18/07/2025
Camel & the Eye
2014 Piha
May the eyes of our understanding be enlightened by the light of His countenence,to the things unseen.
II Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him,
Matthew 19:24
And again I say to you, 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.”
Matthew 6:22-23
“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
Ephesians 1:15-19 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power.
As a young man,I once had the privilege of having coffee at a local coffee shop, with an elder from the church I fellowshipped with at the time..
An extraordinary gentle named Erwin who was also a language translator for the government at the time.
In regards to the scripture;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,
When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?” But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
He informed me, in that time in Jerusalem, there was an arch-way (known as the eye of the needle) where camels would pass through, however to pass through the camel first had to off load all their riches and worldly goods off of its back to pass through.
