19:23-26 Is Jesus teaching here that it is impossible for rich people to get saved without God's help?

19:23-26 Is Jesus teaching here that it is impossible for rich people to get saved without God’s help?

Yes! Jesus illustrates here the impossibility of a rich person entering into heaven with the figure of a camel being unable to go through the eye of a needle: it is not merely difficult, but impossible for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.

So it is equally not merely difficult, but also impossible for a rich person to be saved. But God can do it – He can even save rich people.

But even so, their hearts must be changed by having their attachment to material riches replaced by attachment to the true riches - treasure in Heaven (cp Mk 10:23-24 with Pr 23:4-5; Mt 6:19-21; Lk 12:13-21, 32-34; 16:9; Ac 2:44-45; 4:34-37; 1Ti 6:17-19; He 13:5; Jas 5:1-6).

See also comments on Lk 12:16-21. Mt 19:16-22; Lk 12:13-15, 12:16-21

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