The Heaviness of Riches

Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.…When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? 26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Matt 19:23,25-26 (KJV)

     It is hard for a rich man to admit his need and come to Christ. O how they trust in riches though their hearts are sorrowed by it! But there is hope for even the rich man—with God nothing is possible! May you always remember that the phrase “with God all things are possible” was a direct answer of Jesus to His disciples questions of if it is hard for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven then who can be saved?

The Trappings of "Religion"

Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

Matt 15:13 (KJV)

    Illegitimate children of God who have come in of their own accord and not surrendered to Jesus as Lord will be rooted up. O Lord, may we be securely planted and not be blinded by any trapping of religion!

The Cities Jesus told to Repent

Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: 21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Matt 11:20-21 (KJV)

       Jesus told the cities that He did His mightiest works in that judgment was coming because they did not repent. Have we repented? ….may we not hear this chastisement of our Lord…but “well done, ….you have come to Me and been faithful.”

Jesus a Winebibber?

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

Matt 11:18-19 (KJV)

   John the Baptist was a Nazarite—he never cut his hair and did not drink anything of the vine. Jesus came eating with sinners, drinking wine, and Jesus was called a glutton, a drunkard, and a friend of “the outcasts.” Are you labeling others wrongly? Sin is sin, yes. But many were offended at Jesus and made up a list of sins that He hadn’t committed.

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