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Mark 10: 23-27- Rich Man and Spiritual Sensitivity

Read Mark 10: 23- 27-     This is a continuation of the  previous  section about the man who did not want to separate himself from his  worldly goods .   Jesus knew this was an important subject and one that would need to be studied and shared. In verse 25, Jesus said,  “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.”   I am not sure the  disciples  fully understood Jesus was addressing an issue of independence with people. Those who  have much do not see  as easily their spiritual needs . Either the satisfaction of achievement or the preoccupation of accumulating things takes their  eyes  off  their spiritual status and diminishes this in their lives. We know through experience it is not impossible and Jesus addr essed that also in verse 27,  ‘But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God;  for with God...