Today I was reading in Matthew 19 about the rich young ruler. N.T. Wright was talking about the way Jesus worded His answers to the man, and how He first gave the commandments that He knew the man was following. Then gave him the ones that He knew the man wasn’t following.
It wasn’t so much that the man was rich that made him a sinner.
But more that he had placed his money above God and made it an idol.
That is why he couldn’t enter the kingdom of Heaven.
He wasn’t willing to put his money in its proper place and use it to the things God would have him use it for.
He just wanted to keep it all for himself.
This seems to be a very human reaction, and I can see why the disciples looked at Jesus after this and asked, “If this man can’t get into Heaven, what chance do any of us have?”
The world looks at wealth as the ultimate proving ground for how good and worthy you are.
But God looks at the inside of a person and sees your motives and knows your innermost thoughts.
These are the things that will hold us back from entering into God’s Kingdom.
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