Luke 18:18-23
Jesus Counsels the Rich Young Ruler
18 Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
19 So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. 20 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ ”
21 And he said, “All these things I have kept from my youth.”
22 So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
23 But when he heard this, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich.
When we get right down to the meat of the matter here, it is do we love Jesus more than stuff? Before we jump right up and say yes we better look at our lives and think about it. We all seem to have great amounts of material things, are we willing to give them up and follow Jesus? HMMMM
Why do we have houses 3x bigger than we need? Why do we have to have more sheds and barns to store our unused stuff in? Why do we have to have the best cell phone? Why do we have to have to coolest car? Why do we eat out all the time? Think about this and let God speak to your heart. Maybe we are just like this rich young ruler. Maybe we love our stuff more than Jesus. People are starving, people don't know Jesus, people are homeless, people don't have clean water, people don't have clean clothes, people don't have shoes, and list goes on and on but we still are stocking up in our greed!
The rich young ruler couldn't put Jesus before all....can we?
Tom
Jesus Counsels the Rich Young Ruler
18 Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
19 So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. 20 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ ”
21 And he said, “All these things I have kept from my youth.”
22 So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
23 But when he heard this, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich.
When we get right down to the meat of the matter here, it is do we love Jesus more than stuff? Before we jump right up and say yes we better look at our lives and think about it. We all seem to have great amounts of material things, are we willing to give them up and follow Jesus? HMMMM
Why do we have houses 3x bigger than we need? Why do we have to have more sheds and barns to store our unused stuff in? Why do we have to have the best cell phone? Why do we have to have to coolest car? Why do we eat out all the time? Think about this and let God speak to your heart. Maybe we are just like this rich young ruler. Maybe we love our stuff more than Jesus. People are starving, people don't know Jesus, people are homeless, people don't have clean water, people don't have clean clothes, people don't have shoes, and list goes on and on but we still are stocking up in our greed!
The rich young ruler couldn't put Jesus before all....can we?
Tom
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