bible Question (short): Who Then Can Be Saved? |
Question (full): Then who can be saved? The background to this question is found in Luke 18 when a ruler asked Jesus "What shall I do to inherit eternal life" V.18 We find that this young man was religious and kept the commandments from his youth up. This was not enough. Jesus said "Yet lackest thou one thing" Jesus knew that this man had something that was more important than eternal life which in this case was riches. The young man went away sorrowful without eternal life. Jesus told his disciples "it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, tha for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God" V.25 What did Jesus mean? Is it impossible for a rich man to be saved? Who then can be saved? The eye of the needle was a low gateway through the city wall. In order for a camel to pass through it had to kneel down and with great difficulty could pass through. In other words when one is self sufficient it is difficult to lower ourselves to God's claims that "there is no difference that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God" Rom. 3:23 Dear friends do you not think that the answer to the question "Who then can be saved" is found in the work of Christ alone. That eternal life is not dependent on our church affiliation, or personal ideas, but rests upon the finished work of Christ alone? Who then can be saved? In Christ Robert |
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