{"id":562,"date":"2026-01-26T11:38:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/?p=562"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:38:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:38:47","slug":"luke-1824-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/?p=562","title":{"rendered":"Luke 18:24-30"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>January 25, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Luke-18_27-554x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Luke-18_27-554x1024.jpg 554w, https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Luke-18_27-162x300.jpg 162w, https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Luke-18_27-768x1420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Luke-18_27-831x1536.jpg 831w, https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Luke-18_27-1108x2048.jpg 1108w, https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Luke-18_27-scaled.jpg 1385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Luke 18:24-30 ESV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said,&nbsp;\u201cHow difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter&nbsp;the kingdom of God!&nbsp;<sup>&nbsp;<\/sup>For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter&nbsp;the kingdom of God.\u201d&nbsp;Those who heard it said, \u201cThen who can be saved?\u201d&nbsp;<sup>&nbsp;<\/sup>But he said,&nbsp;\u201cWhat is impossible with man is possible with God.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>&nbsp;<\/sup>And Peter said, \u201cSee,&nbsp;we have left our homes and followed you.\u201d <sup>&nbsp;<\/sup>And he said to them,&nbsp;\u201cTruly, I say to you,&nbsp;there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers<\/strong><strong><sup> <\/sup><\/strong><strong>or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,&nbsp;who will not receive&nbsp;many times more&nbsp;in this time, and in&nbsp;the age to come eternal life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>1)&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;What is Jesus saying in verses 24 to 27?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>2)<\/strong><strong>&nbsp; What is the relationship between the \u201cleaving\u201d of verse 29 and the \u201creceiving\u201d of verse 30?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Discussion Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Question 1:&nbsp; To illustrate the hinderance that wealth is to a Christian, Jesus uses the example of a camel unable to go through the eye of a needle.&nbsp;&nbsp; This has been understood in various ways.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>\u201cEye of the needle\u201d as the name of a small gate in the wall of a city.\u00a0 In order for the camel to enter, all of its baggage must be removed.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Greek word <em>kamilos<\/em> (rope) was incorrectly copied as <em>kamelos<\/em> (camel).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>In an exaggerated sense, this example uses the biggest living thing known to the audience \u2013 a camel, and the smallest opening known to the audience \u2013 the eye of a sewing needle.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>No matter how you understand this word picture, the lesson is the same:&nbsp; It is impossible for the camel to go through the eye without something changing.&nbsp; In this account the rich young ruler had gone as far towards God as his human abilities could take him.&nbsp; He was outwardly in harmony with God.&nbsp; But to progress further he needed to change on the inside.&nbsp; This change would be impossible without God\u2019s spirit transforming his thinking from the human to the spiritual.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>This change of perspective is shown in Revelation 3:17 where the believer sees himself as rich and in need of nothing, but in God\u2019s eyes is wretched, pitable, blind and naked.&nbsp; By seeking first the Kingdom of God this change begins (Matthew 6:33).&nbsp; In respect to wealth, the Christian learns to use his riches in the service of the kingdom and does not set his hopes and expectations on them (Psalm 62:10; 1 Timothy 6:6-10).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Question 2:&nbsp; Through this change of perspective, when we see things through God\u2019s eyes, all of our earthly relationships (to people, to our possessions, to even ourselves) reorient themselves.&nbsp; For instance when we seek to lose our life, we gain it (Matthew 16:24).&nbsp; When we see those who do the will of God as children of God like we are, we gain a spiritual family (Luke 8:19-21).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The rewards we receive in this present life are as a result of this change in perspective.&nbsp; We value spiritual blessings above material blessings (James 1:7; Luke 11:11-13).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 25, 2026 Luke 18:24-30 ESV Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said,&nbsp;\u201cHow difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter&nbsp;the kingdom of God!&nbsp;&nbsp;For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter&nbsp;the kingdom of God.\u201d&nbsp;Those who heard it said, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":564,"href":"https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions\/564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winnipegbiblestudents.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}