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Mark 10:17-31 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Please take your copy of God's Word out and turn to the Gospel according to Mark, chapter 10.
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Let me say to those of you across the hall, thank you for your patience.
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I stepped across the hall over there to see how things were going with the sound
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and realized that we had forgotten to mount the camera high enough
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to see what was happening on stage when everybody was standing up.
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So on the TV across the hall, it was a wall of plaid.
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You guys wearing plaid? Yep, your backs.
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Which is no big deal. Please stand up during the singing.
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But we'll get that all sorted out.
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And also, it's a little warm in here.
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You know, I think about that kind of thing.
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We cooled the room to 68 before you guys all got here,
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but apparently our BTU calculations were not quite correct.
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And you guys are putting off more heat than the air conditioning is keeping up with.
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So we'll cool it more next Sunday so that we can keep up with you.
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Mark, chapter 10. We're continuing our verse-by-verse exposition,
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and we have come to verse 17, and I'll read to you through 31,
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and then we'll pray.
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And as he, being Jesus, was setting out on his journey,
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a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him,
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Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
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And Jesus said to him,
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Why do you call me good?
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No one is good except God alone.
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You know the commandments.
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Do not murder.
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Do not commit adultery.
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Do not steal.
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Do not bear false witness.
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Do not defraud.
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Honor your father and mother.
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And he said to him,
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Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.
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And Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him,
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You lack one thing.
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Go, sell all that you have and give to the poor,
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and you will have treasure in heaven.
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And come, follow me.
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Disheartened by the saying,
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he went away sorrowful,
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for he had great possessions.
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And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples,
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How difficult it will be for those who have wealth
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to enter the kingdom of God.
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And the disciples were amazed at his words.
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But Jesus said to them again,
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Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God.
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It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
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than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.
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And they were exceedingly astonished
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and said to him,
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Then who can be saved?
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Jesus looked at them and said,
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With man it is impossible,
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but not with God,
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for all things are possible with God.
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Peter began to say to him,
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See, we have left everything and followed you.
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Jesus said,
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Truly I say to you,
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there is no one who has left houses or brothers or sisters
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or mother or father or children or lands
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for my sake and for the gospel
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who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time
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houses and brothers and sisters and mothers
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and children and lands.
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with persecutions and in the age to come eternal life.
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But many who are first will be last
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and the last first.
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This is God's word to us,
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written for his glory and our good.
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We would all do well to listen to it
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in order to believe its promises
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and obey its commands.
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Let's pray together.
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Father,
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Father,
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our sufficiency
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at all times
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comes from you.
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But there are moments in our life
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that are particularly marked
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where we feel that need
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to such a greater degree.
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And this, for me,
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is one of those times.
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And so, Father,
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I would ask that you would
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work in me by your spirit
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to preach your word
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well to your people.
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And I would also ask
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on behalf of them
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that you'd work
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by your spirit
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in their hearts
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to take this word
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and apply it appropriately
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to their lives.
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Bring about
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greater degrees
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of repentance
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and faith
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so that we will
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exalt
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the name of Jesus.
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And it's in that precious name
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I pray.
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Amen.
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Well, once again,
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we have before us
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a pericope
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found in all three.
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Pericope's just a biblical text.
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Found in all three
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of the Synoptic Gospels.
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That is,
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this story is recorded
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here by Mark,
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by Matthew
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in chapter 19
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of his Gospel account,
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and in chapter 18
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of the Lucan account.
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Anytime this happens,
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not that we should neglect
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any other text,
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but we should really pay
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careful attention.
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All three of these writers
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felt it important,
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were led by the Spirit
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to record these things
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for us.
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We should give it
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extra attention.
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What can we glean
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from this text
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for our living
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to the glory
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of God?
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I have to tell you
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as I study the parallels,
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I'm so very pleased
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to be preaching
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from Mark's account
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as it's my favorite account.
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And I'll tell you
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in a little while
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why his particular account
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is my favorite.
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He has been
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so punchy so far.
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He moves so quickly
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through the beginning part,
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up through about
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the middle of chapter 8,
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moving us along,
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hurrying us along
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in the narrative.
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And here,
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he begins to slow down,
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and he gives us
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some beautiful details
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that even the other
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authors do not.
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And once again,
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I have bitten off
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more than I think
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any of us can chew
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on a Sunday morning
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in one sitting.
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So,
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I'm going to deal today
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with the evangelistic aspect
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of this text.
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And next week,
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I'll deal with
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the financial,
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the wealth aspect of it.
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And we'll see what
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true wealth is
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in God's economy.
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So,
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the evangelistic aspect,
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you heard me correctly.
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Remember that Jesus
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was a preacher
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of the gospel.
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He was also
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the fulfillment of it.
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He was the reason for it,
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but he was a preacher
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of the gospel.
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Mark 1.15,
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he says,
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the time is fulfilled
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and the kingdom of God
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is at hand.
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Repent and believe
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in the gospel.
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All of the miracles
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that we see recorded
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all are just giving
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credence to the thing
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that he's saying.
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It's the message
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that mattered most,
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not the miracles.
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So,
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he's a preacher
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of the gospel.
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And we would rightly see
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the rich young ruler
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as a seeker.
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This is an evangelistic
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encounter.
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Right?
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That by the young man's
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estimation doesn't end
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very well,
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but there's much
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that we can learn
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from the way
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that our Lord
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deals with him.
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Now,
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we see that Jesus
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is setting out
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on a journey.
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He has presumably
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left the house.
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We see in verse 10,
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he's in a house
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with his disciples.
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So,
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he has left that.
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He's setting out
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on a journey.
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He's currently in the region
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of Judea
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and beyond the Jordan.
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We see that in chapter 10,
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verse 2.
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And he's working his way
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towards Jerusalem.
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This is in the months
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leading up to
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his crucifixion.
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He has largely
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left his public ministry
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and he's now
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turned his attention,
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his focus,
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his sights are set
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on teaching the disciples
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the things they will
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need to know
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once he departs
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from them.
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He gets some
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interruptions
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in that process,
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but through this
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last half of chapter 8
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and through the end
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of chapter 10,
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he lays down
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foundational truths
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that they must
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receive
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and understand
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to continue
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to follow him
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after his death.
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We know he's going
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to be delivered.
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He's said now
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three times,
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he'll say it again
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in the coming verses,
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8.31
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and 9.31.
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He's foretold
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that he's going
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to be delivered over
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to his tormentors
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to be crucified.
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And all of this
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is interrupted
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by a man.
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Mark's account
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simply says
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a man.
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He is commonly
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referred to
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as the rich
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young ruler.
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And we arrive
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at this by looking
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at the various
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accounts.
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So Luke 18.18,
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he's called
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a ruler.
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He was likely
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a ruler
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of a local
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synagogue.
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Which is a lay
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position.
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It wasn't a
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Levitical position.
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It was a lay
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position.
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It was the person
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that managed
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the storehouses.
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All the provisions
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being there
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was an office
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manager of sorts.
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But it was a
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highly esteemed
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position
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and it was
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highly lucrative.
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Religion was
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a big business
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in this day.
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Much wealth
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came with it.
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We also know
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that he was rich
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because Mark's
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commentary in
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verse 22,
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for he had
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great possessions.
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So here we see
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the rich and
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the ruler
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part of that.
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Matthew 19.20
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says that he
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was the
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young man.
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Now this
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position that he
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likely held
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as a ruler
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of the synagogue
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was an esteemed
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religious position
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that was prominently
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held by older
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men.
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They were
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typically called
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elders as a
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result.
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Not the way
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we speak of
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biblical elders
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in a modern
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church setting,
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but as old
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men that
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held this
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position.
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And somehow
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this young
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man had
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come to
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be this
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ruler.
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Which means
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that he
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was probably
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especially
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pious.
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From the
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outside he
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seemed to
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observe the
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law very
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well,
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which is what
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granted him
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this position.
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He certainly
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considers himself
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pious as
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we'll see
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soon.
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This man
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is in the
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very prime
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of his
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life.
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He has
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in this
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cultural
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setting
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everything
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he could
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possibly
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want.
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Much
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wealth.
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Much
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esteem.
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In the
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culture's
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estimation,
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he was
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the most
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right
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with God.
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But yet,
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he knows
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that he
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lacks
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something.
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And all
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humanity
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knows this.
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All
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humanity
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apart from
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Christ
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knows
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that there
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is
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something
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missing.
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Some
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people call
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it,
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in a kind
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of trite
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fashion,
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a God
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sized hole
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in our
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hearts.
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All
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humanity
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knows that
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we were
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created for
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something in
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particular,
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and that
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was to
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exalt
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the
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creator.
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And when
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we're not
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doing that,
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things just
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don't go
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that well.
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Even when
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they seem
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to be by
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the world's
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standards.
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People spend
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their lives
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pursuing
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this thing
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that they
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can't quite
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put their
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hands on,
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that they
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know they
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need to
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be fulfilled.
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He
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recognizes
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that it's
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this concept
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of eternal
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life.
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He comes
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to Jesus
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seeking.
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And he
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comes to
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Jesus with
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a great
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expression
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of humility.
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Now keep
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in mind
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that this
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young man
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is a rich
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young man,
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and the
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record in
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Mark is
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that he
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ran up
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and he
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knelt
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before him.
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People
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with money
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in this
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day did
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not run
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because they
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could afford
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to have
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somebody else
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run for
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them.
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They would
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have a
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servant who
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would go
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fetch
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whatever
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instrument
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they may
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need or
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go send
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a message
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to somebody
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else.
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It was
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considered
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degrading
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to run.
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No running
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for exercise
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in these
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days.
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Running
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did not
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happen.
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This would
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have been
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an expression
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of humility.
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And beyond
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that,
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he kneels
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down
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before him.
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Jesus.
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And he
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says,
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good teacher,
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what must
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I do
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to inherit
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eternal life?
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He gets
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that he
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doesn't have
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it.
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Matthew 19
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16 says,
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teacher,
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what good
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deed must
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I do
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to have
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eternal
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life?
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And in
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verse 20,
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Matthew 19,
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what do I
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still lack?
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How is it
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that I
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get this
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thing?
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Now,
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the Jews
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of this
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day,
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and I
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would presume
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Jews of
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ours as
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well,
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have a
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proper view
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of salvation
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and eternal
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life.
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In fact,
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I think in
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a lot of
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ways,
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they get
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it more
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right than
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we do.
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Certainly,
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this man
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would have.
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They believed
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that to have
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eternal life
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was not simply
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that they
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would go on
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living,
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right?
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That we
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live this
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life now,
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we die,
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and we
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continue to
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live,
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although it
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does mean
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that,
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but that it
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was to have
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the very
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life of
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God.
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God
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himself has
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eternal life,
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and therefore,
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for us to have
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eternal life,
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what great
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gain that
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is to
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us.
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A proper
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biblical
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understanding of
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what it means
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to have
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life in
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Christ is
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aligned with
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this,
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that we
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have life
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now and
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forever
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more.
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In a sense,
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we bring
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heaven to
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earth when
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the Spirit
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of God
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comes to
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dwell in
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our hearts.
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Joy is
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restored.
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The ability
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to live
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under the
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pressures of
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sin,
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the ability
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to stand
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up under
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the temptation
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of sin
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exists because
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of what we
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now have.
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Now,
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what the
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life of
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God was
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exactly,
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they
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misunderstood.
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This is
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what Jesus
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has been
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teaching the
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disciples all
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along.
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Chapter 8,
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verse 34.
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What is
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he predicting?
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He's predicting
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his death.
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And my
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brain just
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went blank.
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31.
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Yep,
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that's a
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typo.
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And he
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began to
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teach them
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that the
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Son of
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Man must
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suffer many
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things and
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be rejected
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by the
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elders and
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the chief
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priests and
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the scribes
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and be
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killed and
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after three
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days rise
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again.
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Nope,
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it wasn't a
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typo.
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Verse 34.
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If anyone
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would come
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after me,
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let him
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deny himself
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and take
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up his
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cross and
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follow me.
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What is
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it going to
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look like to
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be a
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disciple of
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Jesus Christ?
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What is
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it going to
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mean to
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have the
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life of
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God?
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It's
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going to
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mean that
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we
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emulate
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him.
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Jesus,
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incarnate
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God,
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in flesh
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suffered
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for our
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sake.
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Again,
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chapter 9,
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verse 35.
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If anyone
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will be
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first,
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he must
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be the
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last of
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all and
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servant of
14:01
all.
14:02
Beyond
14:02
our text,
14:03
chapter 10,
14:04
verse 31.
14:06
But many
14:06
who are
14:06
first will
14:07
be last
14:08
and the
14:09
last
14:09
first.
14:11
Look at
14:11
verse 43.
14:13
But it
14:13
shall not be
14:14
so among
14:14
you, but
14:14
whoever would
14:15
be great
14:15
among you
14:16
must be
14:16
your servant.
14:17
And whoever
14:17
will be
14:18
first among
14:18
you,
14:19
must be
14:19
slave of
14:20
all.
14:20
For even
14:20
the Son
14:20
of Man
14:21
came not
14:21
to be
14:22
served,
14:22
but to
14:23
serve,
14:23
and to
14:23
give his
14:24
life as
14:25
a ransom
14:25
for many.
14:28
This rich
14:28
wrong,
14:28
you would
14:29
have thought
14:29
he had
14:30
everything
14:31
he needed,
14:31
and what
14:32
he was
14:32
coming to
14:32
Jesus for
14:33
was that
14:34
one more
14:34
thing.
14:35
Let me
14:36
add the
14:37
bonus on
14:37
top of
14:38
all the
14:38
things I
14:39
already
14:40
have.
14:40
And he
14:40
missed
14:41
the point
14:41
that for
14:42
him to
14:42
gain
14:42
Christ,
14:43
he had
14:43
to give
14:44
up all
14:45
that he
14:46
had.
14:47
So what
14:49
answer would
14:49
you have
14:50
given such
14:50
a man who
14:51
comes to
14:52
you in
14:52
such a
14:52
humble
14:53
position,
14:54
asks such
14:55
a seemingly
14:56
heartfelt
14:57
question?
14:59
Imagine that a
15:00
man runs up to
15:01
you today after
15:01
the service,
15:02
whatever restaurant
15:03
you may go to,
15:04
kneels down before you
15:05
and says,
15:06
good teacher,
15:07
what must I do
15:07
to inherit
15:08
eternal life?
15:09
I imagine that
15:11
you would tell
15:12
them,
15:13
repent and
15:13
believe,
15:13
right?
15:14
You'd use
15:14
Bible language.
15:16
You might say,
15:16
look to Christ,
15:17
place your faith
15:18
in him,
15:19
or pray this
15:21
prayer.
15:22
In a different
15:23
setting,
15:23
one might say,
15:24
walk the aisle,
15:25
or here,
15:26
read this tract,
15:28
right?
15:29
And all these
15:29
things would be
15:29
well motivated,
15:31
of course,
15:32
right?
15:32
We want people
15:33
to respond to
15:34
the gospel.
15:34
We want people
15:35
to understand the
15:36
very essence of
15:37
what it means to
15:37
place faith in
15:38
Christ.
15:39
I believe this
15:40
is the answer
15:40
we would give
15:41
them all.
15:43
Isn't this
15:44
exactly what
15:44
Jesus did
15:45
when Nicodemus,
15:45
another ruler
15:46
of the Jews,
15:48
sought him out?
15:49
John 3,
15:50
14 and 15.
15:52
It says,
15:52
Moses lifted up
15:53
the servant
15:53
in the wilderness,
15:54
so must the
15:55
Son of Man
15:55
be lifted up,
15:56
that whoever
15:57
believes in him
15:58
may have
15:59
eternal life.
16:00
Or in John 6,
16:01
28,
16:02
when Jesus is
16:03
teaching the crowds,
16:04
they say to him,
16:05
what must we do
16:07
to be doing
16:08
the works of
16:09
God?
16:10
Jesus answered
16:10
them,
16:11
this is the
16:12
work of God,
16:12
that you believe
16:13
in him whom
16:14
he has sent.
16:16
Or you could
16:17
be taking your
16:18
cues from Paul
16:18
and Silas when
16:19
the Philippian
16:20
jailer asked
16:21
them in Acts
16:21
16,
16:22
30,
16:23
sirs,
16:23
what must I
16:24
do to be
16:25
saved?
16:26
And they
16:27
said,
16:27
believe in
16:28
the Lord
16:28
Jesus and
16:30
you will be
16:30
saved.
16:31
We see a
16:32
biblical pattern
16:33
for this type
16:33
of response
16:34
to such
16:35
a question.
16:37
So why
16:38
does Jesus'
16:38
answer vary
16:39
from this
16:40
pattern?
16:42
What can
16:42
we learn
16:43
from Jesus
16:44
about his
16:45
evangelistic
16:46
methods and
16:46
therefore the
16:47
proper evangelistic
16:48
methods?
16:50
Is it
16:51
possible
16:51
that you
16:53
have and
16:53
are presuming
16:54
that you
16:55
may have
16:56
something to
16:56
teach Jesus
16:57
about evangelism?
16:59
Is it
17:00
possible that
17:01
evangelical
17:01
Christians
17:02
have been
17:02
sharing
17:03
Christ
17:04
wrongly?
17:07
So why
17:07
does his
17:08
answer vary?
17:09
And the
17:09
key to that
17:09
is in
17:10
Jesus'
17:10
immediate
17:10
response
17:11
to the
17:11
man.
17:12
Verse
17:12
18,
17:14
he says,
17:15
why do
17:16
you call
17:17
me good?
17:20
No one
17:20
is good
17:21
except
17:22
God
17:22
alone.
17:24
Now it's
17:24
interesting,
17:25
isn't it?
17:25
Because we
17:26
could rightly
17:26
call Jesus
17:27
good,
17:28
right?
17:28
Jesus,
17:29
who lived
17:29
a sinless
17:29
life up
17:30
to this
17:31
point.
17:31
of course,
17:32
had not
17:33
sinned.
17:33
If anybody
17:34
on earth
17:35
was to be
17:36
called good,
17:36
it would
17:37
have been
17:37
Jesus.
17:39
But this
17:40
man did
17:41
not know
17:42
who he
17:43
was.
17:44
This man
17:45
did not
17:45
have a
17:45
clear
17:46
revelation
17:46
that he
17:48
was the
17:49
Christ.
17:49
He simply
17:50
comes to
17:51
him,
17:51
a man he
17:52
knows has
17:52
been traveling
17:53
and teaching
17:54
about the
17:54
kingdom of
17:55
God,
17:55
who has
17:55
done many
17:56
miracles,
17:57
and he
17:57
applies very
17:59
loosely,
18:00
he throws
18:01
a term
18:01
on him
18:02
that is
18:03
good.
18:05
He doesn't
18:06
get it,
18:06
which is why
18:06
Jesus responds
18:07
in the way
18:08
that he
18:09
does.
18:11
Further,
18:12
he should
18:12
have known
18:12
his scriptures.
18:14
This man
18:14
certainly would
18:15
have studied
18:16
them.
18:17
Romans 3,
18:18
10-12,
18:19
where Paul
18:19
quotes from
18:20
Psalm 14
18:21
and Psalm 53,
18:22
which this
18:23
young ruler
18:23
would have
18:24
had,
18:25
one of the
18:26
few copies,
18:26
he would have
18:26
had access
18:27
to it.
18:29
Paul sums
18:29
it up for
18:30
us and
18:30
says,
18:30
none is
18:30
righteous or
18:32
good,
18:32
no not one,
18:33
no one
18:34
understands,
18:35
no one
18:35
seeks for
18:36
God,
18:36
all have
18:37
turned aside,
18:37
together they
18:38
have become
18:38
worthless,
18:39
no one does
18:40
good,
18:40
not even
18:41
one.
18:42
No one
18:42
does good,
18:43
no one
18:44
is good,
18:45
except God
18:46
alone.
18:48
And Jesus'
18:48
response
18:49
redefines for
18:50
us what
18:51
goodness is.
18:53
He sets
18:54
God up as
18:55
the standard
18:55
for goodness.
18:56
He makes
18:58
goodness
18:59
objective
19:00
rather than
19:02
subjective.
19:03
If I compare
19:04
myself to
19:05
you,
19:06
I might
19:06
come out
19:07
okay.
19:08
I also
19:08
may not.
19:09
If I compare
19:10
myself to
19:11
God,
19:11
in every
19:12
case,
19:13
I will be
19:13
left with
19:13
no doubt
19:14
that I
19:15
need the
19:16
goodness
19:16
of Christ.
19:19
God
19:19
alone
19:20
is good.
19:23
Matthew
19:24
19-16
19:25
kind of
19:25
pointily
19:26
says,
19:26
Teacher,
19:27
what good
19:28
deed must
19:29
I do
19:29
to have
19:30
eternal
19:31
life?
19:33
This man
19:33
thought that
19:34
he could
19:34
amass for
19:35
himself merit
19:36
by the way
19:37
in which
19:38
he lived.
19:39
He was
19:40
incredibly
19:40
delusional.
19:42
He thinks
19:43
that he has
19:43
kept the
19:44
law.
19:45
He thinks
19:46
that he
19:46
is righteous
19:47
by his
19:48
own
19:48
doing.
19:51
Do you
19:51
remember the
19:51
parable of the
19:52
Pharisee and the
19:52
tax collector?
19:53
Peter?
19:54
In Luke,
19:55
it's recorded
19:55
just before the
19:56
telling of this
19:57
particular
19:58
story.
20:00
Let me read
20:00
that to you.
20:01
Luke 18,
20:02
beginning in
20:02
verse 9.
20:04
Jesus also
20:05
told this
20:05
parable to
20:06
some who
20:07
trusted in
20:08
themselves that
20:08
they were
20:09
righteous and
20:09
treated others
20:10
with contempt.
20:13
Two men
20:13
went up to the
20:13
temple to pray,
20:14
one a Pharisee
20:15
and the other
20:16
a tax collector.
20:16
The Pharisee
20:17
standing by
20:18
himself prayed
20:19
thus,
20:20
God, I
20:21
thank you that
20:21
I am not like
20:22
other men,
20:24
extortioners,
20:25
unjust,
20:25
adulterers,
20:27
or even like
20:28
this tax
20:28
collector.
20:29
I fast twice
20:30
a week.
20:30
I give tithes
20:31
of all that
20:32
I get.
20:33
But the
20:33
tax collector
20:34
standing far
20:35
off would not
20:35
even lift up
20:36
his eyes to
20:37
heaven,
20:37
but beat
20:38
his breast
20:38
saying,
20:39
God, be
20:40
merciful to
20:41
me, a
20:42
sinner.
20:43
I tell you,
20:44
this man went
20:44
down to his
20:45
house justified
20:45
rather than the
20:46
other.
20:47
For everyone
20:47
who exalts
20:48
himself will
20:49
be humbled,
20:49
but the one
20:50
who humbles
20:50
himself will
20:51
be exalted.
20:52
The Pharisee
20:53
compares himself
20:54
to the tax
20:54
collector and
20:55
finds himself
20:56
righteous.
20:58
The tax
20:58
collector is
20:59
honest with
21:00
who he is
21:01
before God
21:02
and says,
21:03
I am a
21:03
sinner.
21:04
Please have
21:05
mercy on me.
21:07
I cannot
21:07
merit that
21:08
on my own.
21:09
I cannot
21:09
earn it.
21:10
It must be
21:11
your gracious
21:12
extension
21:13
of mercy.
21:15
mercy.
21:16
This is the
21:18
good news
21:18
of the
21:18
gospel,
21:19
beloved.
21:20
This is the
21:21
wonderful news
21:22
of the
21:23
gospel.
21:24
That apart
21:24
from anything
21:25
we could
21:25
possibly do
21:26
to earn
21:27
God's favor,
21:27
he extends
21:28
it to us
21:29
all the
21:30
same.
21:32
But good
21:32
news isn't
21:32
good news
21:33
without bad
21:34
news,
21:35
is it?
21:35
There certainly
21:36
is bad
21:37
news.
21:38
I just
21:39
read to you
21:39
Romans 3.
21:40
10-12,
21:41
none is
21:42
righteous.
21:43
No, not
21:43
one.
21:45
No one
21:45
understands.
21:46
No one
21:47
seeks for
21:47
God.
21:48
All have
21:48
turned aside.
21:49
Together they
21:49
have become
21:50
worthless.
21:50
No one
21:51
does good.
21:51
Not even
21:52
one.
21:53
We learn in
21:53
Romans that
21:54
the wages
21:54
of sin
21:55
is death.
21:57
This is
21:57
what due
21:57
to us is
21:58
the just
21:58
punishment
21:59
for our
22:00
sin.
22:01
What has
22:01
been accounted
22:02
to us
22:03
is death
22:04
because of
22:05
our sin.
22:05
And none
22:06
of us have
22:06
escaped this.
22:07
Not a
22:08
single person
22:08
in my
22:09
hearing can
22:09
say I
22:10
am without
22:10
sin.
22:11
You're
22:11
not.
22:13
By your
22:13
nature are
22:15
sinful before
22:16
Christ.
22:18
I praise
22:19
God in
22:19
Romans 3.
22:20
Paul keeps
22:20
writing because
22:22
he could because
22:23
of the gospel.
22:24
He had so
22:24
much more to
22:25
say about
22:26
the gospel.
22:28
Verse 21
22:28
and 22,
22:29
but now the
22:31
righteousness of
22:31
God has been
22:32
manifested apart
22:33
from the law.
22:34
Although the
22:35
law and the
22:35
prophets bear
22:35
witness to it,
22:36
the righteousness
22:37
of God
22:38
through faith
22:39
in Jesus
22:39
Christ for
22:41
all who
22:42
believed.
22:43
Martin Luther
22:43
called it the
22:44
great exchange.
22:45
Jesus took
22:46
on our
22:46
sin on the
22:48
cross.
22:48
He took
22:48
the wrath
22:49
of God
22:49
that was
22:49
due us
22:50
and he
22:50
gave to
22:50
us his
22:52
righteousness.
22:53
This is how
22:54
we stand
22:54
before God.
22:55
Not by
22:56
anything that
22:56
we could
22:57
earn.
22:58
Right?
22:59
You're
22:59
deluded if
23:00
you think
23:00
that walking
23:01
an aisle
23:01
or praying
23:03
a particular
23:03
prayer is
23:04
what makes
23:05
you in a
23:05
right standing
23:06
before God.
23:07
If someone
23:07
has misled
23:08
you in
23:08
that way,
23:09
if you
23:09
hang the
23:10
surety of
23:11
your salvation
23:11
on some
23:12
experience,
23:13
some date,
23:14
let me warn
23:15
you,
23:17
urge you,
23:18
do not let
23:19
that be your
23:19
surety.
23:21
It's on the
23:22
work of
23:23
Christ in
23:24
your life.
23:24
Do you
23:25
have the
23:25
Spirit of
23:26
God?
23:26
Do you
23:27
love Him
23:27
more than
23:28
the things
23:29
of this
23:30
world?
23:30
God
23:32
the rich
23:32
young
23:32
ruler was
23:33
not truly
23:33
humble.
23:34
He
23:34
was in
23:35
exterior
23:36
fashion.
23:37
He did
23:38
not really
23:38
recognize
23:39
his
23:40
poverty.
23:42
Do you
23:42
recognize
23:43
yours?
23:44
He knew
23:45
something was
23:45
missing,
23:46
but he
23:47
did not
23:47
come to
23:47
Jesus
23:47
seeking
23:48
for God,
23:49
but rather
23:49
what he
23:50
could gain
23:51
from God.
23:53
He was
23:54
exalting
23:54
himself.
23:55
He was
23:55
self-righteous.
23:56
proud.
23:57
He possessed
23:58
this outward
23:58
appearance of
23:59
humility,
23:59
but inwardly
24:00
was totally
24:01
proud.
24:02
And Jesus
24:02
surmises all
24:04
of this from
24:04
one word,
24:06
good.
24:08
But he
24:08
probes further.
24:10
He quotes
24:10
the latter
24:10
half of the
24:11
Ten Commandments.
24:13
It's six.
24:14
I know there's
24:14
ten.
24:14
It's a little
24:15
more than the
24:15
latter half.
24:16
The latter
24:17
half of the
24:17
Ten Commandments.
24:19
Those that
24:19
deal with
24:20
relationships
24:20
between men.
24:22
You can
24:22
find that in
24:22
Exodus 20
24:23
and the
24:23
restating of
24:24
it in
24:24
Deuteronomy
24:25
chapter 5.
24:26
Verse 19.
24:27
Do not
24:27
murder.
24:28
Do not
24:28
commit
24:28
adultery.
24:29
Do not
24:29
steal.
24:30
Do not
24:30
bear false
24:30
witness.
24:31
Do not
24:31
defraud.
24:32
Honor your
24:33
father and
24:34
mother.
24:35
The young
24:35
man knew
24:35
these laws.
24:37
He didn't
24:38
scratch his
24:38
head at
24:38
these things.
24:39
He knew
24:39
these things
24:40
and we
24:40
see that
24:41
in his
24:41
response.
24:42
But he
24:42
fails to
24:43
see the
24:43
purpose of
24:44
the law.
24:45
The purpose
24:45
of the law
24:45
was that it
24:47
was meant to
24:47
teach our
24:48
need for a
24:50
Savior.
24:51
The law
24:51
sets up
24:52
God's
24:52
standard for
24:54
righteousness.
24:55
A righteous
24:55
that we
24:56
cannot
24:56
possibly
24:57
achieve.
24:59
And I'll
25:00
say it
25:00
again.
25:01
We need
25:03
the righteousness
25:04
of Christ
25:04
that is
25:05
granted to
25:06
us through
25:06
repentance
25:06
and faith.
25:09
The law
25:10
was always
25:11
meant to
25:12
point us
25:12
to this
25:13
great
25:13
reality.
25:15
Paul recorded
25:16
in Galatians
25:17
chapter 3
25:17
verse 23
25:18
through 26.
25:19
Now before
25:20
faith came
25:21
we were held
25:23
captive under
25:23
the law
25:24
and imprisoned
25:24
until the
25:25
coming faith
25:25
would be
25:26
revealed.
25:28
So then
25:28
the law
25:29
was our
25:29
guardian
25:30
until Christ
25:30
came in
25:31
order that
25:31
we might
25:31
be justified
25:32
by faith.
25:33
But now
25:34
that faith
25:34
has come
25:35
we are no
25:35
longer under
25:36
a guardian
25:36
for in
25:37
Christ Jesus
25:38
you are
25:38
all sons
25:39
of God
25:40
through faith.
25:42
Now in
25:42
Jewish
25:42
culture
25:43
young people
25:45
had very
25:46
little value.
25:47
In fact
25:48
when they
25:48
were very
25:48
young
25:49
they weren't
25:49
really even
25:50
considered
25:51
sons and
25:52
daughters.
25:52
They didn't
25:52
have the
25:53
rights
25:53
that sons
25:54
and daughters
25:55
had in
25:56
the household.
25:57
And placed
25:57
above them
25:58
was a person
25:59
that was hired
26:00
out called
26:01
a guardian.
26:03
They were
26:03
kind of a
26:03
taskmaster.
26:04
They were
26:04
the person
26:05
that made
26:05
sure that
26:05
they got
26:06
to school
26:06
that they
26:07
learned the
26:07
Torah
26:08
and they
26:08
did all
26:08
the things
26:09
that they
26:09
were meant
26:10
to do.
26:11
And they
26:12
were given
26:12
permission
26:12
to be rather
26:13
violent with
26:14
the children.
26:15
They kind
26:15
of beat
26:15
them in
26:16
to
26:17
submission.
26:18
And see
26:18
what Paul
26:18
is saying
26:19
here about
26:19
the law
26:20
being our
26:20
guardian
26:20
until
26:21
Christ
26:21
comes.
26:22
In verse 26
26:22
for in
26:23
Christ Jesus
26:24
you are
26:24
all sons
26:26
of God.
26:27
We've been
26:27
set free
26:28
from the
26:29
demands
26:29
of the
26:30
law
26:30
that none
26:31
of us
26:31
could keep.
26:33
We've been
26:33
given the
26:33
righteousness
26:34
of Christ.
26:35
The law
26:36
aims us
26:36
at Him.
26:39
Put another
26:40
way,
26:41
John Bunyan
26:41
in his
26:42
wonderful book
26:43
The Pilgrim's
26:43
Progress.
26:45
If you have
26:45
not read
26:46
The Pilgrim's
26:46
Progress,
26:47
you are
26:47
behind
26:48
most
26:48
Christianity,
26:49
you need
26:49
to pick
26:50
it up
26:50
and read
26:51
it.
26:52
And it's
26:52
the story
26:52
of a man
26:53
named
26:53
Christian
26:54
in his
26:54
journey
26:55
to the
26:55
celestial
26:55
city.
26:56
And he
26:56
meets along
26:57
this journey
26:57
a wonderful
26:58
character
26:58
that travels
26:59
with him
26:59
for quite
26:59
some time
27:00
named
27:01
Faith.
27:02
And Faith
27:02
has had
27:03
some experience
27:03
prior to
27:04
their meeting
27:04
together
27:05
and he's
27:05
recounting
27:06
that experience
27:08
here.
27:10
Faith says,
27:10
But good
27:12
brother,
27:12
hear me
27:13
out.
27:14
So soon
27:15
as the
27:15
man
27:16
overtook
27:16
me,
27:16
he's
27:17
journeying
27:17
up a
27:17
hill,
27:17
so soon
27:18
as the
27:18
man
27:18
overtook
27:19
me,
27:19
he was
27:20
but a
27:20
word
27:21
and a
27:21
blow,
27:22
for down
27:23
he knocked
27:23
me and
27:23
laid me
27:24
for dead.
27:25
But when
27:25
I was a
27:26
little come
27:26
to myself
27:27
again,
27:27
I asked
27:28
him,
27:28
wherefore
27:28
has he
27:29
served
27:29
me?
27:29
So why
27:30
did you
27:30
hit me?
27:31
He said,
27:31
because of
27:32
my secret
27:33
inclining
27:33
to Adam
27:34
the first.
27:35
And with
27:35
that,
27:36
he struck
27:36
me another
27:37
deadly blow
27:37
on the
27:38
breast and
27:40
lay at
27:41
his foot
27:41
as dead
27:42
as before.
27:43
So when
27:43
I came
27:43
to myself
27:44
again,
27:44
I cried
27:45
him mercy,
27:45
but he
27:46
said,
27:46
I know
27:47
not how
27:47
to show
27:47
mercy.
27:48
And with
27:49
that,
27:49
he knocked
27:50
me down
27:50
again.
27:51
He had
27:51
doubtless
27:52
made an
27:52
end of
27:52
me,
27:53
but that
27:53
one came
27:54
by and
27:54
bid him
27:55
forbear.
27:56
So there's
27:56
a man
27:57
faced on
27:57
his journey,
27:58
this man
27:58
keeps knocking
28:00
him out.
28:00
When he
28:01
comes to,
28:01
he has a
28:02
conversation
28:02
with him,
28:03
and he
28:03
knocks him
28:03
out again.
28:04
Show me
28:04
mercy,
28:04
I don't
28:05
know how
28:05
to show
28:05
mercy.
28:06
And then
28:10
stop.
28:12
Christian
28:12
asks,
28:13
who was
28:13
that
28:13
that bid
28:14
him
28:14
forbear
28:15
or to
28:15
stop?
28:16
And
28:17
faith
28:17
says,
28:18
I did
28:18
not know
28:18
him at
28:19
first,
28:19
but as
28:20
he went
28:20
by,
28:21
I perceived
28:21
the holes
28:22
in his
28:22
hands and
28:23
his sides,
28:24
that I
28:24
concluded
28:25
that he
28:25
was our
28:26
Lord,
28:27
so I
28:27
went up
28:28
the hill.
28:29
And
28:29
Christian
28:30
responds,
28:30
that man
28:31
that overtook
28:31
you was
28:32
Moses.
28:33
He
28:33
spareth
28:34
none,
28:35
neither
28:35
knoweth
28:35
he how
28:36
to show
28:36
mercy to
28:36
those that
28:37
transgress
28:38
his law.
28:39
And
28:40
John Bunyan
28:41
is not
28:41
saying here
28:41
that Moses
28:42
is evil
28:43
to us,
28:43
but the
28:43
law is
28:45
our
28:45
tutor.
28:46
The
28:46
law is
28:47
meant to
28:47
show us
28:48
our
28:48
failing
28:49
again and
28:50
again.
28:51
It's meant
28:51
to drive
28:52
us to
28:53
Christ.
28:54
And
28:54
the rich
28:54
young
28:54
ruler
28:55
missed
28:56
the point.
28:57
He
28:57
had missed
28:58
it.
28:58
Look at
28:59
his response
28:59
in verse
29:00
20.
29:00
He says,
29:01
Teacher,
29:01
all these
29:02
I have
29:03
kept
29:03
from
29:03
mine
29:04
youth.
29:05
I
29:06
really
29:06
want
29:06
Jesus
29:07
at this
29:07
point.
29:07
I
29:07
really
29:08
want him
29:08
to say,
29:09
no,
29:09
you
29:09
have,
29:09
have you
29:11
lost your
29:11
mind?
29:12
You have
29:12
not kept
29:13
these
29:13
things
29:13
from your
29:14
youth.
29:14
But
29:15
Jesus
29:15
presses
29:15
on in
29:16
a very
29:16
compassionate
29:17
way,
29:19
which is
29:19
why I
29:20
love
29:21
Mark's
29:21
record of
29:22
this
29:22
event
29:23
best.
29:24
It says,
29:25
verse 21,
29:26
and Jesus
29:26
looking at
29:27
him,
29:28
loved him.
29:29
The other
29:30
accounts don't
29:30
say that
29:31
about this.
29:32
He looks
29:33
at him
29:34
and he
29:35
loves him.
29:36
And
29:37
because
29:37
he
29:38
loves
29:38
him,
29:39
he
29:39
points
29:39
out
29:40
his
29:40
sinfulness.
29:42
He
29:42
doesn't
29:42
skirt
29:43
around
29:43
it.
29:43
He's
29:44
not
29:44
concerned
29:44
about
29:45
his
29:45
feelings.
29:47
He
29:47
strikes
29:48
him
29:48
right
29:48
between
29:49
the
29:49
eyes.
29:49
He
29:49
goes
29:50
straight
29:50
to the
29:50
heart
29:51
of the
29:51
issue
29:52
and
29:52
points
29:52
out
29:53
his
29:53
sin.
29:55
And
29:55
in
29:55
this
29:56
case,
29:56
he
29:56
says,
29:56
you
29:56
lack
29:57
one
29:57
thing.
29:57
Go sell
29:58
all you
29:58
have,
29:58
give
29:58
to
29:59
the
29:59
poor,
29:59
and
29:59
you
29:59
have
29:59
treasure
29:59
!
29:59
in
30:00
heaven,
30:00
and
30:00
come
30:00
follow
30:01
me.
30:03
Jesus
30:03
exposes
30:04
his
30:04
obvious
30:05
failure
30:06
to keep
30:06
the
30:07
first
30:07
half
30:08
of the
30:09
law.
30:09
Again,
30:10
the
30:10
first
30:10
four
30:10
commandments.
30:12
Deuteronomy
30:13
6.5
30:14
in a
30:14
summary
30:14
statement
30:15
of those
30:16
commands,
30:17
you shall
30:17
love the
30:18
Lord your
30:18
God
30:19
with all
30:19
your
30:19
heart,
30:21
with all
30:21
your
30:21
soul,
30:22
and with
30:23
all your
30:23
might.
30:24
Remember
30:25
Matthew
30:25
chapter
30:25
22,
30:26
the lawyer
30:27
comes and
30:27
asks him,
30:28
teacher,
30:29
what is the
30:29
greatest
30:29
commandment?
30:30
It's a
30:30
test.
30:30
He
30:31
rightly
30:31
responds
30:32
with
30:32
quoting
30:32
Deuteronomy
30:33
6.5
30:34
and
30:34
verse
30:34
39
30:34
says
30:35
in
30:35
the
30:35
second
30:35
is
30:35
like
30:35
it,
30:36
you
30:36
shall
30:36
love
30:36
your
30:37
neighbor
30:37
as
30:37
yourself.
30:38
This
30:38
is
30:38
the
30:38
summary
30:38
of
30:38
the
30:39
second
30:39
half
30:39
of
30:40
the
30:40
Ten
30:41
Commandments.
30:41
And
30:42
he
30:42
says
30:42
in
30:42
verse
30:42
40,
30:42
on
30:43
these
30:43
two
30:43
commandments
30:43
depend
30:44
all
30:44
the
30:44
law
30:45
and
30:46
the
30:46
prophets.
30:48
So
30:48
he
30:48
goes
30:48
very
30:48
straight
30:49
to
30:49
the
30:49
thing.
30:49
He
30:49
says
30:49
to
30:50
the
30:50
man,
30:50
you
30:50
love
30:51
your
30:51
wealth
30:52
more
30:52
than
30:53
you
30:53
love
30:53
God.
30:54
Your
30:54
wealth
30:54
is
30:54
an
30:55
idol.
30:55
Get
30:56
rid
30:56
of
30:56
the
30:56
idol
30:56
and
30:57
follow
30:57
me.
31:00
And
31:00
how
31:00
does
31:00
the
31:00
man
31:00
respond?
31:02
He's
31:02
disheartened.
31:04
He
31:04
goes
31:05
away
31:05
sorrowful.
31:06
And
31:06
I
31:06
love,
31:07
and
31:07
it's
31:07
in
31:07
all
31:08
the
31:08
accounts,
31:08
for
31:08
he
31:09
had
31:09
great
31:10
possessions.
31:13
His
31:14
response
31:14
gives
31:14
the
31:14
evidence
31:15
that
31:15
he
31:15
had
31:15
not
31:15
and
31:16
could
31:16
not
31:16
keep
31:17
the
31:17
law.
31:18
His
31:18
love
31:18
for
31:19
his
31:19
!
31:19
was
31:20
much
31:20
greater
31:21
than
31:22
the
31:22
promise
31:22
of
31:23
eternal
31:23
joy.
31:25
The
31:25
temporal
31:26
things
31:26
were
31:26
distracting
31:27
him
31:28
from
31:28
the
31:28
eternal
31:29
things.
31:30
Look at
31:30
the
31:31
offer
31:31
of
31:31
Jesus.
31:32
You
31:32
will
31:32
have
31:33
treasure
31:33
in
31:34
heaven
31:34
for
31:35
eternity
31:36
and
31:37
come
31:37
follow
31:38
me.
31:40
He
31:40
offers
31:41
not only
31:41
treasure,
31:42
but
31:42
he
31:42
offers
31:42
him
31:43
himself.
31:45
And
31:45
the
31:45
man
31:45
turns
31:46
away
31:46
from
31:46
this.
31:48
That's
31:48
why
31:48
Jesus
31:48
then
31:49
turns
31:49
to
31:49
his
31:49
disciples
31:50
and
31:50
say
31:50
it's
31:50
going
31:50
to
31:50
be
31:50
difficult
31:51
for
31:51
those
31:51
who
31:51
have
31:51
wealth
31:52
to
31:52
enter
31:52
the
31:53
kingdom
31:53
of
31:53
God.
31:53
He
31:53
reiterates
31:54
this
31:54
a
31:54
number
31:55
of
31:55
times
31:55
and
31:56
we're
31:56
going
31:56
to
31:56
look
31:56
at
31:57
that
31:57
at
31:57
length
31:57
next
31:58
week.
31:59
And
31:59
the
32:00
disciples
32:01
are
32:01
distraught
32:01
by
32:01
this.
32:02
Well
32:02
gosh,
32:02
if the
32:03
rich
32:03
can't
32:03
get
32:03
into
32:04
heaven,
32:04
right?
32:05
All
32:05
the
32:05
religious
32:06
of
32:06
this
32:06
day
32:06
had
32:07
a
32:07
lot
32:07
of
32:07
wealth.
32:07
If
32:08
they
32:08
can't
32:19
God,
32:20
we'll
32:20
digest
32:22
all of
32:22
that
32:22
a bit
32:23
more
32:23
next
32:24
week.
32:26
So
32:27
what's
32:27
the
32:27
application
32:27
of
32:27
this
32:28
for
32:28
our
32:28
lives?
32:30
Number
32:30
one,
32:31
we should
32:32
model
32:32
our
32:32
evangelistic
32:33
efforts
32:33
after
32:34
those
32:34
of
32:35
our
32:35
Lord.
32:36
Note,
32:37
Jesus
32:37
gives
32:38
the
32:38
law
32:39
where
32:39
there
32:39
is
32:39
pride
32:40
and
32:41
grace
32:42
as we
32:42
saw
32:42
in a
32:42
number
32:43
of
32:43
cases
32:43
where
32:44
there
32:44
is
32:45
humility.
32:46
We
32:46
ought
32:47
to
32:47
do
32:47
the
32:48
very
32:48
same.
32:50
We
32:50
live
32:50
in a
32:51
very
32:51
religiously
32:53
infected
32:56
area.
32:59
People
33:00
who
33:00
think
33:00
that
33:00
going
33:01
through
33:01
certain
33:01
motions
33:02
is
33:02
what
33:02
gains
33:03
them
33:03
access
33:03
to
33:04
God.
33:04
And
33:05
in
33:05
the
33:05
southeast
33:05
it
33:06
would
33:06
seem
33:07
that
33:07
for
33:07
most
33:07
people
33:08
we
33:08
have
33:08
to
33:08
convince
33:08
them
33:09
that
33:09
they're
33:09
not
33:09
saved
33:10
so
33:11
that
33:11
we
33:11
can
33:11
show
33:12
them
33:12
how
33:12
to
33:12
be
33:13
saved.
33:14
They
33:14
need
33:15
the
33:16
law
33:16
before
33:17
they
33:17
need
33:18
the
33:18
gospel
33:19
of
33:19
grace.
33:20
Someone
33:21
is
33:21
proud
33:21
in
33:22
that
33:22
way.
33:23
They
33:23
need
33:23
to
33:23
be
33:23
brought
33:24
low.
33:24
This
33:25
is
33:25
the
33:25
loving
33:26
thing
33:26
to
33:27
do
33:27
for
33:27
them.
33:28
We're
33:28
not
33:28
doing
33:29
anybody
33:29
any
33:29
favors
33:30
if we
33:30
avoid
33:31
teaching
33:31
that
33:32
they
33:33
fall
33:33
short
33:33
of
33:34
God's
33:34
standard.
33:36
It
33:36
is not
33:37
my
33:37
job
33:38
on a
33:38
Sunday
33:38
morning
33:39
to
33:39
make
33:39
you
33:39
feel
33:39
good
33:40
about
33:40
yourself.
33:42
Hear
33:42
that.
33:42
That
33:43
is not
33:43
my
33:43
job.
33:44
If I
33:44
were
33:44
doing
33:44
that
33:45
I
33:45
would
33:45
be
33:45
failing
33:45
miserably
33:46
at the
33:47
task
33:47
ahead of
33:48
me.
33:49
It's
33:49
my
33:50
job
33:50
to
33:50
teach
33:50
you
33:50
the
33:50
whole
33:51
counsel
33:51
of
33:51
God
33:52
which
33:52
includes
33:52
your
33:53
sinfulness.
33:55
It
33:55
includes
33:56
who
33:56
you
33:56
really
33:57
are
33:57
apart
33:58
from
33:59
Christ.
34:00
And
34:00
doing
34:00
this
34:01
exalts
34:01
Christ.
34:03
You
34:03
should
34:03
leave
34:04
our
34:04
meetings.
34:05
You
34:05
should
34:06
leave
34:06
feeling
34:08
little
34:10
about
34:10
yourself.
34:11
but
34:12
finding
34:13
that
34:13
you
34:13
have
34:13
worth
34:14
in
34:14
Jesus
34:15
Christ
34:15
and
34:16
finding
34:16
much
34:17
in
34:18
Him.
34:19
That's
34:20
why
34:20
we
34:20
get
34:20
together.
34:21
Recognize
34:22
who
34:22
we
34:22
are.
34:22
This
34:22
is
34:23
why
34:23
we
34:23
have
34:23
a
34:23
prayer
34:24
of
34:24
confession
34:24
before
34:24
the
34:25
preaching
34:25
that
34:25
we
34:25
recognize
34:26
who
34:26
we
34:26
are
34:26
as
34:27
we
34:27
come
34:27
to
34:27
the
34:27
word
34:27
of
34:27
God.
34:27
That
34:28
we
34:28
might
34:28
hear
34:28
what
34:29
it
34:29
has
34:29
to
34:29
say
34:29
to
34:30
us.
34:31
This
34:32
is
34:32
God's
34:33
word
34:33
spoken
34:34
!
34:34
to
34:34
us
34:34
for
34:34
his
34:35
glory
34:35
and
34:35
for
34:36
our
34:36
good.
34:37
Let
34:37
us
34:37
sit
34:37
under
34:37
it
34:38
humbly
34:38
because
34:39
we
34:40
are
34:40
people.
34:41
We
34:41
are
34:41
created.
34:43
He
34:43
is
34:43
creator.
34:46
There
34:46
are
34:46
many
34:47
evangelical
34:48
leaders
34:48
with
34:49
good
34:50
intentions
34:50
that
34:51
have
34:51
arranged
34:51
everything
34:52
their
34:52
churches
34:53
do
34:53
to
34:54
reach
34:54
the
34:55
seeker.
34:56
We
34:57
have
34:57
a
34:57
term
34:57
for
34:57
that.
34:57
We
34:57
call
34:58
them
34:58
seeker
34:58
friendly
34:59
churches.
35:01
Do
35:01
we
35:01
not?
35:02
And
35:02
I'll
35:02
tell you
35:02
right
35:03
now,
35:03
I
35:03
don't
35:03
like
35:03
!
35:03
the
35:03
term.
35:04
!
35:04
!
35:04
There's
35:34
really
35:34
what
35:35
you
35:35
need.
35:35
What
35:35
you
35:35
really
35:35
need
35:36
is
35:36
Jesus.
35:37
That's
35:38
what
35:38
we
35:38
want
35:38
to
35:38
give
35:38
you
35:39
when
35:40
you
35:40
come
35:40
here.
35:42
Seeker
35:42
friendly
35:42
churches
35:42
in so
35:43
many
35:43
ways
35:44
have
35:45
stepped
35:46
away
35:46
from
35:46
the
35:46
truth
35:47
of
35:47
the
35:47
gospel
35:48
because
35:49
they
35:49
say
35:49
to
35:49
people
35:49
you're
35:50
good
35:51
the
35:51
way
35:51
you
35:51
are
35:52
you're
35:52
just
35:52
not
35:53
quite
35:53
good
35:54
enough.
35:55
Let's
35:55
bandage
35:56
your
35:56
life
35:56
with
35:57
Jesus.
35:58
You're
35:58
sick.
35:59
You need
35:59
a
35:59
physician.
36:00
You're
36:00
dead.
36:01
You need
36:02
a
36:02
savior.
36:04
Many
36:05
churches
36:05
driving
36:06
distance
36:06
of
36:07
us
36:08
do
36:09
not
36:09
hold
36:10
congregational
36:11
meetings.
36:11
The
36:12
meeting
36:12
of
36:12
the
36:12
church
36:12
is
36:13
for
36:13
the
36:13
church.
36:14
We
36:14
might
36:14
be
36:14
built
36:15
up
36:15
and
36:15
edified.
36:16
If
36:16
a
36:16
non-believer
36:17
wanders
36:17
in
36:17
amongst
36:17
us,
36:18
praise
36:18
God
36:18
for
36:19
that.
36:19
They'll
36:19
hear
36:19
the
36:19
gospel.
36:21
But
36:21
it
36:22
is
36:22
for
36:22
us
36:22
that
36:22
we
36:22
might
36:23
go
36:23
out
36:23
and
36:23
share
36:24
the
36:24
gospel
36:24
with
36:24
everybody
36:25
that
36:25
we
36:25
encounter.
36:26
That
36:26
is
36:26
the
36:26
task
36:26
before
36:27
all
36:27
of
36:27
you
36:27
who
36:28
claim
36:28
the
36:28
name
36:28
of
36:29
Christ.
36:30
It's
36:30
why we
36:31
come
36:31
together
36:31
for the
36:31
building
36:32
up
36:32
for
36:32
good
36:33
works
36:33
that
36:33
have
36:34
been
36:34
prepared
36:35
beforehand
36:35
for
36:36
us.
36:37
Many
36:37
churches
36:38
simply
36:40
have
36:40
evangelistic
36:41
meetings.
36:41
There's
36:41
a place
36:42
and a
36:42
time
36:42
for
36:42
that.
36:42
But
36:42
it's
36:42
not
36:43
every
36:43
Sunday.
36:44
And
36:44
their
36:44
members
36:44
are
36:44
malnourished
36:45
as a
36:46
result.
36:48
We
36:48
should
36:48
model
36:49
the
36:50
sharing
36:50
of
36:51
our
36:51
faith
36:51
after
36:52
the
36:52
way
36:52
Jesus
36:53
shared.
36:55
Secondly,
36:57
you
36:58
should
36:58
consider
36:59
whether
36:59
or not
36:59
you
36:59
have
37:00
ever
37:00
placed
37:01
believing
37:01
faith
37:01
in
37:02
Christ.
37:04
If
37:04
you
37:04
are
37:04
amongst
37:05
us
37:05
today
37:06
as a
37:07
seeker
37:07
or one
37:08
who has
37:08
thought
37:09
you were
37:10
in
37:10
Christ
37:10
and have
37:11
found
37:11
that in
37:11
some
37:12
way
37:12
you have
37:12
based
37:13
that on
37:13
the
37:13
merit
37:14
of
37:14
your
37:14
own
37:15
works,
37:16
ask
37:18
the
37:18
question
37:18
of
37:18
yourself,
37:19
have
37:19
you
37:20
believed?
37:21
Is
37:22
all
37:22
of
37:22
your
37:22
salvation
37:23
found
37:23
in
37:24
Jesus?
37:24
Is
37:25
your
37:25
sufficiency
37:25
from
37:27
him?
37:28
Your
37:28
good
37:28
works
37:28
will
37:29
never
37:29
merit
37:30
your
37:31
salvation.
37:32
They
37:32
are,
37:33
however,
37:33
the
37:33
necessary
37:34
outflow
37:34
of
37:34
our
37:35
salvation
37:35
and
37:35
we
37:35
should
37:36
all
37:36
thirdly
37:36
consider
37:37
the
37:37
implications
37:38
of
37:39
this
37:39
text
37:39
for
37:40
those
37:40
of
37:40
us
37:40
who
37:40
are
37:41
believers.
37:43
Again,
37:44
we'll
37:44
develop
37:44
this
37:44
further
37:44
next
37:45
week,
37:46
but how
37:46
is
37:46
our
37:47
response
37:47
to
37:48
the
37:48
good
37:48
news
37:49
of
37:49
Jesus
37:49
Christ
37:50
evidenced
37:51
in
37:51
the
37:51
way
37:51
we
37:52
hold
37:52
on
37:52
to
37:53
the
37:53
things
37:53
of
37:54
this
37:54
world?
37:54
How is
37:56
it
37:56
evidenced?
37:57
If we
37:58
believe
37:59
that Jesus
37:59
is who
38:00
he says
38:01
that he
38:01
is,
38:02
that he
38:02
is the
38:02
exalted
38:03
son of
38:03
God,
38:04
that he
38:04
has come
38:05
on our
38:06
behalf,
38:06
he has
38:06
delivered
38:07
us from
38:08
the
38:08
eternal
38:09
torment
38:09
do
38:10
to
38:10
us
38:10
for
38:10
our
38:11
sin,
38:11
not
38:11
unjustly,
38:12
God
38:12
owes
38:13
it
38:13
to
38:13
us
38:13
for
38:15
the
38:15
way
38:15
we
38:15
treat
38:15
him.
38:17
If
38:17
that's
38:17
who
38:17
we
38:17
believe
38:18
that
38:18
Jesus
38:18
is,
38:19
and
38:19
we
38:19
placed
38:20
our
38:20
faith
38:20
in
38:21
him,
38:21
how
38:22
do
38:22
we
38:22
respond
38:23
to
38:24
that
38:24
great
38:24
truth?
38:26
We'll
38:26
talk more
38:27
about that
38:27
next
38:27
week.
38:28
We
38:28
can
38:28
consider
38:29
our
38:29
possessions
38:30
great
38:30
and
38:32
not
38:32
have
38:32
all
38:32
that
38:33
much.
38:36
So
38:36
there's
38:37
much
38:37
to be
38:37
learned
38:37
here,
38:38
and I
38:39
hope
38:39
that
38:39
you
38:39
will
38:40
work
38:40
on
38:40
applying
38:41
this
38:41
to
38:42
your
38:42
heart.
38:43
Let's
38:43
pray
38:43
together.