The Moral Hindrance to Salvation: What Christ Really Demands

"Who, then, can be saved?" This question from Matthew 19:25 sounds as if salvation itself were difficult, yet we know it is free. The real hindrance lies not in legality but in morality—in the human will itself.

Salvation means entering into the kingdom of heaven, being delivered from Satan's dominion through the governing power of love. It is a present change, not a future postponement. Yet men hesitate: Will you compromise by delaying? Will you make worldly society secondary to the love of Christ?

The disciples learned a critical lesson from the rich young man: moral uprightness differs entirely from gospel piety. Keeping the law is insufficient. Christ demands absolute dominion in the heart—nothing less.

Riches represent one particular impediment to salvation. While a wealthy class serves social necessity, greed must be avoided and compassion cultivated. The young man's attachment to his possessions revealed his true master.

Yet here stands hope: however difficult salvation appears, it is never impossible—the impossibility is only relative. With man, it is impossible; but with Elohim all things are possible. The Holy Ghost deals with this moral hindrance as effectively as God the Son dealt with the legal hindrance through substitution. To you, the word of this salvation is sent. Use the appointed means, for God works through means to accomplish what human effort cannot.