WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.400 The scripture reading today comes from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 18. 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:06.839 Please follow along in your bulletins. 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:17.359 Now they were bringing even infants to him, that he might touch them. 00:00:17.900 --> 00:00:20.800 And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 00:00:21.300 --> 00:00:23.940 But Jesus called them to him, saying, 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:29.179 Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.200 For to such belongs the kingdom of God. 00:00:33.700 --> 00:00:35.460 Truly I say to you, 00:00:36.420 --> 00:00:41.019 Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child, shall not enter it. 00:00:42.259 --> 00:00:43.740 And a ruler asked him, 00:00:45.179 --> 00:00:48.900 Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:50.679 And Jesus said to him, 00:00:52.019 --> 00:00:52.980 Why do you call me good? 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:56.140 No one is good except God alone. 00:00:57.480 --> 00:00:58.340 You know the commandments. 00:00:58.340 --> 00:01:00.100 Do not commit adultery. 00:01:00.540 --> 00:01:01.640 Do not murder. 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:02.940 Do not steal. 00:01:03.460 --> 00:01:04.760 Do not bear false witness. 00:01:05.659 --> 00:01:06.760 Honor your father and mother. 00:01:07.700 --> 00:01:08.560 And he said, 00:01:08.980 --> 00:01:11.300 All these I have kept from my youth. 00:01:11.299 --> 00:01:14.539 When Jesus heard this, 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:16.060 He said to him, 00:01:16.620 --> 00:01:19.039 One thing you still lack. 00:01:20.459 --> 00:01:21.659 Sell all that you have, 00:01:22.319 --> 00:01:23.679 And distribute to the poor. 00:01:24.519 --> 00:01:26.399 And you will have treasure in heaven. 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:29.620 And come, follow me. 00:01:31.079 --> 00:01:32.679 But when he heard these things, 00:01:32.900 --> 00:01:34.179 He became very sad, 00:01:34.700 --> 00:01:36.420 For he was extremely rich. 00:01:36.420 --> 00:01:38.760 Jesus, 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:41.680 Seeing that he had become sad, 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:42.760 Said, 00:01:43.579 --> 00:01:45.379 How difficult it is 00:01:45.379 --> 00:01:47.140 For those who have wealth 00:01:47.140 --> 00:01:49.180 To enter the kingdom of God. 00:01:50.379 --> 00:01:51.980 For it is easier for a camel 00:01:51.980 --> 00:01:53.579 To go through the eye of a needle 00:01:53.579 --> 00:01:55.659 Than for a rich person 00:01:55.659 --> 00:01:57.320 To enter the kingdom of God. 00:01:58.760 --> 00:02:00.400 Those who heard it said, 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:02.480 Then who can be saved? 00:02:02.480 --> 00:02:04.880 But he said, 00:02:05.299 --> 00:02:07.820 What is impossible with man 00:02:07.820 --> 00:02:10.159 Is possible with God. 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:12.300 And Peter said, 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:13.219 See, 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:15.020 We have left our homes 00:02:15.020 --> 00:02:16.159 And follow you. 00:02:17.740 --> 00:02:19.060 And he said to them, 00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:21.860 Truly I say to you, 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:24.099 There is no one 00:02:24.099 --> 00:02:25.120 Who has left house 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:26.180 Or wife 00:02:26.180 --> 00:02:27.560 Or brothers 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:28.719 Or parents 00:02:28.719 --> 00:02:29.840 Or children 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:32.479 For the sake of the kingdom of God 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:34.180 Who will not receive 00:02:34.180 --> 00:02:36.439 Many times more in this time 00:02:36.439 --> 00:02:38.379 And in the age to come 00:02:38.379 --> 00:02:39.800 Eternal life. 00:02:41.759 --> 00:02:42.960 This is God's word. 00:02:46.300 --> 00:02:46.860 Okay. 00:02:49.340 --> 00:02:50.340 How's everybody doing? 00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:51.599 Good. 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:52.080 Wow, that's 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:54.199 That's a good first good. 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:55.340 Sounds good. 00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:56.900 I think. 00:02:56.900 --> 00:03:00.159 Hey, we are 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:03.620 My name is Tobin Miller. 00:03:03.879 --> 00:03:04.540 I'm a 00:03:04.540 --> 00:03:06.540 Teaching pastor here. 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:07.180 One of the pastors. 00:03:08.360 --> 00:03:09.099 I met 00:03:09.099 --> 00:03:10.920 At least five people 00:03:10.920 --> 00:03:12.120 For the first time 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:13.099 Today 00:03:13.099 --> 00:03:15.020 As I creak 00:03:15.020 --> 00:03:15.860 As I walk on here. 00:03:15.920 --> 00:03:16.780 I must be gaining weight 00:03:16.780 --> 00:03:17.259 Or something. 00:03:18.500 --> 00:03:19.219 And so 00:03:19.219 --> 00:03:19.819 If you're here 00:03:19.819 --> 00:03:20.879 For the first time 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:23.580 You are in for a treat 00:03:23.580 --> 00:03:24.560 Because we have been here 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:25.700 For about two years 00:03:25.700 --> 00:03:26.780 A little over two years now. 00:03:27.340 --> 00:03:28.240 And we have been going through 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:29.439 The gospel of Luke. 00:03:30.620 --> 00:03:31.340 We just figured 00:03:31.340 --> 00:03:32.159 Well, what do we start 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:32.620 What do we do 00:03:32.620 --> 00:03:33.260 When we start a church? 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:34.700 Let's just stick with Jesus. 00:03:34.939 --> 00:03:35.379 And so 00:03:35.379 --> 00:03:36.980 Jesus is a good thing. 00:03:37.060 --> 00:03:37.340 And so 00:03:37.340 --> 00:03:38.740 We've been looking at the life of Jesus. 00:03:38.860 --> 00:03:39.520 And we've been going through 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:41.099 The gospel of Luke 00:03:41.099 --> 00:03:42.000 For about two years. 00:03:42.200 --> 00:03:42.280 And 00:03:42.280 --> 00:03:43.360 It's interesting 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:45.180 When you walk in Christ's footsteps 00:03:45.180 --> 00:03:45.819 That you 00:03:45.819 --> 00:03:47.300 You don't get to choose 00:03:47.300 --> 00:03:48.640 What you're going to teach on. 00:03:49.480 --> 00:03:50.640 Sometimes you teach on things 00:03:50.640 --> 00:03:51.300 That are very 00:03:51.300 --> 00:03:52.319 Intense. 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:53.759 In the last couple weeks 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:54.140 And months 00:03:54.140 --> 00:03:55.060 We've talked about hell. 00:03:55.180 --> 00:03:55.879 We've talked about 00:03:55.879 --> 00:03:56.659 Heaven. 00:03:56.659 --> 00:03:57.719 We've talked about judgment. 00:03:57.859 --> 00:03:59.020 We've talked about accountability. 00:03:59.340 --> 00:04:00.039 We've talked about 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:01.400 Wealth. 00:04:01.539 --> 00:04:02.319 We've talked about 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:03.439 Making good choices. 00:04:03.740 --> 00:04:04.460 We've talked about 00:04:04.460 --> 00:04:05.460 The gospel. 00:04:05.579 --> 00:04:06.400 We've talked about how 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:08.300 There is a fake gospel 00:04:08.300 --> 00:04:09.000 Out there 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:10.060 That often 00:04:10.060 --> 00:04:10.419 We 00:04:10.419 --> 00:04:12.000 Are attracted to. 00:04:12.139 --> 00:04:12.719 It's a gospel 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:13.680 That shows us 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:14.759 How we can 00:04:14.759 --> 00:04:16.740 Repair ourselves. 00:04:17.100 --> 00:04:17.719 It's a gospel 00:04:17.719 --> 00:04:18.060 That says 00:04:18.060 --> 00:04:18.600 If you do this 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:19.259 This and this 00:04:19.259 --> 00:04:20.839 Then you're going to be good. 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:21.439 It's the gospel 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:21.839 That you hear 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:22.459 Most often 00:04:22.459 --> 00:04:23.459 I did 00:04:23.459 --> 00:04:23.959 Growing up 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:24.860 Was a gospel 00:04:24.860 --> 00:04:26.379 Of self-help 00:04:26.379 --> 00:04:28.779 And we're trying 00:04:28.779 --> 00:04:29.939 As Alfie said 00:04:29.939 --> 00:04:31.079 That the goal for us 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:31.439 Is to 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:32.240 To look at 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:33.160 What is the gospel 00:04:33.160 --> 00:04:34.339 And preach on that 00:04:34.339 --> 00:04:35.199 And teach on that 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:36.680 And to talk about that 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:37.519 And I gotta be honest 00:04:37.519 --> 00:04:37.920 With you guys 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:39.639 That if I do that 00:04:39.639 --> 00:04:40.500 If we do that 00:04:40.500 --> 00:04:40.740 And 00:04:40.740 --> 00:04:43.060 You don't get bothered 00:04:43.060 --> 00:04:44.180 Sometimes 00:04:44.180 --> 00:04:44.800 Then maybe 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:45.400 You're not 00:04:45.400 --> 00:04:47.300 Listening to 00:04:47.300 --> 00:04:48.620 The gospel 00:04:48.620 --> 00:04:50.639 If you hear 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:51.699 Christ's words 00:04:51.699 --> 00:04:52.680 And it doesn't 00:04:52.680 --> 00:04:53.220 Bother you 00:04:53.220 --> 00:04:53.540 Sometimes 00:04:53.540 --> 00:04:54.300 It doesn't 00:04:54.300 --> 00:04:55.120 Freak you out 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:55.540 If it doesn't 00:04:55.540 --> 00:04:56.460 Disturb you 00:04:56.460 --> 00:04:57.280 If it doesn't 00:04:57.280 --> 00:04:58.000 Challenge you 00:04:58.000 --> 00:04:58.840 If you can just go 00:04:58.840 --> 00:04:59.699 Well that's cool 00:04:59.699 --> 00:05:01.180 And you walk away 00:05:01.180 --> 00:05:02.259 Then maybe 00:05:02.259 --> 00:05:04.160 Maybe you're not 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:04.699 Hearing 00:05:04.699 --> 00:05:07.220 What God 00:05:07.220 --> 00:05:08.300 Wants us 00:05:08.300 --> 00:05:09.120 To hear 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:10.939 In his word 00:05:10.939 --> 00:05:12.759 The message 00:05:12.759 --> 00:05:13.500 Of the gospel 00:05:13.500 --> 00:05:14.699 Should in one way 00:05:14.699 --> 00:05:17.300 Crush us 00:05:17.300 --> 00:05:17.920 And show us 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:18.420 That God 00:05:18.420 --> 00:05:19.980 Wants something 00:05:19.980 --> 00:05:21.339 So great from us 00:05:21.339 --> 00:05:22.839 Far beyond 00:05:22.839 --> 00:05:23.480 We can ever 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:24.459 Imagine 00:05:24.459 --> 00:05:26.459 But the message 00:05:26.459 --> 00:05:26.879 Of the gospel 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:27.519 Should also say 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:27.959 That God 00:05:27.959 --> 00:05:29.279 Wants to give us 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:31.600 Something so amazing 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:33.259 And so great 00:05:33.259 --> 00:05:34.980 Greater than 00:05:34.980 --> 00:05:35.980 Any treasure 00:05:35.980 --> 00:05:37.259 We could ever 00:05:37.259 --> 00:05:38.240 Get here on earth 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:39.560 And so if you 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:40.480 Don't come away 00:05:40.480 --> 00:05:41.339 And listen sometimes 00:05:41.339 --> 00:05:41.839 To those things 00:05:41.839 --> 00:05:43.279 I wonder if I've 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:44.299 Done a good job 00:05:44.299 --> 00:05:45.459 Because today's 00:05:45.459 --> 00:05:46.139 Passage is 00:05:46.139 --> 00:05:46.879 Challenging 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:48.319 It's intense 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:50.319 It's challenged 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:51.179 Me the last month 00:05:51.179 --> 00:05:51.919 As I've continued 00:05:51.919 --> 00:05:52.819 To look over this 00:05:52.819 --> 00:05:53.899 I have had choices 00:05:53.899 --> 00:05:54.279 To make 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:55.439 Do I preach this 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:56.039 And just preach it 00:05:56.039 --> 00:05:58.119 Like anesthetically 00:05:58.119 --> 00:05:58.959 And this is what it says 00:05:58.959 --> 00:05:59.619 And this is what I do 00:05:59.619 --> 00:06:01.179 Or do I look at my life 00:06:01.179 --> 00:06:01.539 And say 00:06:01.539 --> 00:06:03.000 What about you Tobin 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:03.719 What are you going to do with this 00:06:03.719 --> 00:06:04.559 How are you going to deal with this 00:06:04.559 --> 00:06:05.619 How is this going to change you 00:06:05.619 --> 00:06:07.359 Am I going to come to you 00:06:07.359 --> 00:06:09.000 And be a hypocrite 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:10.919 And not talk about things 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:11.860 That I have to deal with 00:06:11.860 --> 00:06:12.520 In my own life 00:06:12.520 --> 00:06:13.860 Or am I going to say 00:06:13.860 --> 00:06:14.879 Wow this is 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:17.020 This is really hard 00:06:17.020 --> 00:06:18.939 And it's challenging 00:06:18.939 --> 00:06:20.860 And it's amazing 00:06:20.860 --> 00:06:22.699 You know to start this 00:06:22.699 --> 00:06:23.980 Sermon off 00:06:23.980 --> 00:06:24.340 I was 00:06:24.340 --> 00:06:25.180 Went to a website 00:06:25.180 --> 00:06:26.379 Which is very interesting 00:06:26.379 --> 00:06:27.700 And so I'm going to make 00:06:27.700 --> 00:06:28.580 Some assumptions here 00:06:28.580 --> 00:06:29.600 Which might get me in trouble 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:30.300 Well I hope they don't 00:06:30.300 --> 00:06:30.879 Get me in trouble 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:32.439 I went to this website 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:33.120 And on this website 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:34.300 It allows you to type in 00:06:34.300 --> 00:06:35.259 How much money you make 00:06:35.259 --> 00:06:35.900 Every year 00:06:35.899 --> 00:06:37.339 And then it compares you 00:06:37.339 --> 00:06:38.099 To the rest of the people 00:06:38.099 --> 00:06:38.679 In the world 00:06:38.679 --> 00:06:39.939 You ever seen that 00:06:39.939 --> 00:06:41.459 It's pretty amazing 00:06:41.459 --> 00:06:41.779 They have like 00:06:41.779 --> 00:06:43.479 Five billion and a half people 00:06:43.479 --> 00:06:44.579 In their average salaries 00:06:44.579 --> 00:06:45.339 And all these things 00:06:45.339 --> 00:06:46.379 And so you can go in 00:06:46.379 --> 00:06:47.620 And you can type on this 00:06:47.620 --> 00:06:48.319 It's free 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:48.919 They don't ask you 00:06:48.919 --> 00:06:49.599 For any information 00:06:49.599 --> 00:06:50.139 They're not going to 00:06:50.139 --> 00:06:50.759 Call you up later 00:06:50.759 --> 00:06:51.060 And say hey 00:06:51.060 --> 00:06:51.839 You make a lot of money 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:53.120 Can you donate to 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:53.659 What we're doing 00:06:53.659 --> 00:06:54.759 It's nothing like that 00:06:54.759 --> 00:06:55.219 It's just this 00:06:55.219 --> 00:06:56.539 Matter of fact thing 00:06:56.539 --> 00:06:57.359 And you can go on there 00:06:57.359 --> 00:06:58.639 And you can type in 00:06:58.639 --> 00:06:59.319 So I typed in 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:00.579 My salary for this year 00:07:00.579 --> 00:07:01.579 And it popped up 00:07:01.579 --> 00:07:02.000 And it said that 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:03.599 I was in the top 4% 00:07:03.599 --> 00:07:05.399 Of all the people 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:05.899 In the world 00:07:05.899 --> 00:07:09.139 The top 4% 00:07:09.139 --> 00:07:10.859 Now and I realize 00:07:10.859 --> 00:07:12.239 That if I'm in the top 4% 00:07:12.239 --> 00:07:13.579 Then all of us 00:07:13.579 --> 00:07:15.679 Are in the top 4% 00:07:15.679 --> 00:07:18.120 Some of us are in the top 1% 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:19.299 But I just realized 00:07:19.299 --> 00:07:19.899 Okay if I'm 00:07:19.899 --> 00:07:21.319 If I'm in the top 1% 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:22.099 So I'm going to go 00:07:22.099 --> 00:07:22.739 On the assumption 00:07:22.739 --> 00:07:23.859 That we all are wealthy 00:07:23.859 --> 00:07:24.560 In here 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:25.339 That we all are 00:07:25.339 --> 00:07:26.419 That we all are 00:07:26.419 --> 00:07:27.739 We all are rich 00:07:27.739 --> 00:07:28.839 We have resources 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:29.620 Available to us 00:07:29.620 --> 00:07:31.000 That we all have 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:31.519 These issues 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:32.839 I'm also going to go 00:07:32.839 --> 00:07:33.539 On the assumption here 00:07:33.539 --> 00:07:34.359 As I read scripture 00:07:34.359 --> 00:07:35.379 And read this passage 00:07:35.379 --> 00:07:36.360 That we all have 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:37.240 Some kind of problem 00:07:37.240 --> 00:07:38.000 With wealth 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:38.699 And riches 00:07:38.699 --> 00:07:40.480 And the Bible says 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:43.680 That we are blinded 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:44.740 To our blindness 00:07:44.740 --> 00:07:46.759 Have you ever heard 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:47.259 That before? 00:07:48.100 --> 00:07:49.259 That we are blinded 00:07:49.259 --> 00:07:49.860 To our blindness 00:07:49.860 --> 00:07:50.420 That wealth 00:07:50.420 --> 00:07:50.980 And richness 00:07:50.980 --> 00:07:52.959 And things 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:53.420 And stuff 00:07:53.420 --> 00:07:53.839 Come in 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:54.740 And they actually 00:07:54.740 --> 00:07:55.360 Blind us 00:07:55.360 --> 00:07:55.939 To how blind 00:07:55.939 --> 00:07:56.540 We really are 00:07:56.540 --> 00:07:57.360 And so I'm going to 00:07:57.360 --> 00:07:57.959 Go on the assumption 00:07:57.959 --> 00:07:58.740 That every one of us 00:07:58.740 --> 00:07:59.000 In here 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:00.139 Has something to learn 00:08:00.139 --> 00:08:00.879 From God's word 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:01.519 And every one of us 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:02.680 Here has to learn 00:08:02.680 --> 00:08:04.139 From this passage today 00:08:04.139 --> 00:08:04.639 And my prayer 00:08:04.639 --> 00:08:05.439 Is that we would not 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:06.040 Be blinded 00:08:06.040 --> 00:08:06.439 That God would 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:07.199 Open our eyes 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:10.340 In his book 00:08:10.340 --> 00:08:10.980 Richistan 00:08:10.980 --> 00:08:11.759 Which is a very 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:12.579 Fascinating book 00:08:12.579 --> 00:08:13.699 It's a guy 00:08:13.699 --> 00:08:14.519 Wall Street Journal 00:08:14.519 --> 00:08:15.259 Reporter 00:08:15.259 --> 00:08:16.420 His name is Robert Frank 00:08:16.420 --> 00:08:17.259 He was trying 00:08:17.259 --> 00:08:17.400 To 00:08:17.400 --> 00:08:18.379 Richistan 00:08:18.379 --> 00:08:21.139 R-I-C-H-I-S-T-A-N 00:08:21.139 --> 00:08:21.860 He was trying 00:08:21.860 --> 00:08:22.839 To define wealth 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:23.279 And riches 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:23.779 In the world 00:08:23.779 --> 00:08:24.620 And this is what 00:08:24.620 --> 00:08:25.079 He came to 00:08:25.079 --> 00:08:25.480 As he looked at it 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:25.579 He goes 00:08:25.579 --> 00:08:26.420 The definition 00:08:26.420 --> 00:08:27.500 Of rich 00:08:27.500 --> 00:08:29.000 Or wealth 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:30.319 Is very subjective 00:08:30.319 --> 00:08:32.279 What I found 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:32.879 Is it's usually 00:08:32.879 --> 00:08:33.820 Twice as much 00:08:33.820 --> 00:08:34.700 As your net worth 00:08:34.700 --> 00:08:36.539 And so if you 00:08:36.539 --> 00:08:37.299 Make one dollar 00:08:37.299 --> 00:08:37.960 You would not 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:38.820 Consider yourself rich 00:08:38.820 --> 00:08:39.279 But the person 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:39.980 Who makes two dollars 00:08:39.980 --> 00:08:40.279 Would 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:41.779 You'd consider them rich 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00:09:01.340 --> 00:09:01.879 That the amount 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:02.159 Of money 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:02.980 That you think 00:09:02.980 --> 00:09:04.080 That you really 00:09:04.080 --> 00:09:04.620 Need 00:09:04.620 --> 00:09:06.000 To live in life 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:07.580 Is more than 00:09:07.580 --> 00:09:08.299 You actually do 00:09:08.299 --> 00:09:10.179 He says 00:09:10.179 --> 00:09:10.899 It's a safe 00:09:10.899 --> 00:09:11.519 Assumption 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:13.000 That the amount 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:13.259 Of money 00:09:13.259 --> 00:09:13.759 That you think 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:14.639 You can give away 00:09:14.639 --> 00:09:16.340 Is less 00:09:16.340 --> 00:09:17.759 Than what you 00:09:17.759 --> 00:09:18.639 Could really give away 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:20.460 He says 00:09:20.460 --> 00:09:20.919 It's a safe 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:21.439 Assumption 00:09:21.439 --> 00:09:23.460 That if we 00:09:23.460 --> 00:09:24.360 Are in Hong Kong 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:25.919 That we are 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:26.480 Dealing with 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:27.059 Some of these 00:09:27.059 --> 00:09:27.600 Issues 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:28.899 And that money 00:09:28.899 --> 00:09:30.360 Blinds us 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:32.319 Today's passage 00:09:32.319 --> 00:09:32.819 That you heard 00:09:32.819 --> 00:09:33.740 Read is a passage 00:09:33.740 --> 00:09:34.460 That is in three 00:09:34.460 --> 00:09:34.980 Gospels 00:09:34.980 --> 00:09:35.939 Matthew, Mark, and Luke 00:09:35.939 --> 00:09:36.259 They're called 00:09:36.259 --> 00:09:37.139 The synaptic gospels 00:09:37.139 --> 00:09:38.059 It means they're the same 00:09:38.059 --> 00:09:39.740 And it always goes 00:09:39.740 --> 00:09:40.639 In the same way 00:09:40.639 --> 00:09:42.019 It goes four stories 00:09:42.019 --> 00:09:43.019 It's a story 00:09:43.019 --> 00:09:43.980 Of this publican 00:09:43.980 --> 00:09:46.579 Official wealthy guy 00:09:46.579 --> 00:09:47.500 And a tax collector 00:09:47.500 --> 00:09:48.740 And they're praying 00:09:48.740 --> 00:09:49.360 In church 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:49.980 And they have 00:09:49.980 --> 00:09:50.939 Very different responses 00:09:50.939 --> 00:09:52.240 It's a story 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:52.819 Of the children 00:09:52.819 --> 00:09:53.699 Which you heard read 00:09:53.699 --> 00:09:54.500 It's a story 00:09:54.500 --> 00:09:55.559 Of this rich young ruler 00:09:55.559 --> 00:09:56.019 Who comes 00:09:56.019 --> 00:09:57.199 To talk to Jesus 00:09:57.199 --> 00:09:58.360 And it's a story 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:00.019 Of a blind man 00:10:00.019 --> 00:10:02.539 Who finds Christ 00:10:02.539 --> 00:10:04.319 Who finds the gospel 00:10:04.319 --> 00:10:05.539 And they're always told 00:10:05.539 --> 00:10:06.899 In that order 00:10:06.899 --> 00:10:09.600 It's one week out 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:11.199 In one week 00:10:11.199 --> 00:10:11.899 Jesus is going to 00:10:11.899 --> 00:10:12.740 Walk into Jerusalem 00:10:12.740 --> 00:10:14.079 And he knows 00:10:14.079 --> 00:10:14.659 What's ahead of him 00:10:14.659 --> 00:10:15.699 He knows it's the cross 00:10:15.699 --> 00:10:16.740 He knows it's sacrifice 00:10:16.740 --> 00:10:17.980 He knows it's 00:10:17.980 --> 00:10:18.740 Going to be very 00:10:18.740 --> 00:10:19.899 Very difficult 00:10:19.899 --> 00:10:20.759 And so he's leaving 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:22.000 A trail of messages 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:22.840 And sermons 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:23.819 For us 00:10:23.819 --> 00:10:24.579 And for his disciples 00:10:24.579 --> 00:10:25.179 And what it means 00:10:25.179 --> 00:10:26.840 To walk with him 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:28.840 He's been in this village 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:29.519 For a while 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:29.980 We're told 00:10:29.980 --> 00:10:30.819 In Matthew, Mark 00:10:30.819 --> 00:10:32.220 He's been in there 00:10:32.220 --> 00:10:32.620 For a while 00:10:32.620 --> 00:10:33.299 And he's been teaching 00:10:33.299 --> 00:10:34.199 And he's been blessing 00:10:34.199 --> 00:10:35.299 And he's been healing 00:10:35.299 --> 00:10:36.639 And he's been curing 00:10:36.639 --> 00:10:37.379 He's been doing 00:10:37.379 --> 00:10:37.860 All these things 00:10:37.860 --> 00:10:38.799 And now's the time 00:10:38.799 --> 00:10:39.519 For him to leave 00:10:39.519 --> 00:10:41.080 And as he gets up 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:41.939 And he starts to leave 00:10:41.939 --> 00:10:42.639 The village 00:10:42.639 --> 00:10:44.139 All the women 00:10:44.139 --> 00:10:45.220 In the village 00:10:45.220 --> 00:10:46.259 Everyone starts to 00:10:46.259 --> 00:10:47.139 Bring their children 00:10:47.139 --> 00:10:48.179 To Jesus 00:10:48.179 --> 00:10:49.580 And they want him 00:10:49.580 --> 00:10:50.399 To touch him 00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:51.559 And they want them 00:10:51.559 --> 00:10:52.279 To pray for him 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:52.840 And they want him 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:54.240 To bless these children 00:10:54.240 --> 00:10:57.059 We're told in verse 16 00:10:57.059 --> 00:10:57.720 That when the disciples 00:10:57.720 --> 00:10:58.259 Saw this 00:10:58.259 --> 00:10:59.480 They were frustrated 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:01.659 But come on 00:11:01.659 --> 00:11:02.480 Jesus has more 00:11:02.480 --> 00:11:03.360 Important things to do 00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:04.399 Than deal with children 00:11:04.399 --> 00:11:05.539 I mean 00:11:05.539 --> 00:11:06.539 He's 00:11:06.539 --> 00:11:07.539 He's the Messiah 00:11:07.539 --> 00:11:08.319 He's going to change 00:11:08.319 --> 00:11:09.079 He's going to bring power 00:11:09.079 --> 00:11:09.539 He's going to bring 00:11:09.539 --> 00:11:11.899 Totally new culture 00:11:11.899 --> 00:11:12.459 And society 00:11:12.459 --> 00:11:13.659 He doesn't have time 00:11:13.659 --> 00:11:14.839 To mess with children 00:11:14.839 --> 00:11:16.740 And Jesus 00:11:16.740 --> 00:11:17.959 We're told in verse 16 00:11:17.959 --> 00:11:18.360 And 17 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:19.559 He calmly 00:11:19.559 --> 00:11:20.539 Kind of rebukes them 00:11:20.539 --> 00:11:21.339 He's a little frustrated 00:11:21.339 --> 00:11:21.679 With them 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:22.120 In the Greek 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:22.799 And he says 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:24.019 Hey don't hinder the children 00:11:24.019 --> 00:11:24.699 Because such 00:11:24.699 --> 00:11:25.799 Are these 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:26.779 Who belong to the kingdom 00:11:26.779 --> 00:11:27.319 Of God 00:11:27.319 --> 00:11:28.500 And then he makes 00:11:28.500 --> 00:11:29.439 This amazing statement 00:11:29.439 --> 00:11:29.779 He says 00:11:29.779 --> 00:11:30.659 Hey unless you 00:11:30.659 --> 00:11:32.379 Come to the kingdom 00:11:32.379 --> 00:11:32.860 Of God 00:11:32.860 --> 00:11:33.740 Like one of these 00:11:33.740 --> 00:11:34.740 Infants 00:11:34.740 --> 00:11:38.000 Then you're not 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:38.700 Going to make it 00:11:38.700 --> 00:11:41.539 How does a baby 00:11:41.539 --> 00:11:42.120 Come 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:43.879 To the kingdom 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:44.519 Of God 00:11:44.519 --> 00:11:47.320 Well physically 00:11:47.320 --> 00:11:47.779 They come 00:11:47.779 --> 00:11:48.340 Because they're just 00:11:48.340 --> 00:11:48.779 Carried 00:11:48.779 --> 00:11:49.560 They can't walk 00:11:49.560 --> 00:11:50.200 They can't do anything 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:50.600 They're just 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:51.220 Carried 00:11:51.220 --> 00:11:51.740 They come 00:11:51.740 --> 00:11:53.980 Internally 00:11:53.980 --> 00:11:55.320 And physiologically 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:56.240 Because they have a need 00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:57.580 They need to be fed 00:11:57.580 --> 00:11:58.460 They need to be changed 00:11:58.460 --> 00:11:59.139 They need to do something 00:11:59.139 --> 00:12:00.000 And so he's saying 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:00.779 Unless you come 00:12:00.779 --> 00:12:01.620 To the kingdom 00:12:01.620 --> 00:12:02.259 Like this 00:12:02.259 --> 00:12:03.100 Totally dependent 00:12:03.100 --> 00:12:05.279 You won't come at all 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:10.919 Verse 18 00:12:10.919 --> 00:12:11.519 And a ruler 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:12.379 Asked him 00:12:12.379 --> 00:12:12.939 So this ruler 00:12:12.939 --> 00:12:13.439 Comes up 00:12:13.439 --> 00:12:14.059 And this guy 00:12:14.059 --> 00:12:15.960 He is amazing 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:17.139 He has it all together 00:12:17.139 --> 00:12:18.360 He would be the guy 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:19.019 That you would think 00:12:19.019 --> 00:12:19.679 Wow this is 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:20.620 This is our dream 00:12:20.620 --> 00:12:21.699 This is the Hong Kong dream 00:12:21.699 --> 00:12:23.360 The ruler comes up 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:24.559 And no one stops him 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:26.080 They see him 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:26.600 Walking up 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:27.139 Into the church 00:12:27.139 --> 00:12:27.580 And they put him 00:12:27.580 --> 00:12:28.139 In the front row 00:12:28.139 --> 00:12:29.120 They see him walking up 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:29.500 To Jesus 00:12:29.500 --> 00:12:31.019 And they push people aside 00:12:31.019 --> 00:12:31.500 And they let him 00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:32.120 Come up to Jesus 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:33.000 And what do we know 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:33.600 About this guy 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:34.620 Well he's the exact 00:12:34.620 --> 00:12:35.559 Opposite of a baby 00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:37.879 He comes into the room 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:38.819 And no one stops him 00:12:38.819 --> 00:12:39.439 No one questions 00:12:39.439 --> 00:12:40.159 His qualifications 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:41.179 He's young 00:12:41.179 --> 00:12:42.399 He's rich 00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:43.559 He's powerful 00:12:43.559 --> 00:12:44.419 The word archon 00:12:44.419 --> 00:12:45.159 Which is the Greek 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:45.620 For power 00:12:45.620 --> 00:12:46.879 It means he's the head 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:48.199 So he's either 00:12:48.199 --> 00:12:49.080 The head of the government 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:49.679 Of that city 00:12:49.679 --> 00:12:50.199 In that area 00:12:50.199 --> 00:12:51.000 Or he's the head 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:51.500 Of the synagogue 00:12:51.500 --> 00:12:52.279 Just like 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:54.259 Just as we're told 00:12:54.259 --> 00:12:54.700 Later on 00:12:54.700 --> 00:12:55.980 Nicodemus is the archon 00:12:55.980 --> 00:12:56.659 He's the head 00:12:56.659 --> 00:12:57.860 So he's very 00:12:57.860 --> 00:12:58.539 Very powerful 00:12:58.539 --> 00:13:01.659 He's religious 00:13:01.659 --> 00:13:02.639 He knows the Torah 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:03.340 He knows scripture 00:13:03.340 --> 00:13:04.600 He's moral 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:06.360 He has this incredible idea 00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:07.080 Of this is what I do 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:07.940 And this is what I don't do 00:13:07.940 --> 00:13:08.960 He's respectful 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:09.740 He comes to Jesus 00:13:09.740 --> 00:13:11.139 And he addresses him 00:13:11.139 --> 00:13:11.659 In a way that 00:13:11.659 --> 00:13:13.180 Jesus has never been addressed 00:13:13.180 --> 00:13:13.840 Ever before 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:14.680 And never again 00:13:14.680 --> 00:13:17.159 I mean he's sincere 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:18.800 His heart is sincere 00:13:18.800 --> 00:13:20.139 Everything about him 00:13:20.139 --> 00:13:21.539 Is amazing 00:13:21.539 --> 00:13:22.960 No one looks at him 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:23.240 And says 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:23.960 Don't come here 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:25.279 Everybody wants 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:26.360 To be like him 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:27.519 Everybody wants 00:13:27.519 --> 00:13:28.120 Their sons 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:28.959 To end up like him 00:13:28.959 --> 00:13:29.459 In Hong Kong 00:13:29.459 --> 00:13:30.500 Everybody wants 00:13:30.500 --> 00:13:31.019 Their daughters 00:13:31.019 --> 00:13:32.679 To marry him 00:13:32.679 --> 00:13:34.059 I mean he is 00:13:34.059 --> 00:13:34.919 The perfect 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:36.220 Person 00:13:36.220 --> 00:13:38.639 And he comes to Jesus 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:39.500 With this question 00:13:39.500 --> 00:13:41.360 Which is very interesting 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:43.339 And he asks this question 00:13:43.339 --> 00:13:44.240 And basically what he asks 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:45.000 In this question is 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:46.139 How do I know 00:13:46.139 --> 00:13:46.899 If I'm good enough 00:13:46.899 --> 00:13:49.759 How do I know 00:13:49.759 --> 00:13:50.399 If I've done enough 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:50.959 How do I know 00:13:50.959 --> 00:13:51.759 If I'm good 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:52.919 He addresses Jesus 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:53.720 As good 00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:55.080 Which if you were in there 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:55.799 In that culture 00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:56.500 Because there's a lot 00:13:56.500 --> 00:13:57.200 Of things going on here 00:13:57.200 --> 00:13:57.639 We don't have time 00:13:57.639 --> 00:13:58.319 To talk about everything 00:13:58.319 --> 00:13:59.480 But there's cultural 00:13:59.480 --> 00:14:00.419 There's theological 00:14:00.419 --> 00:14:01.240 There's historical 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:02.399 There's all these things 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:03.059 Layered upon him 00:14:03.059 --> 00:14:04.319 But the minute he said good 00:14:04.319 --> 00:14:05.059 Everybody would have 00:14:05.059 --> 00:14:09.179 Because no rabbi 00:14:09.179 --> 00:14:09.980 In the history of the world 00:14:09.980 --> 00:14:10.960 Has ever been called good 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:11.879 There's never in the writing 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:12.419 That a rabbi 00:14:12.419 --> 00:14:12.879 Is called good 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:14.059 You would never call 00:14:14.059 --> 00:14:15.259 A teacher good 00:14:15.259 --> 00:14:16.139 You would only call 00:14:16.139 --> 00:14:17.980 God good 00:14:17.980 --> 00:14:20.000 And so the minute 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:21.740 He said good teacher 00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:24.019 Everybody would have 00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:24.500 Perked up 00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:25.200 And would have been 00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:26.539 Asking a lot of questions 00:14:26.539 --> 00:14:27.120 Is he trying to 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:28.279 Smooge up to this guy 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:30.460 Is he trying to 00:14:30.460 --> 00:14:31.299 Make his self 00:14:31.299 --> 00:14:32.080 Look really good 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:33.820 Or does he believe 00:14:33.820 --> 00:14:35.039 That Jesus is the Messiah 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:35.500 Does he believe 00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:37.019 That Jesus is God 00:14:37.019 --> 00:14:38.639 I mean this question 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:40.680 Is really interesting 00:14:40.680 --> 00:14:41.639 He basically asks 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:42.159 This question 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:43.480 How can I achieve 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:44.399 Eternal life 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:46.279 On my own efforts 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:49.360 His focus is the future 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:50.779 And he wants to know 00:14:50.779 --> 00:14:51.120 From Jesus 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:51.860 What can I do 00:14:51.860 --> 00:14:52.399 Right now 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:53.340 What can I do 00:14:53.340 --> 00:14:55.100 To secure my future 00:14:55.100 --> 00:14:56.120 What can I do 00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:57.600 What can I sign off 00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:58.519 What can I build 00:14:58.519 --> 00:14:59.679 Can I build a synagogue 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:00.759 And put my name on it 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:01.840 Can I build a school 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:03.539 What can I do right now 00:15:03.539 --> 00:15:04.379 So that I know 00:15:04.379 --> 00:15:04.899 I can stick that 00:15:04.899 --> 00:15:05.580 In my back pocket 00:15:05.580 --> 00:15:06.100 And well I got that 00:15:06.100 --> 00:15:06.580 Going for me 00:15:06.580 --> 00:15:07.639 When I go to heaven 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:08.639 But now I can just 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:09.259 Live my life 00:15:09.259 --> 00:15:10.259 The way I want to live 00:15:10.259 --> 00:15:11.759 And that's the question 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:12.240 He's asking 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:12.519 He's saying 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:13.500 What do I need to do 00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:13.899 Right now 00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:14.419 So I don't have to 00:15:14.419 --> 00:15:15.419 Stop worrying about 00:15:15.419 --> 00:15:16.440 Things 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:17.920 What is enough 00:15:17.920 --> 00:15:20.100 What do I have to add 00:15:20.100 --> 00:15:21.760 So that I can be safe 00:15:21.760 --> 00:15:23.000 What do I need to do 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:23.780 And I think that 00:15:23.780 --> 00:15:25.480 That's the question 00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:26.260 We all ask today 00:15:26.260 --> 00:15:27.060 Kind of isn't it 00:15:27.060 --> 00:15:29.540 We often ask this question 00:15:29.540 --> 00:15:30.380 What do we need to do 00:15:30.380 --> 00:15:33.440 What do we need to add 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:33.940 To our life 00:15:33.940 --> 00:15:34.360 What do we need to 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:35.340 Subtract from our life 00:15:35.340 --> 00:15:35.800 If you're like me 00:15:35.800 --> 00:15:36.440 You're asking the question 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:36.900 What do you need to 00:15:36.900 --> 00:15:37.620 Subtract from your life 00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:38.980 What do I need to not do 00:15:38.980 --> 00:15:40.420 So that I'm more 00:15:40.420 --> 00:15:41.520 Acceptable to God 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:43.240 And so he asks this question 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:44.079 And Jesus 00:15:44.079 --> 00:15:45.340 It's very interesting 00:15:45.340 --> 00:15:46.279 Because Jesus just kind of 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:47.399 Throws out all the evangelism 00:15:47.399 --> 00:15:47.759 Books out 00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:49.139 Because the minute you said 00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:49.679 What do I need to do 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:50.500 Except eternal life 00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:51.139 Everybody pulls out 00:15:51.139 --> 00:15:51.840 Four spiritual laws 00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:52.360 I do 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:53.439 And say well this is what you do 00:15:53.439 --> 00:15:53.980 God loves you 00:15:53.980 --> 00:15:54.659 He offers a wonderful plan 00:15:54.659 --> 00:15:55.000 For your life 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:55.439 You're a sinner 00:15:55.439 --> 00:15:56.559 Repent of your sin 00:15:56.559 --> 00:15:58.019 And you get to heaven 00:15:58.019 --> 00:15:58.439 Woo 00:15:58.439 --> 00:15:59.500 And angels are rejoicing 00:15:59.500 --> 00:16:00.620 That's what we do 00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:00.919 Right 00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:01.779 That's what we've been taught 00:16:01.779 --> 00:16:02.539 My whole life 00:16:02.539 --> 00:16:04.240 But Jesus doesn't do that 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:06.899 When he breaks all the rules 00:16:06.899 --> 00:16:08.600 He treats the person 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:10.620 As an individual 00:16:10.620 --> 00:16:14.840 And not as a task 00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:18.740 And Jesus says 00:16:18.740 --> 00:16:19.899 Well why do you call me good 00:16:19.899 --> 00:16:22.879 Because everybody knows 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:23.940 Only God is good 00:16:23.940 --> 00:16:25.980 The underlying message 00:16:25.980 --> 00:16:26.659 Behind this is 00:16:26.659 --> 00:16:28.159 Do you think that I'm God 00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:30.560 And if you think that I'm God 00:16:30.560 --> 00:16:31.279 Then you're going to obey 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:32.060 Everything I say 00:16:32.060 --> 00:16:32.299 Right 00:16:32.299 --> 00:16:33.399 Because you're going to obey 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:34.820 What God has to say 00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:35.720 You're going to do that 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:36.919 And we're told in the verses 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:38.220 That the ruler is silent 00:16:38.220 --> 00:16:39.700 He doesn't say anything 00:16:39.700 --> 00:16:41.240 He's kind of dumbfounded 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:42.940 By Jesus' response 00:16:42.940 --> 00:16:44.259 Culturally he's dumbfounded 00:16:44.259 --> 00:16:45.120 Because it should have 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:45.800 Gone like this 00:16:45.800 --> 00:16:47.020 Good teacher 00:16:47.020 --> 00:16:48.220 What must I do 00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:49.720 To inherit eternal life 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:50.600 And Jesus should have 00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:51.180 Replied to them 00:16:51.180 --> 00:16:52.400 Oh fabulous 00:16:52.400 --> 00:16:53.120 And amazing 00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:53.980 Leader 00:16:53.980 --> 00:16:56.300 This is what you need to do 00:16:56.300 --> 00:16:57.640 I mean but Jesus doesn't 00:16:57.640 --> 00:16:58.940 He skips all that 00:16:58.940 --> 00:17:00.520 Talking and passing 00:17:00.520 --> 00:17:01.180 The business cards 00:17:01.180 --> 00:17:01.820 He just goes right 00:17:01.820 --> 00:17:02.360 To the heart 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:04.660 And so everybody 00:17:04.660 --> 00:17:05.319 Would have been looking there 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:05.680 And going wow 00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:06.480 This is really weird 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:06.880 This is 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:08.360 Something's going on here 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:09.899 And so Jesus 00:17:09.899 --> 00:17:10.639 Then he basically 00:17:10.639 --> 00:17:11.179 In verse 20 00:17:11.179 --> 00:17:11.439 He just 00:17:11.439 --> 00:17:12.159 I'm just going to 00:17:12.159 --> 00:17:13.019 Walk through this for you 00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:14.079 And we're going to 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:15.219 See where we're going to go 00:17:15.219 --> 00:17:15.639 Is I'm just going to 00:17:15.639 --> 00:17:16.240 Walk through this 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:17.099 And then I want to 00:17:17.099 --> 00:17:17.419 Share with you 00:17:17.419 --> 00:17:18.359 Three things that God's 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:20.039 Been showing me in my life 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:20.979 And then we'll talk about 00:17:20.979 --> 00:17:21.839 What we do as a church 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:22.819 But in verse 20 00:17:22.819 --> 00:17:23.819 He just lists out 00:17:23.819 --> 00:17:24.659 The Ten Commandments 00:17:24.659 --> 00:17:26.240 The Ten Commandments 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:26.979 The first four 00:17:26.979 --> 00:17:27.740 About how we interact 00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:28.219 With God 00:17:28.219 --> 00:17:29.039 This way 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:30.759 The last of them 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:31.339 Are how we interact 00:17:31.339 --> 00:17:32.240 With our brothers and sisters 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:32.639 Like this 00:17:32.639 --> 00:17:33.779 And so he just lays out 00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:34.159 Those things 00:17:34.159 --> 00:17:35.019 This is what you need to do 00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:35.979 This is how you 00:17:35.979 --> 00:17:36.779 Live righteously 00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.799 This is how you do these things 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:39.259 And the ruler answers him 00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:41.099 In a very very unique way 00:17:41.099 --> 00:17:43.079 Again if you were there 00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:44.339 And you heard this 00:17:44.339 --> 00:17:45.720 Your draws would have dropped 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:46.139 You would have been 00:17:46.139 --> 00:17:46.740 Freaking out 00:17:46.740 --> 00:17:47.440 Because he said 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:48.660 Well I've already done that 00:17:48.660 --> 00:17:51.379 What else you got for me 00:17:51.379 --> 00:17:55.160 I've already done all those things 00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:56.099 I've already added all those things 00:17:56.099 --> 00:17:56.839 I've already kept those things 00:17:56.839 --> 00:17:58.559 He said I've kept those things perfectly 00:17:58.559 --> 00:18:00.039 I've kept the law perfectly 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:01.319 From the time I was bar mitzvah 00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:02.379 At 12 to 13 years old 00:18:02.379 --> 00:18:03.680 I've done it perfectly 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:05.580 And everybody would have 00:18:05.580 --> 00:18:06.320 Looked at him and go 00:18:06.320 --> 00:18:07.700 Wow that is a huge 00:18:07.700 --> 00:18:10.299 Assumption 00:18:10.299 --> 00:18:13.400 Because as far as we know 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:14.160 Only Abraham 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:16.600 And Moses 00:18:16.600 --> 00:18:18.620 And maybe Aaron 00:18:18.620 --> 00:18:20.759 Kept all the law perfectly 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:21.560 And you're putting yourself 00:18:21.560 --> 00:18:22.240 Up there with Moses 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:22.840 And Aaron 00:18:22.840 --> 00:18:24.400 And you said you kept 00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:25.019 All the law 00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:25.920 And people look at this guy 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:26.560 And they go wow 00:18:26.560 --> 00:18:29.700 He's blinded to his blindness 00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:32.920 He doesn't see his heart 00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:33.860 He doesn't see what's going on 00:18:33.860 --> 00:18:34.400 In his life 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:35.340 He doesn't understand 00:18:35.340 --> 00:18:36.480 What's happening there 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:38.920 In verse 22 00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:39.960 The passage says 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:41.380 In the gospel of Mark 00:18:41.380 --> 00:18:42.279 It's very unique 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:42.779 When you get a chance 00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:43.400 To go back and read 00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:44.380 Matthew 19 00:18:44.380 --> 00:18:45.380 Mark 10 00:18:45.380 --> 00:18:46.100 And Luke 18 00:18:46.100 --> 00:18:47.320 They're all the same stories 00:18:47.320 --> 00:18:48.800 The passage says 00:18:48.800 --> 00:18:49.220 That Jesus 00:18:49.220 --> 00:18:51.380 Looked at the young ruler 00:18:51.380 --> 00:18:53.120 He doesn't rebuke him at all 00:18:53.120 --> 00:18:54.060 He doesn't come back 00:18:54.060 --> 00:18:55.180 And say okay come on 00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:56.519 You know you're not like Moses 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:58.340 He doesn't 00:18:58.340 --> 00:18:58.740 Because Jesus 00:18:58.740 --> 00:18:59.680 Doesn't want to call 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.300 Through a program 00:19:00.300 --> 00:19:01.019 He's looking at 00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:01.840 This guy's heart 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:04.019 He's dealing with this guy 00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:04.539 As a person 00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:05.059 As an individual 00:19:05.059 --> 00:19:05.980 He's dealing with us 00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:08.439 As people 00:19:08.439 --> 00:19:13.279 So Jesus says something 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:15.679 That he never says 00:19:15.679 --> 00:19:16.619 To anybody else 00:19:16.619 --> 00:19:17.419 In the history 00:19:17.419 --> 00:19:18.699 Of scripture 00:19:18.699 --> 00:19:21.839 In the Greek 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:23.079 It says when he looked at him 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:24.399 He felt love for him 00:19:24.399 --> 00:19:29.019 His heart was drawn 00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:30.199 Towards this young ruler 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:33.620 And then he says this 00:19:33.620 --> 00:19:34.259 Okay 00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:35.500 Well one thing 00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:36.299 You still lack 00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:38.980 One thing you need to do 00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:41.360 You just sell everything 00:19:41.360 --> 00:19:43.700 Give it to the poor 00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:46.200 And then follow me 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:49.340 Jesus has said that twice 00:19:49.340 --> 00:19:51.819 One time there's a dinner party 00:19:51.819 --> 00:19:53.080 In Lazarus house 00:19:53.080 --> 00:19:55.420 And Martha and Mary 00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:56.100 Are there 00:19:56.100 --> 00:19:57.360 And Martha's busy 00:19:57.360 --> 00:19:58.019 And she's crazy 00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:59.079 And she's doing all this work 00:19:59.079 --> 00:20:00.200 In Luke 10 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:01.079 We've already studied it 00:20:01.079 --> 00:20:02.299 And Mary's just sitting there 00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:03.039 Watching Jesus 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:04.220 And Martha comes up 00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:05.859 And she complains about Mary 00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:07.180 She says Mary's not doing enough 00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:09.000 She's not doing everything 00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:09.420 That's happened 00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:10.019 I'm doing everything 00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.639 How come I'm not doing 00:20:10.639 --> 00:20:11.039 All these things 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:12.460 And Jesus looks at Martha 00:20:12.460 --> 00:20:12.799 And he goes 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:13.200 Martha 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:15.039 Martha 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:18.160 One thing you lack 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:23.599 Your focus isn't on me 00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:26.160 Look at Mary 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:28.019 And so he says 00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:28.940 The same thing 00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:29.700 To this young man 00:20:29.700 --> 00:20:31.200 One thing you lack 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:32.980 And we're told 00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:33.960 That when he heard this 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:35.279 He became very sad 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:36.880 In Greek the word is 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:37.820 He became grieved 00:20:37.820 --> 00:20:39.220 He became deeply despaired 00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:40.820 His face dropped 00:20:40.820 --> 00:20:44.200 And he walked away 00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:47.779 Because he was extremely rich 00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:52.060 He was in the top 4% 00:20:52.060 --> 00:20:53.120 Of the wealth 00:20:53.120 --> 00:20:53.759 Of all the world 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:59.220 Jesus in verse 24 and 25 00:20:59.220 --> 00:21:00.400 Says how difficult it is 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:01.500 For those who have wealth 00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:03.879 To enter into the kingdom of God 00:21:03.879 --> 00:21:06.420 Is easier for a camel 00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:08.180 The largest thing they know of 00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:09.879 He's given hyperbole 00:21:09.879 --> 00:21:10.259 Okay 00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:11.980 But he's saying it's impossible 00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:13.579 He's saying it's easier 00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.440 For a camel 00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:16.140 To walk through the smallest thing 00:21:16.140 --> 00:21:16.680 They know of 00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.519 A needle 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:20.140 Than for a rich person 00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:22.759 To enter the kingdom of God 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:25.500 He's talking about impossibilities 00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:25.920 In my house 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.519 He would have said 00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:29.700 It'd be easier for 00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:30.879 A Krispy Kreme donut 00:21:30.879 --> 00:21:33.140 To walk through our household 00:21:33.140 --> 00:21:34.759 And survive one day 00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:37.960 With my kids 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:40.980 Than for a rich person 00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:42.160 To enter into the kingdom of God 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:42.480 That's how 00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.420 That's Tobinism right 00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:44.160 That's what he would have said 00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:44.920 That's how he does it 00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:46.299 But he says it in such a way 00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:47.920 And what I want to end our time with 00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:48.539 I want to talk about 00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:49.059 Really just 00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:50.180 Throw out some things 00:21:50.180 --> 00:21:50.839 God's been teaching me 00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.400 And I want to talk about 00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:52.200 How we can do this 00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:53.080 What we need to do 00:21:53.080 --> 00:21:53.800 How 00:21:53.800 --> 00:21:54.500 Because we're all 00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.540 These rich young rulers 00:21:55.540 --> 00:21:57.440 So I know your first time here 00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:57.920 You go wow 00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:59.200 He's talking like he knows everybody 00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:01.140 And I'm hoping I know everybody 00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:02.320 And I hope that you know my heart 00:22:02.320 --> 00:22:02.820 And you know 00:22:02.820 --> 00:22:04.000 That I'm the most 00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:05.240 Broken person 00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:06.240 In here 00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:10.720 This man 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:13.080 Is the only person 00:22:13.080 --> 00:22:15.259 In the gospels 00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:17.860 Who comes to Jesus 00:22:17.860 --> 00:22:18.460 With a need 00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:21.340 And he walks away 00:22:21.340 --> 00:22:23.000 Worse 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:24.740 Than when he came 00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:27.720 Every other person 00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:28.299 In the gospels 00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:29.120 When they come to Jesus 00:22:29.120 --> 00:22:30.380 They have their need met 00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:32.079 Something happens to them 00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:32.840 They change 00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:36.539 And their life is changed 00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:38.059 But this person 00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:40.000 He walks into Christ's presence 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:41.539 He puts out his performance 00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:42.740 He asks what he wants to do 00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:45.319 And he walks away 00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:46.779 Deeply grieved 00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:48.039 He walks away sad 00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:49.220 He walks away burdened 00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:50.139 He walks away 00:22:50.139 --> 00:22:51.019 With his face down 00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:52.579 He can't look at anybody 00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:55.220 Why is that? 00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:00.539 Why is that? 00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.940 I think one of the reasons 00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.799 He comes in there 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.859 And he walks away grieved 00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:09.299 Is because he comes in there 00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:09.639 And he says 00:23:09.639 --> 00:23:10.440 This is my faith 00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.220 This is my religion 00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:12.279 And Jesus takes it 00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.680 And he just 00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.940 Crashes it 00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:17.140 He says 00:23:17.140 --> 00:23:18.019 Faith 00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:19.920 Religion 00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:22.240 Isn't about doing 00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:25.000 It isn't about attaining 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:26.539 It's not about doing 00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.220 One more thing 00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:27.680 It's not about 00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.539 Making yourself 00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.420 Look really good 00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:31.039 We all struggle with this 00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.480 Don't we? 00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:34.340 I mean we're in here 00:23:34.340 --> 00:23:34.940 And we're feeling 00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:37.539 A little empty spiritually 00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.600 And so we want to go 00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:39.240 On a retreat 00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:39.840 Or we want to 00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:41.059 Experience a new class 00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.559 Or we want to get 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:42.220 A different gift 00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:42.740 Of the spirit 00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.299 In our life 00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:44.120 And we feel like 00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:44.980 If we do these things 00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:46.140 Then we'll feel happy 00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:46.940 We'll feel complete 00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.839 We'll be at peace 00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:49.839 Maybe Christianity 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:50.819 Can offer us something 00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.600 Maybe this class 00:23:51.600 --> 00:23:52.279 Can give me something 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:53.240 Maybe I can do something 00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:54.220 Maybe I can add something 00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:55.880 Maybe it's like a hobby 00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:56.819 If I do it long enough 00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:58.339 Then I'll feel peace 00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:59.180 Maybe it's a retreat 00:23:59.180 --> 00:24:00.240 Maybe it's a class 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:01.000 I just take the notes 00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:02.259 Maybe it's 00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:04.259 Something that I add 00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:06.420 To my life 00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:08.740 Maybe it's a religious experience 00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.500 These are all the things 00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.460 This young ruler thought 00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.680 If I just do these things 00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.779 If I can just check them 00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.240 Off my list 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.000 And I can put them away 00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.759 Then I'm good 00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.620 Everything's going to be great 00:24:15.620 --> 00:24:16.400 I'm going to be happy 00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:18.259 And Jesus says no 00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:23.080 You can't be good enough 00:24:23.080 --> 00:24:27.740 Only God is good enough 00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:31.240 I mean think about this 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:32.080 Every other religion 00:24:32.080 --> 00:24:32.960 Every other faith 00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.960 Every other philosophy 00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.380 In the world 00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:35.539 What they're going to say to you 00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.299 Is you come here 00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:38.080 And you do these things 00:24:38.080 --> 00:24:39.560 And you'll get better 00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:41.659 If you come here 00:24:41.659 --> 00:24:42.220 And you give this amount 00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:42.480 Of money 00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:42.879 If you come here 00:24:42.879 --> 00:24:43.519 And do this program 00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.339 If you do all these things 00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:45.599 You're going to get better 00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:47.500 If you add these things 00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.000 To your life 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.919 If you subtract these things 00:24:48.919 --> 00:24:49.319 For your life 00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:50.720 If you achieve these things 00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:52.220 And Jesus looks at this 00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.659 Young ruler 00:24:52.659 --> 00:24:53.379 And he says no 00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:55.500 You can't 00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:58.379 You can't 00:24:58.379 --> 00:24:59.000 You can never 00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:00.559 Be good enough 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.379 You can never add 00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:02.200 Something to your life 00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:04.419 The ruler was walking 00:25:04.419 --> 00:25:04.980 Through life 00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.940 And I know you don't do this 00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:07.059 But I do this all the time 00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:08.299 The ruler was walking 00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:08.740 Through life 00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.819 And he was comparing himself 00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.839 He was looking at his goodness 00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.899 He was looking at his deeds 00:25:11.899 --> 00:25:13.500 He was looking at how much he tithes 00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.559 He was looking at how much he serves 00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:16.059 He was looking at how big his church is 00:25:16.059 --> 00:25:17.279 He was looking at how many people he meets 00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:18.500 He was looking at how busy his schedule is 00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.839 And he's comparing those things 00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.299 And he's saying 00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:21.200 Bad 00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.839 Good 00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:24.039 Unholy 00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.700 Holy 00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:27.000 Unrighteous 00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.899 Righteous 00:25:27.899 --> 00:25:31.919 Not too good 00:25:31.919 --> 00:25:33.700 Really good 00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:36.640 And Jesus looks at him 00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.220 And says dude 00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:39.440 Jesus didn't say dude 00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:41.000 Okay 00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:42.259 Sorry 00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:45.660 We're in a better accent maybe 00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:46.360 Or something like that 00:25:46.360 --> 00:25:49.700 But Jesus looks at him 00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.400 And he says no 00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:53.140 You don't compare yourself 00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:54.140 To people around you 00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:56.100 You don't say I'm not rich 00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.980 Because I only have one dollar 00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.819 And that person's really rich 00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.640 Because they have two dollars 00:25:58.640 --> 00:26:01.400 But Jesus says 00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:02.920 The lines aren't like this 00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:05.720 Jesus says the lines are like this 00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:08.220 God 00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:09.740 Tobin 00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:12.620 Holy 00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:14.539 Unholy 00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:16.440 Good 00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:18.519 Not good 00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:20.580 Righteous 00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:22.580 Not righteous 00:26:22.580 --> 00:26:24.800 Perfect 00:26:24.800 --> 00:26:27.220 Not perfect 00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:30.100 Jesus corrected 00:26:30.100 --> 00:26:32.360 The lines of communication 00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:33.500 And he said to this guy 00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.899 There are not two ways 00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:35.659 To get to God 00:26:35.659 --> 00:26:37.939 There's not God's way 00:26:37.939 --> 00:26:38.379 And your way 00:26:38.379 --> 00:26:39.279 And by being good enough 00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:39.679 You get there 00:26:39.679 --> 00:26:40.639 Jesus is saying 00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:41.500 There's only one way 00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.000 To get to God 00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.699 And that's through 00:26:42.699 --> 00:26:43.699 Him 00:26:43.699 --> 00:26:47.359 No matter how good you are 00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:48.219 You're not going to be 00:26:48.219 --> 00:26:49.740 Good enough 00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:52.939 It's not relative 00:26:52.939 --> 00:26:56.159 The problem that we have 00:26:56.159 --> 00:26:57.659 The problem that the rich young ruler has 00:26:57.659 --> 00:26:58.719 Our problem is that 00:26:58.719 --> 00:26:59.699 We don't need more goodness 00:26:59.699 --> 00:27:00.779 We don't need more programs 00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.500 We don't need more things 00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.180 To take off our box 00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:03.539 We don't need more certificates 00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.819 We don't need more degrees 00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:07.740 We need to be able to say 00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:11.139 I'm broken 00:27:11.139 --> 00:27:14.879 Holy 00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:17.000 Unholy 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:19.379 Good 00:27:19.379 --> 00:27:22.240 Not good 00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:24.799 Righteous 00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:27.779 Not righteous 00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:27.799 Not righteous 00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:29.779 But Jesus says 00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.859 Until we understand that 00:27:30.859 --> 00:27:31.740 Until you understand that 00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:33.379 Goodness isn't becoming good 00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:34.720 But coming to God 00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.759 Means that you admit 00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:37.659 That deep in your heart 00:27:37.659 --> 00:27:39.019 You're really not that good 00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:43.720 And if you hold on to the delusion 00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:45.019 That you are that good 00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:47.940 You're going to end up like that 00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.839 Rich young guy 00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:51.440 You're going to walk away from Christ 00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:52.159 And you're not going to have 00:27:52.159 --> 00:27:52.740 Your needs met 00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.639 You're not going to understand 00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.320 What's going on 00:27:54.320 --> 00:27:55.360 The best thing I could do 00:27:55.360 --> 00:27:56.100 Is illustration 00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:56.940 This is a wedding band 00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.680 Christina gave it to me 00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.980 If you look over there 00:27:58.980 --> 00:28:00.200 It's a gold 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:02.920 It looks like a smooth gold band 00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:04.540 But the closer you get 00:28:04.540 --> 00:28:05.220 You look at it 00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.740 And you realize 00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:07.140 There's Hebrew writing on it 00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:08.640 So it's not solid gold 00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:11.120 It's mixtured gold 00:28:11.120 --> 00:28:13.220 Or it's dug out 00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.520 Right 00:28:13.520 --> 00:28:16.340 If you got really close to it 00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:16.860 You look at it 00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.320 And you would say 00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:18.420 Wow there's some marks on it 00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.200 And there's some scratches 00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.819 Is Tobin 00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.660 One time actually 00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:21.340 And then they threw it out 00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:22.200 A six story building 00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:23.799 Which totally freaked me out 00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:25.380 I listened for it to clink 00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:26.380 But there's a mark on it 00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:27.000 From when I threw it out 00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.600 A six story building 00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:28.900 And as you get closer to it 00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:30.279 You see these marks 00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:31.200 But if you put this 00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:32.120 Under an electron microscope 00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:34.500 Dude you would see like 00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:36.220 Valleys and cliffs 00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:37.200 And fissures 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:38.360 And brokenness 00:28:38.360 --> 00:28:38.720 And just 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:40.140 Not pure 00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:42.019 Not solid 00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:44.779 And Jesus is saying 00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.400 To the ruler 00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:47.039 And he's saying 00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.500 To you and me 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.220 That that's 00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:50.299 That's our life 00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:53.160 In the business place 00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:53.900 When people look at you 00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.539 They see you have 00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.099 Your act together 00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.619 You look good 00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:56.420 And everything's good 00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:58.379 But then when you get 00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:59.180 Closer to you 00:28:59.180 --> 00:29:00.379 You talk to your wife 00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:01.240 Or you talk to your kids 00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.819 They see that there's 00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.839 These little fissures there 00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:04.900 And God says 00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:06.019 When I look at your heart 00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:10.379 I see incredible brokenness 00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:13.240 In need 00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:16.060 And the rich young ruler 00:29:16.060 --> 00:29:16.940 Heard these things 00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.400 And he realized 00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:18.200 I can't do 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:20.460 I can't be 00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:22.340 I can't add 00:29:22.340 --> 00:29:24.980 And the Greek says 00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.840 That he was depressed 00:29:25.840 --> 00:29:26.540 He was sad 00:29:26.540 --> 00:29:27.640 He was downtrodden 00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:29.100 He didn't know what to do 00:29:29.100 --> 00:29:31.920 I think another reason 00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.760 The guy walks away 00:29:32.760 --> 00:29:33.480 Is because he realized 00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.980 In that moment 00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:35.260 When Jesus asked that question 00:29:35.260 --> 00:29:36.680 What one thing you act 00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.920 When he asked that question 00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:39.540 Jesus opened up his heart 00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:42.519 And he showed that guy 00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.440 What he really 00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:45.659 Really worships 00:29:45.659 --> 00:29:48.339 He showed him 00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:49.420 What really is controlling 00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:49.839 His life 00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:51.059 He actually showed him 00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.920 What's steering his life 00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.559 He showed him 00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.500 What's giving him comfort 00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.819 And what's giving him meaning 00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.779 And what's giving him happiness 00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.740 What's giving him security 00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.639 What's giving him pleasure 00:29:57.639 --> 00:29:59.619 He showed him all these things 00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:00.259 And in verse 23 00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:00.920 We're told those things 00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.500 Are his wealth 00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:04.720 He's very wealthy 00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:06.639 I mean wealth 00:30:06.639 --> 00:30:07.579 Is such an interesting thing 00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:07.960 Isn't it? 00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.299 I mean it's interesting 00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:10.940 And it's dangerous 00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.899 Jesus talks about it 00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:13.079 More than any other thing 00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:14.220 The Jews in this day 00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:15.220 When they heard this passage 00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:16.099 And Jesus said 00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:17.379 It's so hard for a rich man 00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:18.279 To come to the kingdom of heaven 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:19.940 The disciples would have said 00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.639 Hey! 00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.940 Well how can anybody 00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:23.619 Get to heaven then 00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:24.720 If a rich man get there? 00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.420 Because in their culture 00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.079 The rich people 00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:29.159 Were the blessed people 00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:30.440 The rich people 00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:30.740 Were the ones 00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.619 Who had favor with God 00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:32.119 They were the ones 00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:33.279 Who built the buildings 00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:35.039 And named the synagogues 00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:36.220 And had the best seats 00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.619 In the place 00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.460 They're the ones 00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:37.879 Who could do 00:30:37.879 --> 00:30:38.319 They're the ones 00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:38.920 Who could check off 00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:40.220 They could do all those things 00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:41.220 And when Jesus said 00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:42.320 It's so hard for a rich man 00:30:42.320 --> 00:30:42.920 Actually he says 00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.920 It's not so hard 00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.980 He says it's impossible 00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:46.180 Everybody listening 00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.500 Would have 00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.160 They would have 00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:48.160 It would have been 00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:50.759 The most unusual thing 00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:52.060 It would have counteracted 00:30:52.060 --> 00:30:53.340 2,000 years of culture 00:30:53.340 --> 00:30:54.500 They would never have 00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.140 Comprehended it 00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.840 They could never have 00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.340 Understood it 00:30:56.340 --> 00:30:57.460 And what he basically said 00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:58.539 Is you can't 00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.840 Be a rich person 00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:01.220 And rely on your riches 00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:03.500 To get to the kingdom 00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.519 Of God 00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:06.960 It's interesting 00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.779 I was going to threaten 00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.680 My wife to sing 00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.619 And dance up here 00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:10.819 And she said 00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.900 No I cannot sing 00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.500 And you are glad 00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.559 That I cannot sing 00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:15.039 But as I thought about this 00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.680 I realized that 00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:17.460 Wealth does something to us 00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:18.299 It makes us forget 00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:20.480 Our need 00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.700 It makes us forget 00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:24.160 God's grace 00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:26.779 Riches make us feel 00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.500 Superior 00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.160 Don't they? 00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.440 I mean 00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:31.539 When I was praying 00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:31.779 Through this 00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.500 What came to my mind 00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:34.000 I love musicals 00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:35.140 Okay so Warren is saying 00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:36.720 Fiddler on the roof 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:39.079 If I were a rich man 00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:41.599 Because that song 00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:44.240 Has so much good theology in it 00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:45.900 Have you ever heard that song? 00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.440 Remember Tevye 00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:48.140 He's the father 00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:48.660 The papa 00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.660 He's 00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.660 Sorry 00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:53.000 Anyway 00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:56.299 So he's a milkman 00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:58.059 He's delivering milk 00:31:58.059 --> 00:32:00.319 And his horse goes lame 00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:01.440 And so he has to walk 00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.140 And carry his horse 00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:02.640 And he's carrying 00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:03.120 Through his horse 00:32:03.120 --> 00:32:03.960 And he's talking about 00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.759 God you made all these 00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.300 Poor people 00:32:05.300 --> 00:32:06.640 There's a couple rich people 00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:07.340 Wouldn't it be great 00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:08.000 If I were rich? 00:32:08.320 --> 00:32:09.060 And then he starts singing 00:32:09.060 --> 00:32:09.440 This song 00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.340 If I were a rich man 00:32:10.340 --> 00:32:11.100 And he sings about 00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.840 What happens when you're 00:32:11.840 --> 00:32:12.340 A rich man 00:32:12.340 --> 00:32:13.180 He says 00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:14.200 Everything's good 00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.940 Everything's perfect 00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.620 I wouldn't have to 00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:16.140 Da da da da 00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:17.280 I don't have to do anything 00:32:17.280 --> 00:32:18.600 I can just relax 00:32:18.600 --> 00:32:19.420 I don't have to worry 00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:20.060 About anything 00:32:20.060 --> 00:32:21.340 And the great thing is that 00:32:21.340 --> 00:32:21.740 You know 00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:23.060 People look at me differently 00:32:23.060 --> 00:32:26.280 There's a sign in there 00:32:26.280 --> 00:32:26.640 He says 00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:27.960 The most important people 00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.759 Will come in town 00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.580 And call on me 00:32:29.580 --> 00:32:30.120 They'll ask me 00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:31.480 All these theological questions 00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:32.420 And at the end of it 00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:32.779 He says 00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:34.720 Because when you're rich 00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:37.559 They really think you know 00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:40.360 Isn't that true? 00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:43.140 Try this exercise 00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:43.799 Okay so this week 00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:45.039 You're in your business place 00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:46.180 With a group of lawyers 00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:47.240 And you know 00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.779 What kind of law 00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.160 They're doing 00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:48.799 And so you just say 00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:50.559 You ask them a question 00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.180 About the law 00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:51.880 They don't do 00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:53.940 Well lawyers are really quick 00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.360 Like they're like 00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:54.860 Thinking in their mind 00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.860 Okay I can't build this 00:32:55.860 --> 00:32:57.019 I can't make any money off this 00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:58.119 That's not my profession 00:32:58.119 --> 00:32:58.740 That's not my line 00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.740 I don't know anything about that 00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.839 I deal with corporate law 00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:04.379 You get in a group of doctors 00:33:04.379 --> 00:33:05.920 And you ask them 00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.579 A medical question 00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:07.379 That doesn't surround 00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:08.420 Their specialty 00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:10.079 They'll look at each other 00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.579 Sometimes 00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.039 Like well you know 00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.639 There's a paper written 00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:12.079 About that 00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.920 You know 00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:13.279 I don't 00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:14.700 Yeah I can't answer that 00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.460 I don't know anything about that 00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.379 That's not my profession 00:33:16.379 --> 00:33:17.000 I don't know 00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:18.480 But if you get in 00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.440 A group of rich people 00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:21.460 And you ask them 00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:22.079 A question like 00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:23.419 Why do you think 00:33:23.419 --> 00:33:24.659 There's so many more sparrows 00:33:24.659 --> 00:33:25.559 Flying into Hong Kong 00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.759 Today than last year 00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:30.960 They have an answer 00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:33.500 Right 00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:35.500 I mean when you're rich 00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.779 People really think you know 00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.220 They think 00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:39.480 I'm laughing at myself 00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.439 Because I walk into 00:33:40.439 --> 00:33:41.379 Other cultures 00:33:41.379 --> 00:33:42.659 Where I'm perceived as rich 00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:43.259 Like Thailand 00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.740 Or other places 00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.599 In the middle of the boonies 00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:45.399 And I'm there 00:33:45.399 --> 00:33:46.059 And people ask me 00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.679 These questions 00:33:46.679 --> 00:33:48.299 That I have no idea 00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:49.279 What they're talking about 00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:51.079 Or how do we build this pipe 00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:52.019 So the water comes down 00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.619 At this angle 00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:54.000 But they ask me 00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.879 Because I look like 00:33:54.879 --> 00:33:55.379 A rich person 00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:55.960 I look like the person 00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.720 Who has it all together 00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.940 And I wonder 00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:59.019 Well this is how you do it 00:33:59.019 --> 00:34:01.379 And I don't know 00:34:01.379 --> 00:34:02.379 How to build a pipe 00:34:02.379 --> 00:34:03.160 Or water system 00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:04.440 But there's something 00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:05.039 About wealth 00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:06.240 That makes you think 00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.859 That you're smarter 00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:07.359 Than others 00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:08.360 Wealth makes you 00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.119 Feel secure 00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.480 Right 00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:11.139 Wealth makes you 00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.820 Feel secure 00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.820 It doesn't make you 00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:14.239 Think about the future 00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:14.780 Or what happens 00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:15.460 After you die 00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:16.320 It doesn't make you 00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:17.000 Think about building 00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.960 Wealth in heaven 00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.380 It makes you think 00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:19.099 About building wealth 00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.420 Down here 00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.639 Riches can distort 00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.179 Your thinking 00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:21.780 They can make you 00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:22.820 Think differently 00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:24.040 They made this rich guy 00:34:24.040 --> 00:34:25.500 Think very differently 00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:25.980 Didn't they 00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:27.860 He compared himself 00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:28.280 To Moses 00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:28.940 And to Abraham 00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:31.400 And sometimes 00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:32.980 You and I do also 00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:36.659 Having wealth 00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.740 Like we do 00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:38.960 In the top 4% 00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:40.840 Can often blind us 00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.659 To our blindness 00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:47.420 I mean money is good 00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:49.639 Don't get me wrong 00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:52.099 But it's dangerous 00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:54.039 And so Jesus 00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:55.059 Asks him this question 00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:56.039 What one thing 00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.639 Do you lack 00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.639 One thing you lack 00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.240 And the minute 00:34:58.240 --> 00:34:59.059 He asks that question 00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.599 He exposes 00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.719 The ruler's heart 00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:01.259 He exposes 00:35:01.259 --> 00:35:02.059 The ruler's idols 00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.659 He exposes 00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:04.139 The ruler's God 00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:06.500 And he sees 00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:07.199 What he's really 00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:07.899 Clinging to 00:35:07.899 --> 00:35:10.799 So the question 00:35:10.799 --> 00:35:11.419 Would be for me 00:35:11.419 --> 00:35:11.980 Is what 00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:13.759 Would Jesus 00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:15.359 Say to you 00:35:15.359 --> 00:35:19.879 As Jesus 00:35:19.879 --> 00:35:20.579 Talking to you 00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:20.859 Tonight 00:35:20.859 --> 00:35:21.619 Before you go to bed 00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:21.939 And he said 00:35:21.939 --> 00:35:22.219 You know 00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:23.639 There's one thing 00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:24.279 You lack 00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:28.220 What would be 00:35:28.220 --> 00:35:28.680 That thing 00:35:28.680 --> 00:35:31.280 What would be 00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:31.660 The thing 00:35:31.660 --> 00:35:32.240 That you have 00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:32.700 In your heart 00:35:32.700 --> 00:35:33.040 That if you 00:35:33.040 --> 00:35:33.580 Weren't a Christian 00:35:33.580 --> 00:35:34.120 You would rely 00:35:34.120 --> 00:35:34.560 On it more 00:35:34.560 --> 00:35:35.380 Than anything else 00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:37.360 To make your life 00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:37.700 Good 00:35:37.700 --> 00:35:39.540 And acceptable 00:35:39.540 --> 00:35:41.700 And comforting 00:35:41.700 --> 00:35:44.019 And important 00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:45.940 And Jesus 00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.580 Is asking 00:35:46.580 --> 00:35:47.400 The disciples 00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:48.200 He's asking 00:35:48.200 --> 00:35:48.580 Us 00:35:48.580 --> 00:35:49.080 He's asking 00:35:49.080 --> 00:35:49.740 This young man 00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:50.700 What is it 00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:51.420 That's in your life 00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:51.940 That you wouldn't 00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.760 Want to give away 00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:54.300 What is it 00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:54.980 That's in your life 00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.740 That you hold on to 00:35:55.740 --> 00:35:56.300 That you cling to 00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:56.700 What is it 00:35:56.700 --> 00:35:57.180 That gives you 00:35:57.180 --> 00:35:58.600 Identity and peace 00:35:58.600 --> 00:35:59.320 And security 00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:01.240 What is it 00:36:01.240 --> 00:36:01.600 That makes you 00:36:01.600 --> 00:36:02.220 Feel in control 00:36:02.220 --> 00:36:02.680 And if you don't 00:36:02.680 --> 00:36:02.980 Have it 00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:04.580 You feel out of control 00:36:04.580 --> 00:36:06.480 I mean 00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:07.060 I don't want to 00:36:07.060 --> 00:36:07.580 Use names 00:36:07.580 --> 00:36:08.060 Or examples 00:36:08.060 --> 00:36:08.740 But we all know 00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:09.380 People like that 00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:09.680 Right 00:36:09.680 --> 00:36:11.580 We all know 00:36:11.580 --> 00:36:12.400 People that if they 00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:13.800 Aren't married by now 00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:15.040 Their life is out of control 00:36:15.040 --> 00:36:17.460 And they just think 00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:18.900 God is so bad to them 00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:21.300 We know people right now 00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:21.880 Who you know 00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.360 If they don't have 00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:23.340 That job security 00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:24.460 Or that money set aside 00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:25.340 Or that third home 00:36:25.340 --> 00:36:25.820 That they need 00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:26.620 To live in Hong Kong 00:36:26.620 --> 00:36:27.880 You live in one 00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.480 You rent two 00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:29.780 They just feel like 00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:30.820 Wow I don't have security 00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:31.720 And things are not good 00:36:31.720 --> 00:36:32.519 We know people 00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:33.900 Whose health is bad 00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:35.180 And they blame God 00:36:35.180 --> 00:36:37.400 Because that's the one thing 00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:38.620 They need to hold on to 00:36:38.620 --> 00:36:40.860 We know couples 00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:42.720 Who can't have children 00:36:42.720 --> 00:36:44.720 And they're so angry 00:36:44.720 --> 00:36:46.500 And their lives fall apart 00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:48.240 Because that's their God 00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:49.120 That's what they're hoping on 00:36:49.120 --> 00:36:49.420 That's what 00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:50.400 That's going to give them meaning 00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:51.760 That's going to give them success 00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:56.860 What is it 00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.500 That one thing 00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:58.520 That you hold on to 00:36:58.520 --> 00:37:00.600 That if Jesus says 00:37:00.600 --> 00:37:01.420 You need to give this up 00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:01.680 You would say 00:37:01.680 --> 00:37:02.240 I can't do that 00:37:02.240 --> 00:37:02.620 I'm sorry 00:37:02.620 --> 00:37:04.900 Because the passage 00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:06.180 Is all about trusting him 00:37:06.180 --> 00:37:10.200 And what Jesus 00:37:10.200 --> 00:37:10.980 Is actually asking 00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:11.640 The rich man is 00:37:11.640 --> 00:37:12.020 Do you 00:37:12.020 --> 00:37:12.920 Do you trust me 00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:15.720 You've called me God 00:37:15.720 --> 00:37:18.800 You've called me good 00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:22.060 Do you believe that 00:37:22.060 --> 00:37:26.100 Do you believe I'm in control 00:37:26.100 --> 00:37:30.500 Do you believe I want your best 00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:34.420 I think sometimes 00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:35.300 We walk around 00:37:35.300 --> 00:37:35.920 And our lives 00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:36.720 Are out of control 00:37:36.720 --> 00:37:38.019 Because we have this 00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:39.519 One thing 00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:41.420 And we cling to it 00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:42.560 And we hold to it 00:37:42.560 --> 00:37:44.360 And because we do 00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:46.500 Our life is chaos 00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:50.519 And Jesus is looking 00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:51.480 In that ruler's heart 00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:51.900 And saying 00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:53.380 This is that one thing 00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:53.920 For you 00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:56.639 And until you give that up 00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:57.380 Until you trust me 00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:57.659 With that 00:37:57.659 --> 00:37:58.260 Until you trust me 00:37:58.260 --> 00:37:58.659 To be God 00:37:58.659 --> 00:37:59.239 Until you trust me 00:37:59.239 --> 00:37:59.699 To be good 00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:00.900 Your life 00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:02.880 Is always going to be lacking 00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:06.119 You're always going to hurt 00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:09.019 How are we doing 00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:12.440 He walked away 00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.660 Because he couldn't do the boxes 00:38:13.660 --> 00:38:14.360 Couldn't take the things 00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:15.039 He walked away 00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:16.539 Because his heart was hurt 00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:17.820 He realized how broken he was 00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:18.700 He realized that his God 00:38:18.700 --> 00:38:19.320 Was his wealth 00:38:19.320 --> 00:38:20.599 And not really God 00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.680 Even though he knew all the rules 00:38:21.680 --> 00:38:22.440 He knew everything 00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:25.380 If you're like me 00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:26.480 And you read these passages 00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:29.160 And you heard it for the first time 00:38:29.160 --> 00:38:30.440 But I pretty much guarantee 00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:31.240 I've probably read it about 00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:32.979 60 times 00:38:32.979 --> 00:38:35.039 In the last two weeks 00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:37.019 In many different 00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:38.659 Many different translations 00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:40.579 I read these things 00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:41.500 And I listen to these things 00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:41.779 And I go 00:38:41.779 --> 00:38:42.519 That's 00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:44.059 It sounds really good 00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:45.079 But that's really hard 00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:47.739 In fact I read these things 00:38:47.739 --> 00:38:48.199 I look at these things 00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:48.339 And I go 00:38:48.339 --> 00:38:48.799 That sounds 00:38:48.799 --> 00:38:50.119 Amazing 00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:52.519 But I don't know 00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:53.359 If I can do that 00:38:53.359 --> 00:38:57.199 I don't know 00:38:57.199 --> 00:38:57.739 If that's realistic 00:38:57.739 --> 00:38:58.500 In our world today 00:38:58.500 --> 00:38:58.759 I don't know 00:38:58.759 --> 00:38:59.339 If that's possible 00:38:59.339 --> 00:39:00.199 For me in Hong Kong 00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:01.599 In 2013 00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:06.819 And the passage says 00:39:06.819 --> 00:39:07.279 You're right 00:39:07.279 --> 00:39:10.059 You can't 00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:12.779 It's impossible 00:39:12.779 --> 00:39:13.799 With man 00:39:13.799 --> 00:39:17.199 But in verse 27 00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:17.960 Jesus says 00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:19.539 But what is impossible 00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:20.139 With man 00:39:20.139 --> 00:39:22.659 Is possible with God 00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:26.000 This is a very interesting story 00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:29.000 There's actually two 00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:30.519 Rich young rulers 00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:31.159 In this story 00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:34.320 There's one young ruler 00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:34.800 Who comes 00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:35.500 And he has everything 00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.239 And everybody loves him 00:39:36.239 --> 00:39:36.679 And they want to be 00:39:36.679 --> 00:39:37.280 Just like him 00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:39.059 And Jesus comes 00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:39.380 And he says 00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:40.340 The one thing you lack 00:39:40.340 --> 00:39:42.360 And when he hears that 00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:42.780 He 00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:44.820 Is in amazing grief 00:39:44.820 --> 00:39:45.420 And sorrow 00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:47.219 And he walks away 00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:47.920 With his head 00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:48.840 Down low 00:39:48.840 --> 00:39:51.159 And everybody watching 00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:51.860 Is in amazement 00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:52.800 Because he just can't do 00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:54.480 That one thing 00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:55.699 He can't give up his riches 00:39:55.699 --> 00:39:56.980 He can't give up his position 00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:58.740 He can't give up his authority 00:39:58.740 --> 00:40:02.340 But there's another young ruler 00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:02.960 In this story 00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:06.539 He came from the most amazing kingdom 00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:07.400 Ever 00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:09.099 Heaven 00:40:09.099 --> 00:40:12.420 And he heard the call 00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:15.880 He gave up all his riches 00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:17.960 The Bible says 00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:19.220 That he became poor 00:40:19.220 --> 00:40:21.780 So that we might become 00:40:21.780 --> 00:40:23.260 Rich 00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:25.780 In a week 00:40:25.780 --> 00:40:26.720 He's going to walk 00:40:26.720 --> 00:40:27.640 Through the streets of Jerusalem 00:40:27.640 --> 00:40:28.480 He's going to be beat 00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:29.320 He's going to be stripped 00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:30.660 He's going to be naked 00:40:30.660 --> 00:40:32.960 On a cross 00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:36.579 He's going to give up everything 00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:38.960 Like the young young ruler 00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:39.680 Was asked to do 00:40:39.680 --> 00:40:40.920 But he's going to do it perfectly 00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:44.599 For you and me 00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:46.779 And the amazing thing 00:40:46.779 --> 00:40:47.179 About that 00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:48.099 When you read the crucifixion 00:40:48.099 --> 00:40:48.759 Is that Jesus 00:40:48.759 --> 00:40:51.099 Jesus doesn't tithe his blood 00:40:51.099 --> 00:40:54.480 He doesn't just give us 10% 00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:56.139 Or 20% 00:40:56.139 --> 00:40:56.779 Or whatever that is 00:40:56.779 --> 00:40:57.900 But Jesus gives 00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:59.319 Everything 00:40:59.319 --> 00:41:03.440 He gives everything 00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:04.059 To you and I 00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:04.739 Who are poor 00:41:04.739 --> 00:41:06.339 And broken 00:41:06.339 --> 00:41:08.960 So that we might become 00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:09.619 His children 00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:12.199 His brothers and sisters 00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:14.159 Basically what Jesus 00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:14.779 Is saying here 00:41:14.779 --> 00:41:14.980 Is he 00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:16.119 Trust me 00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:18.279 Let me be your treasure 00:41:18.279 --> 00:41:20.279 Let me be your treasure 00:41:20.279 --> 00:41:20.819 In earth 00:41:20.819 --> 00:41:23.719 Let me be your treasure 00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:24.199 In heaven 00:41:24.199 --> 00:41:26.239 You can trust me 00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:28.480 Because I'm God 00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:32.319 And because I'm good 00:41:32.319 --> 00:41:36.939 How we doing? 00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:40.800 I don't know how you feel 00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:41.780 When you read this passage 00:41:41.780 --> 00:41:42.360 But to me 00:41:42.360 --> 00:41:43.559 I feel incredibly 00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:44.900 Overwhelmed 00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:47.559 That a holy God 00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:48.320 Would look at us 00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:49.480 Look at me 00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:52.340 Give up everything 00:41:52.340 --> 00:41:54.960 Become poor 00:41:54.960 --> 00:41:56.840 So that I might become rich 00:41:56.840 --> 00:41:59.280 Become beaten 00:41:59.280 --> 00:42:00.820 So that I might be healed 00:42:00.820 --> 00:42:02.740 Die 00:42:02.740 --> 00:42:04.539 So that I don't have to die 00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:07.179 Rise from the grave 00:42:07.179 --> 00:42:08.139 So that one day 00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:10.420 I will also 00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:14.719 And I don't have to do anything 00:42:14.719 --> 00:42:16.820 I don't have to tick a box 00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:18.719 I don't have to change 00:42:18.719 --> 00:42:21.139 I just have to surrender my life 00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:23.460 And trust Him to be God 00:42:23.460 --> 00:42:26.880 Father we just thank you for this day 00:42:26.880 --> 00:42:27.739 We thank you for your goodness 00:42:27.739 --> 00:42:28.239 In our life 00:42:28.239 --> 00:42:29.259 We thank you for this message 00:42:29.259 --> 00:42:30.420 Of this young young ruler 00:42:30.420 --> 00:42:32.440 It is so challenging 00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:33.219 And humbling 00:42:33.219 --> 00:42:35.639 Lord I know that even now 00:42:35.639 --> 00:42:36.679 There are people in here 00:42:36.679 --> 00:42:37.059 Who 00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:40.019 They don't know what to do 00:42:40.019 --> 00:42:40.539 With this passage 00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:41.179 And I don't know 00:42:41.179 --> 00:42:42.239 What to do with it sometimes 00:42:42.239 --> 00:42:44.879 Father I pray for us 00:42:44.879 --> 00:42:46.459 Who still hold on 00:42:46.459 --> 00:42:46.819 To 00:42:46.819 --> 00:42:49.519 That one thing 00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:50.199 In our heart 00:42:50.199 --> 00:42:52.699 I pray to us 00:42:52.699 --> 00:42:53.919 Who still try to 00:42:53.919 --> 00:42:54.599 Tick the boxes 00:42:54.599 --> 00:42:56.039 And do all the right things 00:42:56.039 --> 00:42:58.239 I pray for us Lord 00:42:58.239 --> 00:42:59.099 Who try to tick 00:42:59.099 --> 00:42:59.679 The right 00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:01.019 Pieces of paper 00:43:01.019 --> 00:43:02.819 And tie the right amount 00:43:02.820 --> 00:43:04.300 And serve the right way 00:43:04.300 --> 00:43:05.280 Hoping that we become 00:43:05.280 --> 00:43:05.960 Better 00:43:05.960 --> 00:43:07.980 And more good 00:43:07.980 --> 00:43:10.559 Lord would you speak to us now 00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:11.160 And just show us 00:43:11.160 --> 00:43:11.800 That that's 00:43:11.800 --> 00:43:13.960 If we do that 00:43:13.960 --> 00:43:15.380 We're going to be disappointed 00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:16.320 We're going to be lost 00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:18.600 We're going to be sad 00:43:18.600 --> 00:43:19.480 We're going to be grieved 00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:20.160 Deeply 00:43:20.160 --> 00:43:20.780 Deeply 00:43:20.780 --> 00:43:21.820 Grieved 00:43:21.820 --> 00:43:24.720 Lord help us to see your son 00:43:24.720 --> 00:43:25.880 Who was the young ruler 00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:26.840 Who did it all 00:43:26.840 --> 00:43:28.220 So that we might 00:43:28.220 --> 00:43:29.160 Have it all 00:43:29.159 --> 00:43:31.399 And come to you 00:43:31.399 --> 00:43:33.179 And Lord I pray for 00:43:33.179 --> 00:43:34.039 Some of us in here 00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:35.119 Who've made mistakes 00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:36.619 We've made a lot of mistakes 00:43:36.619 --> 00:43:38.500 We've made poor choices 00:43:38.500 --> 00:43:39.440 We haven't tithed 00:43:39.440 --> 00:43:40.039 We haven't seen 00:43:40.039 --> 00:43:41.119 Stuff as our stuff 00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:42.279 We haven't served 00:43:42.279 --> 00:43:43.500 We haven't just allowed you 00:43:43.500 --> 00:43:44.920 To surrender our life to you 00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:45.619 We're still holding on 00:43:45.619 --> 00:43:46.359 To things Lord I pray 00:43:46.359 --> 00:43:47.279 For those of us 00:43:47.279 --> 00:43:48.000 Who are in your family 00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:48.980 And we're trying to live that way 00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:49.859 As family members 00:43:49.859 --> 00:43:51.139 And even as family members 00:43:51.139 --> 00:43:51.779 It's even worse 00:43:51.779 --> 00:43:52.879 Because we know what we should have 00:43:52.879 --> 00:43:53.639 But we don't have it 00:43:53.639 --> 00:43:54.460 And we're trying to wonder 00:43:54.460 --> 00:43:55.219 Why we don't have it 00:43:55.219 --> 00:43:56.219 And this passage says 00:43:56.219 --> 00:43:56.779 We don't have it 00:43:56.779 --> 00:43:57.619 Because we're holding on 00:43:57.619 --> 00:43:58.119 To something 00:43:58.119 --> 00:44:00.159 We're holding on 00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:00.719 To an idol 00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:02.419 We're holding on 00:44:02.419 --> 00:44:03.500 To a small God 00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:05.179 That we're going to cling to 00:44:05.179 --> 00:44:05.799 Just in case 00:44:05.799 --> 00:44:06.359 Just in case 00:44:06.359 --> 00:44:07.379 You aren't really God 00:44:07.379 --> 00:44:07.919 And just in case 00:44:07.919 --> 00:44:08.899 You're not really good 00:44:08.899 --> 00:44:11.379 Lord I just repent 00:44:11.379 --> 00:44:12.480 And I ask your forgiveness 00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:13.079 For me 00:44:13.079 --> 00:44:14.159 And for this church 00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:15.759 And help us 00:44:15.759 --> 00:44:16.339 To be people 00:44:16.339 --> 00:44:17.099 Who love you 00:44:17.099 --> 00:44:18.259 And see you 00:44:18.259 --> 00:44:19.439 In amazing ways 00:44:19.439 --> 00:44:21.419 And trust you 00:44:21.419 --> 00:44:22.059 With everything 00:44:22.059 --> 00:44:22.539 And help us 00:44:22.539 --> 00:44:23.039 To be people 00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:23.699 Who trust you 00:44:23.699 --> 00:44:25.500 That you are the treasure 00:44:25.500 --> 00:44:26.280 That you are the treasure 00:44:26.280 --> 00:44:26.940 Here on earth 00:44:26.940 --> 00:44:28.599 And you are the treasure 00:44:28.599 --> 00:44:29.139 In heaven 00:44:29.139 --> 00:44:31.099 And we can walk 00:44:31.099 --> 00:44:32.039 No matter what happens 00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:32.599 Because we know 00:44:32.599 --> 00:44:33.099 You're there 00:44:33.099 --> 00:44:34.000 In your control 00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:37.980 Lord we come before you 00:44:37.980 --> 00:44:38.360 And we just 00:44:38.360 --> 00:44:39.739 We just marvel at your mercy 00:44:39.739 --> 00:44:40.579 And we grace 00:44:40.579 --> 00:44:42.980 And we thank you 00:44:42.980 --> 00:44:45.059 Help us to be a church 00:44:45.059 --> 00:44:46.420 That walks from these doors 00:44:46.420 --> 00:44:48.059 Wherever you send us this week 00:44:48.059 --> 00:44:50.320 Realizing that we're surrounded 00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:51.860 By rich young rulers 00:44:51.860 --> 00:44:53.460 Who are trying to do 00:44:53.460 --> 00:44:54.019 And be 00:44:54.019 --> 00:44:56.159 And yet we have 00:44:56.159 --> 00:44:56.639 The only thing 00:44:56.639 --> 00:44:57.679 That will truly bring them 00:44:57.679 --> 00:44:58.659 Peace and happiness 00:44:58.659 --> 00:44:59.400 And fulfillment 00:44:59.400 --> 00:45:01.360 And make them the way 00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:02.360 You meant for them to be 00:45:02.360 --> 00:45:02.980 Which is 00:45:02.980 --> 00:45:04.900 Your son 00:45:04.900 --> 00:45:07.980 Help us to take steps 00:45:07.980 --> 00:45:09.079 Of faith in that direction 00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:10.059 To point them to him 00:45:10.059 --> 00:45:12.559 We pray that they would 00:45:12.559 --> 00:45:13.539 Fall in love with him 00:45:13.539 --> 00:45:15.619 That eternity 00:45:15.619 --> 00:45:16.380 Would be different 00:45:16.380 --> 00:45:18.800 Not as they look at us 00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:19.720 And our imperfections 00:45:19.720 --> 00:45:20.500 And our brokenness 00:45:20.500 --> 00:45:20.900 For they say 00:45:20.900 --> 00:45:21.420 Look at him 00:45:21.420 --> 00:45:22.239 Who is perfect 00:45:22.239 --> 00:45:24.320 Who is broken for us 00:45:24.320 --> 00:45:26.579 Lord we love you 00:45:26.579 --> 00:45:27.880 We need you desperately 00:45:27.880 --> 00:45:30.219 Thank you that you are holy 00:45:30.219 --> 00:45:31.320 Thank you that you are righteous 00:45:31.320 --> 00:45:32.579 Thank you that you are good 00:45:32.579 --> 00:45:34.559 We pray all these things 00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:35.159 In your son Jesus 00:45:35.159 --> 00:45:35.900 Holy name 00:45:35.900 --> 00:45:37.159 Amen