re: #63 garhighway
My take on all of those verses is that through God, the rich man can still gain salvation, but in accepting God he shall no longer BE a rich man: he’ll divest himself of worldly things.
In other words, verses 26 and 27 give the rich man a path to salvation. It’s an easy path to visualize, but a very hard path to walk.
Do you disagree?
I think God expects us to share from our abundance, but I don’t think the intent is that you will give up all worldly possessions, just that you won’t let them rule your life. Also the definition of “rich” is tricky, is that a villager who owns 3 head of cattle-rich or a Bill Gates Billionaire-rich? or something in between?