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Before I go on I would like to ask for your prayers. For my heart is broken. I had this beautiful young godly twenty two year old secretary, who like Judas forsook what God had in store for her in the future in order to seek instantly her desires. At eighteen she became involved with a guy that sent up many red flags to her father and to me. Even though she was told that the guy who won her heart was going to be bad news in the future she ignored the warnings and proceeded to do what her heart told her. After remaining pure and thinking that this guy would marry her, he broke off their relationship with the words that he found someone else who would meet his sexual requests.

Needless to say, she was devastated. Then wrong choice after wrong choice was made by her. She quit her ministry and job here at church and took on a position as a receptionist at a ‘head hunter’ business. There were two partners who owned the business. One of the owners went home and told his drug addict son that they have an new pretty secretary working for him. So, to make a look story short, the seed of choosing the world’s way having entered into her heart, my lovely sister in Christ is now an out of control druggie sex slave for this spoiled rich guy’s kid. Please pray that the Lord rescue her like Abraham rescued Lot and pull her out of this den of vipers. Thanks, I trust you will pray for her. Her name is Michelle.

Thanks for letting me pour my heart out to you on Michelle and her parents behalf. Let’s take a look at today’s study.

23 Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!”

Please remember that our Lord had just had an interaction with the ‘Rich Young Ruler’ who went away without leaving all to come and follow the Son of God. Heavy of heart for the rich young man our Lord Jesus wanted the lesson that they had seen in His dealings with him to come home to all the disciples. He wanted them to see that when it came to response to Him the rich were at a definite disadvantage for they had too much to lose. In order to come under the Kingdom of God total obedience was required, and riches made that difficult when there was a world in need. That as why there would be few who could cope with riches and discipleship at the same time. For being under the Authority and Rule of God meant living as God required, and riches tended to make men live as their lusts required.

24 And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

Why were the disciples amazed? Because they had still not learned the lesson that what was important in the world was not important to God. They probably thought that riches enabled men to give generously, gave them position in the synagogue and made them more capable of doing well. It gave them a decided advantage. That was because in spite of all that our Lord Jesus had taught them they still thought that eternal life could be earned. They failed to see that when men did the things that we have described their hearts were often not right.