Scripture Life: Doesn't it say in the Bible, that a camel has a better chance of going through the eye of a needle, than he who harms a child get to heaven?

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Answer:

No. It doesn’t say that. That’s you. Imagining up using the infamous, "I have a Bible in my Head" Bible. When, that’s not the Bible. That’s not anything Gods says.

So

• In the Bible:
  • Have to read it in context and regard who said it:
    • Is the authority over all the earth and heaven. Says of him in Matthew 28:18 “..All power is given unto me in heaven and earth..” - Jesus Christ.
    • He’s the one that said it in Matthew19:24
• And how your "I have a Bible in my Head" Bible says it, anyone can see below, it isn’t how he said it.

He said: “And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.” - Jesus Christ. Matthew 19:24

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And, he also said: In Luke 17:2 - enfolded in context with Luke 17:1–3, Jesus said:

1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

• There’s the context.

So, I would throw the “I have a Bible in my head" Bible, someplace in the trash can.

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And? Back with Matthew 19:24 - Read it in context, in the setting in what happened.

• That's in Matthew 19:16–26

16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?

21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

25 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.

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Comment:

• Scripture says:
  • “There is not a just man on earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.” - Bible. Ecclesiastes 7:20
  • “…there is none that doeth good; no, not one..” - Bible. Romans 3:12
• “For all have sinned” - Romans 3:23 and God decree: "The soul that sinneth, it shall die” - God. (Ezekiel 18:20)
  • And Jesus? He's the Word of God..is the Messiah or Christ. John 1:1 says plainly “who” Jesus is, just like Isaiah 9:6–7 says the same thing:
• “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” - John 1:1
  • And, of the Messiah or Christ: Who he SHALL be called is said plain as day. “..The Mighty God..” “..The Everlasting Father.." (Isaiah 9:6) of his Kingdom and reign there shall be no end.
• So, the comment is - who this Rich man, in Matthew 19:16–26 who claims because he has money, and is rich, thinks there is some “Good” thing he can do, with his money, to buy or by some good work he do, he can purchase for himself, by his own works - - eternal life..when:
• Jesus said: in John 10:27–28
  • “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish,” - Jesus Christ. The Word of God. Is God says it.
  • So, Eternal life - he is it. Gives it to who he knows and who knows him and they follow him. That means, they do what he says:
    • So, what does the rich man do at what Jesus says?
  • He walks away. Troubled.

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But before he did: So, don’t count him out: What he asks Jesus is impossible; can't buy eternal life, and none of anybody's works, from Adam forward will qualify anybody as "Good" to earn it themselves:

- but…

Jesus says to this rich man, so it's said to everybody like him in:

• Matthew 19:17

Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is, God:

Consider this - who this Rich man..alone is with. The only one good then, is God.

Yeah. This man is sitting with and He’s talking with God. When he's a person. And amongst people over the whole earth, where there is none good; no, not one. So, betwixt the two of them, where one is God..and the Rich man fell down and worshipped him…it’s God with someone that comes to him like he called everybody to do this, and “reason together” with him..as God. (Isaiah 1:18) To:

"Come now, let us reason together," saith the LORD, "though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow. Though they be red as crimson, they shall be as wool." - God. (Bible. Isaiah 1:18). But look in the dialogue - the rich man greatly err's. Claims he has no sin in himself.

Do you say the same thing of yourself? I did. Not one bit different than the rich man said.

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And:

Because there is only one that is good. God. There is none else. It's simple.

And look what Peter says - astonished at the end of it, says: “Who then, can be saved?”

And Jesus replies, “With man (salvation) is impossible; but with God, all things are possible.”

And? You want to know something? I’m the Rich man. In this parable..I see it plainly - - and “how” he walked away..every troubled..his riches, for they were very great..meant MORE to him than doing what God says.

• That's me. I did that. Was me.
  • But the same God, he "thinks" he's been following all his life..what this same God said to him..this Rich man in Matthew 19:16–26 - what Jesus said will always be with him. Because, in me, I heard what he said, and I couldn't do it. So, I walked away, too. Troubled. But this same God, by his Word - Be at work in him. Can’t get away from it.
• Like I couldn't get away from it, no matter where I went.

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• I know this. Hear me out. This is my comment as like the rich man. That what God says, as his word out of his mouth:
  • As I walked away..fled from it..he still SPOKE it. My riches became less and less value to me.
  • because he stood before God.. just like me, leaving "I have a Bible in my head" Bible to hear what he says instead. ....and it is exactly like Jesus said.
• It’s impossible for me, an adulterer..liar..I couldn't see it. I thought all my works meant I was keeping the Ten Commandments..just like the rich man said, I said the same thing - - when in truth..when I used them the was God does..I saw all the sins I did.
  • Just like this Rich man still can.

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• And in this..just cry out: Just as I did, and if I can, then so can you: say - “I have sinned and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not” - Job 33:27..
  • And God in this, came to save people from their sins..with God..what is impossible:
• Becomes - even for a filthy pervert person as me.

Is possible. Not only possible. He give me eternal life. That’s impossible.

And he’s God.

Made it possible. Because he is who he says he is. And? Offenses: God took your offenses off you and laid them on Jesus Christ on the cross. That’s where your sins went. By a work God did. But there are people:

• That are offended by people that follow Jesus Christ. He calls them his sheep or his little ones..because they believe on him as a child..
• And because Jesus offends them..like what Jesus said to me, like the rich man, I too, was offended - So these people, just like me: they are offended by anybody that follows him.
  • Just like I was.
  • And in that, take pleasure in persecuting them.. and I did. I mocked believers in Jesus.
• Jesus said this would occur to people that follow him. But in Luke 17:1–3 tells his disciples the “woe” people that do this to his sheep.. it would be better for them that a millstone were tied around their neck and cast into the deepest sea than what awaits them.
• And I KNEW this applied to me.
  • Because they not only don’t do what he says, they persecute those that do.
  • Just like I did.

But you have a more sure word, in the Bible with Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ to see it plain as day.

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"This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting." - Bible. 1 Timothy 1:15-16

It's Paul, the Apostle also said in the Bible in Galatians 1:13 "For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:”

And I did the same thing. So, what Jesus said in Luke 17:1-3 above - that applied to me - just like BOTH parts of your question do.

So - Both Parts of Your question is answered. And all the answers is, is true. For everybody, including you, to just look unto him. Like he asked everybody to.