“Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”He said to him, “Teacher, I have observed all these things from my youth.”And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.And he said unto him, Teacher, all these things have I observed from my youth.
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… He just says, here's some commandments. What are you going to make of them? Verse 21, all these I have kept from my youth. Now why didn't Jesus at that point say, then why are you asking me the question? Because you already know the answer. Why didn't he say that? He didn't say that because it's not true. this man did not believe that commandment keeping gets him into the kingdom. He didn't believe that. He didn't believe that law keeping gets him into eternal life. And we know he didn't believe that because he says right here, he's a good law keeper. And yet he asked the question, how to get in? If he thought that you get in by law-keeping, he wouldn't come to Jesus when he's such a good law-keeper. He doesn't believe that. There's a reason he doesn't believe it. It's not taught in the Old Testament. He's a good Old Testament guy. I mean, you do know that, don't you? The Old Testament did not teach that law-keeping gets you into heaven. …
… 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. …
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. …