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Matthew 19 — With Men This Is Impossible; But With God All Things Are Possible
Pharisees test on divorce; Jesus returns to Genesis — what therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. He blesses little children. The rich young man — what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? Keep the commandments — which? He has kept them all from youth. Sell what thou hast. He goes away grieved. Hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom. The disciples astonished — who then can be saved? With God, all things are possible. Peter — we have forsaken all. Many that are first shall be last.
“But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.”
— Matthew 19:26
- v.1-12 Divorce — back to creation
- v.13-15 Suffer the little children
- v.16-26 The rich young ruler
- v.27-30 Reward for those who forsake
A rebuke of disciples who tried to manage Christ's schedule. The little ones interrupted nothing; they belonged.
Of such is the kingdom. The kingdom is given to the small, the dependent, the bringing-of-nothing. Children are the model of citizenship.
The probe of love. Christ named the one chain the man could not break. Wealth had become his god; the diagnosis was specific, not universal.
Come and follow me. The substitute treasure offered. He would not be left poor; he would be invited into the company of the One worth more than anything he sold.
With men... impossible. Salvation is not engineered by human effort. The young man's case showed it — even keeping the law from youth could not pull him through the needle's eye.
With God all things are possible. The corrective. What man cannot do, God does. Salvation is His act first to last; the doctrine of grace protects the verse from optimism.
The rich young ruler's test is yours in a different form. What is the one thing Christ would name if He probed your love? Money for one, reputation for another, a relationship, a future. Bring it to verse 21 and lay it down. The treasure offered in exchange does not depreciate.
Christ in Matthew 19 takes the highest standards of marriage, accepts the children no one had time for, asks the rich young man for the one thing he would not give, and tells His disciples that the impossibility of salvation is overcome by God Himself. He is the One who joins, blesses, probes, and saves. Every category in the chapter rests on Him.
Marriage is rooted in creation, not in culture. Christ takes the Pharisees past Moses to Genesis. The standard is older than the concession.
What... God hath joined together. The bond is divine. To dissolve it is not a private right but an act against God's work.