When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich. Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, “How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” (Luke 18:22-25 ESV)
Having listed five of the six commandments about how we deal with others, Jesus now hits on the one He had left out: coveting. Coveting hits rich and poor alike. Our attraction to stuff-others or our own- chains us to this world and keeps us holding back from the Kingdom of God. Otherwise, this man was very upright and moral, a "good" person, but this one was big - it kept him from faith in the Messiah, from following him, from entering the Kingdom. Again, we must not focus on how good we are, but instead on our area of weakness, of need, of sin, and repent, trust in Christ to give us victory in that area, and allow Him to change us.
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