How to Enter the Kingdom (Part 1 of 2)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
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🗓️ 13 October 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Who is fit for entry into God’s kingdom? And upon what basis will entry be granted? Even Jesus’ disciples struggled to understand the answers! Explore these questions, and learn why humility is essential. Listen to Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.
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| 0:00.0 | Who Who is fit to enter into the kingdom of God, and how do I get in? |
| 0:29.1 | If you've ever struggled with these questions, you're not alone. |
| 0:32.2 | Even Jesus' disciples often got it wrong. |
| 0:35.1 | Today, on Truth for Life, Alistair Begg explores these questions and explains why |
| 0:39.5 | humility is essential. |
| 0:47.0 | We're going to read from the Bible this morning in the Gospel of Luke and the 18th chapter. |
| 0:52.2 | We're going to read from the 15th verse. People were also bringing |
| 0:58.1 | babies to Jesus to have him touched them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. |
| 1:04.9 | But Jesus called the children to him and said, let the little children come to me and do not |
| 1:08.9 | hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. |
| 1:14.1 | I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child |
| 1:18.9 | will never enter it. A certain ruler asked him, good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? |
| 1:28.4 | Why do you call me good? Jesus answered, no one is good except God alone. You know the commandments. |
| 1:33.6 | Do not commit adultery. Do not murder. Do not steal. Do not give false testimony. Honor your father |
| 1:38.8 | and mother. All these I've kept since I was a boy, he said. When Jesus heard this, he said to him, you still lack one thing. |
| 1:47.2 | Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. |
| 1:51.0 | Then come follow me. |
| 1:53.3 | When he heard this, he became very sad because he was a man of great wealth. |
| 1:57.9 | Jesus looked at him and said, how hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God. |
| 2:03.4 | Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter |
| 2:08.1 | the kingdom of God. Those who heard this asked, who then can be saved? Jesus replied, what is |
| 2:14.5 | impossible with men is possible with God. Peter said to him, |
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