A Few Words from the Past

This is posted in reference to certain events in the world around us.

Take this as you like, but I recommend you not overlooking the symbolism.

"As he was starting out on a trip, a man came running to him and knelt down and asked, "Good Teacher, what must I do to get to heaven?"

"Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked. "Only God is truly good! But as for your question--you know the commandments: don't kill, don't commit adultery, don't steal, don't lie, don't cheat, respect your father and mother."

"Teacher," the man replied, "I've never once broken a single one of these laws."

Jesus felt genuine love for this man as he looked at him. "You lack only one thing," he told him; "go and sell all that you have and give the money to the poor--and you shall have treasure in heaven--and come, follow me."

Then the man's face fell, and he went sadly away, for he was very rich. Jesus watched him go, then turned around and said to his Disciples, "It's almost impossible for the rich to get into the Kingdom of God!"

This amazed them. So Jesus said it again: "Dear Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the Kingdom of God. 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".

The disciples were incredulous! "Then who in the world can be saved, if not a rich man?" they asked.

Jesus looked at them intently, then said, "Without God, it is utterly impossible. But with God, everything is possible."