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JCM3/10/2009 7:35:14 am PDT

re: #919 lurking faith

“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.”
- Matthew 19:24

Matt. 5:3, 3”Blessed are the poor in spirit,
In Greek “poor” is more properly rendered destitute, the beginning point of seeking God is to have nothing in mind spiritually, no opinions, no thoughts of our own, just seeking.

When we approach scripture with preconceived ideas, we bend them to our own interpretations.