Jesus also said that if you wanted to merit Eternal Life ......”sell everything you own and give it to the poor”....... how ya doin’ with that one?
Jesus was under Law and preached accordingly .....his remark about “ Fools” was given to scare his Jewish audience because he knew that they were all guilty of calling others mean names....and the Jews thought they were “ good enough “ to go to Heaven because they thought they “kept” the Laws Of Moses...Jesus was showing them the utter impossibility Of doing that ......calling people Bad names
Will send you to Hell.,Looking upon a woman with lust us just as bad as Adultery.....get the point ? Understand how high the Standard for Heaven is....If you have ever called a person a bad name or if you have ever had an unclean thought in your mind —- you are-headed For Hell!
Of course , there “ IS” a giant “ loop hole” revealed by Paul years later, after the Cross and you can forget about all of this “trying to be made fit for Heaven by being a Law-Keeper ( you are a MUCH bigger Sinner than you think you are ,btw ) ...it’s called “ Grace” ...... all of your sins can be Forgiven! God will cast them into the darkest depths of the Ocean and Believe it or not , He will forget all about them ! When you stand before Jesus on Judgement Day, and Satan , the Accuser ,brings up your colossal list of sins God will say “ What Sins? I don’t remember them!”
This is “ Good News”, huh? You betcha...... all of the work for this has been “ Finished” for you , even! All that is left for YOU to do is “ cash in” on this great deal—- the Deal being that Jesus gets your Sins and in turn you get His Perfection, and being “Perfect” is the only way you will get through those Pearly Gates.Now dear friend, here us how you get the benefit of all of this stuff that has been donec for you and GIVEN to you as a FREE GIFT.......Read and Believe and REST in Paul’s Gospel Of Pure GRACE ,Given to Him personally by Jesus Christ .....you can read all about this Gospel ( the one incidentally that God will be Judging you by ) in 1Cor15:1-4.......Never add to this Gospel or you will “Fall from Grace” and never Teach a different Gospel or you will go to Hell.......Serious stuff , for sure! Best of luck and and May God bless us all,in the understanding of His Ways ......