As Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. “Good Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?And as he was going forth into the way, there ran one to him, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
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… I believe in you so much here we go as jesus started on his way a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him good teacher he asked what must i do to inherit eternal life why do you call me good jesus answered no one is good except god alone it's important to note here jesus is not denying his divinity He's pressing his definition of good. We'll come back to that. You know the commandments. Shall not murder. Don't commit adultery. Don't steal. Don't give false testimony. Don't fraud. Honor your father and mother. He's reciting six of the 10 commandments. Teacher, he declared, all of these I have kept since I was a boy. Verse 21. Jesus looked at him and loved him and then said, one thing you lack. Go sell everything you have and give to the poor. And you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me. Don't worry, the point of this sermon is not for you to sell everything. …
… And we've been looking at a number of those with such great blessing. This morning, we come to a familiar one, and I want you to turn in your Bible to Mark 10, verses 17 to 22. And this is another one of these conversations about salvation that is so important. I've been talking to you now for a number of months about how important it is to get the gospel right and to get the gospel complete so that you don't have short-circuited conversions, people who think they're saved and they're not, who haven't heard enough depth in the gospel to know what they're actually doing. We talked about the fact that the way of salvation is a narrow gate and hard to find, and we talked about the fact that it not only is hard to find, but it is costly, denying yourself, taking up your cross, and following Jesus. We're looking at these conversations that our Lord had as particularly an evangelist so that we know exactly what should our responsibility be in proclaiming the gospel since we have been given that commission. …
15. Verily I say unto you, Whoever shall not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. Instead of growing wiser, in order to be fit for Christ, we must be more conscious of ignorance, more trustful towards Him, more dependent upon Him, more childlike. 16-18. And He took them up in His arms, put His hands upon them, and blessed them. And when He was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to Him, and asked Him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life. And Jesus said unto Him, Why do you call Me good? There is none good but One, that is, God. He did not here unveil His Deity to that young man, but if he had thought a while, he might have seen it. However, He answered his question. "If you are to be saved by your doings, this is what you have to do—not attend to sacraments and go through performances, but this." 19, 20. You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not Honor your father and mother And he answered and said unto Him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.And he probably had very cautiously and anxiously done so, yet, for all that, he had not really kept all those commands without a flaw. We are right well sure of that, but as yet his eyes were not open to see his own shortcomings. …