If he s not good enough then none of us are, they said. Your standards are impossible. It is impossible with men. But possible with God. Salvation is always an act of Grace.
Grace precedes salvation.
Grace countermands normal human possibility and God can salvage even the nearly unsalvageable. He can save those who humanly speaking are impossible. Look around at the impossibilities that God has converted, like you and me. This Rich Young Ruler knew he had not eternal life. Have you reached the point. . .