MATTHEW 19:23-30 The Camel, the Rich Man, and the Eye of the Needle What does it take to enter the Kingdom of Heaven? Our attachment to things of this world can keep us from attaching to the things of Heaven. What we have and hold onto in this life correlates to what we’ll have in the new life.

This is Matthew 19: 10-15: Continuing Discussion of Divorce and Marriage, the Single Life, and Children Leading the Way Revisiting the previous lesson, Moses gave the law allowing divorce but The God of Moses made male and female to cling to one another and not separate. The example of eunuchs and a celibate life shows that the single life is a calling, for those who can receive/accept it, a gift. But one is not better than the other, single or married both point to the Kingdom of Heaven. Why connect the passage of "Let the children come to Me?” Because adults need to be like children to follow God. Matthew 19: 16-22 Value Riches on Earth or in Heaven The rich man seeks eternal life but can’t give up his earthly possessions. He can follow the commandments but never achieve perfection while he clings to his valuables on earth and fails to value what awaits in Heaven.

Matthew 19: 1-15 Episode 75 Moses allowed the law of divorce because of the hardness of the heart. God intended marriage to be life-long. Can you separate the legal from the religious? Can you separate the bridegroom from the bride?

MATTHEW 18:21-35 - Episode 74 How do we view forgiveness and how does Jesus view it?  Who’s at the center of forgiveness and does forgiveness have limits?

Matthew 18: 18-20 Episode 73 Where two or three are gathered and agree in my name, I am there in the midst of them and what they ask will be done for them. Our theology is based on unity: Father, Son, Holy Spirit is in agreement. God wants unity, agreement, and peace for all of us.

Matthew 18 God is always on the side of the small and the weak and is teaching us how to care for his precious ones.

Jesus' stern warnings against being the one who leads children into sin.

As we begin to look at Matthew 18 we hear with new ears Jesus' revolutionary idea that greatness is found in the humility of a child. We dig into this idea of how to make this a reality in our lives today when everything around us encourages our strength and superiority.

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