19:23 耶穌對門徒說:「我實在告訴你們,財主進天國是難的。
19:24 我又告訴你們,駱駝穿過針的眼,比財主進上帝的國還容易呢!」
19:25 門徒聽見這話,就希奇得很,說:「這樣誰能得救呢?」
19:26 耶穌看著他們,說:「在人這是不能的,在上帝凡事都能。」
23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again 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.”
25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”
26 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
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主耶穌在這裡向門徒說明:「我實在告訴你們,財主進天國是難的。我又告訴你們,駱駝穿過針的眼,比財主進上帝的國還容易呢!」
這是告訴他們看錢財超越主耶穌,就不會來信靠主耶穌進入永生。除非肯放下心中對錢財的愛,才可以真正跟隨主耶穌!
門徒想一想覺得這真是很大的考驗,也是很難的考驗,沒有人不愛錢財的!連門徒們自己捫心自問,哪有不愛錢財的道理呢?所以回答主說:「這樣誰能得救呢?」
而主耶穌更是肯定的回答他們:「在人這是不能的,在上帝凡事都能。」
是的,人能信靠主耶穌而放棄錢財,不是人本身有這能力,而是上帝做工在我們身上才能做到!因此,能夠接受主耶穌為主,是上帝做工的結果。我們必須有聖靈在心中,才能認耶穌為基督,為上帝的兒子,靠祂來親近上帝,進入天國!
