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 Let me read it out loud for us.

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 Luke 18, verses 18 to 34.

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 And a ruler asked him,

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 Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 Why do you call me good?

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 No one is good except God alone.

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 You know the commandments.

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 Do not commit adultery.

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 Do not murder.

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 Do not steal.

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 Do not bear false witness.

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 Honor your father and mother.

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 And he said,

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 All these I have kept from my youth.

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 When Jesus heard this, he said to him,

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 One thing you still lack.

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 Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor.

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 And you will have treasure in heaven.

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 And come, follow me.

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 But when he heard these things, he became very sad.

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 For he was extremely rich.

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 Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said,

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 How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God.

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 For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle

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 than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.

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 Those who heard it said,

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 Then who can be saved?

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 But he said,

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 What is impossible with man is possible with God.

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 And Peter said,

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 See, we have left our homes and followed you.

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 And he said to them,

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 Truly I say to you,

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 There is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children

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 for the sake of the kingdom of God

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 who will not receive many times more in this time

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 and in the age to come eternal life.

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 And taking the twelve, he said to them,

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 See, we are going up to Jerusalem.

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 And everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets

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 will be accomplished.

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 For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles

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 and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon.

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 And after flogging him, they will kill him.

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 And on the third day, he will rise.

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 But they understood none of these things.

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 This saying was hidden from them,

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 and they did not grasp what was said.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 So before we start, I just want to apologize.

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 I don't have remote access right now to the slides,

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 so you're not going to see slides.

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 You'll just see that screen the whole time.

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 But I'll try to read to you the things that you need to know as it comes up.

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 We've all experienced in our life various forms of

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 and varying degrees of privilege.

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 In our world, privilege opens doors.

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 It gives you access to places and people that others might not have access to.

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 It tips the public perception in our favor.

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 It confers power on those who possess it.

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 But in our passage for today,

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 we learn something about God's kingdom that is surprising.

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 It teaches us that God's kingdom is not like any other kingdoms of this world.

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 It's an upside-down kingdom that even the rich and the powerful cannot enter.

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 In fact, it is impossible to enter the kingdom of God

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 except through faith in Christ the King.

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 That's really the main point of our passage.

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 And first, we're going to go through and talk about

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 the upside-down kingdom in verses 18 to 30.

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 And then we'll talk about an unlikely king in verses 31 to 34.

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 A ruler approaches Jesus in verse 18 and asks him a question.

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 And Luke usually tells us when he uses that word ruler

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 what kind of ruler it is,

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 whether it's a ruler of the synagogue in Luke 8

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 or a ruler of the Pharisees in Luke 14.

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 And when he doesn't specify it,

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 he's usually referring to the members of the Sanhedrin.

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 The Sanhedrin is the highest Jewish ruling council.

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 It rules on religious matters and political matters

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 and legal matters in the Jewish society.

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 It's the highest ruling body among the Jews.

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 And later, they're mentioned in Luke 23 and 24 as well

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 and simply referred to as the rulers.

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 And so it's probably a member of the Sanhedrin

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 that has come down from Jerusalem to interrogate Jesus.

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 And this would explain why Jesus assumed

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 that this ruler knows the commandments of God in verse 20.

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 And so if we consider that,

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 this ruler is a VIP in every measure.

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 He had religious standing.

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 He had political standing.

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 He had social standing.

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 And as we find out in verse 23,

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 he had economic standing.

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 Since he was extremely rich.

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 He has all the privilege that you can imagine in this world.

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 And he asks Jesus,

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 good teacher,

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 what must I do to inherit eternal life?

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 And to hear someone like this address Jesus,

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 to address him as good teacher,

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 and to seek his spiritual direction,

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 really must have been quite flattering to Jesus,

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 if you think about it.

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 Right?

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 Here is this great member of the Sanhedrin,

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 seeking Jesus out,

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 asking for his advice,

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 calling him good teacher.

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 But Jesus responds with a correction in verse 19.

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 He says,

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 Why do you call me good?

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 No one is good except God alone.

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 In the original language that this is translated from into English,

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 the personal pronoun me is in an emphatic possession.

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 It's in the front for emphasis.

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 So really we should read it as,

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 Why me do you call good?

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 No one is good except God alone.

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 And when he says that,

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 Jesus is not denying that he is, in fact, good.

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 He is good.

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 He is the Son of God,

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 the second person of the Trinity,

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 the triune God who alone is good.

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 He's a member of that,

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 so he is good.

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 But Jesus is here intentionally challenging

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 the rich ruler's shallow understanding of moral goodness.

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 Because this ruler only sees Jesus as a rabbi,

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 a human teacher,

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 and yet he is calling him good teacher.

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 This is what I call the PGP delusion,

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 the pretty good person delusion,

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 which is very common.

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 It's an epidemic.

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 Everyone that you talk to thinks they're a pretty good person, right?

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 Of course, then what's the need for hell,

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 and what's the need for heaven

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 if everybody's a pretty good person?

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 And many people in this world see themselves that way,

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 and especially religious teachers,

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 esteemed religious teachers like Jesus

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 were considered good people.

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 But this member of the Sanhedrin

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 really should have known better

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 because Psalm 53,

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 part of the Jewish scriptures

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 and part of our Old Testament,

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 says this,

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 The fool says in his heart,

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 There is no God.

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 They are corrupt doing abominable iniquity.

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 There is none who does good.

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 God looks down from heaven on the children of man

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 to see if there are any who understand,

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 who seek after God.

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 They have all fallen away.

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 Together they have become corrupt.

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 There is none who does good,

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 not even one.

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 This is what the scriptures that this ruler believes says.

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 There is not one man in this world

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 that is good in an absolute sense,

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 that God is good.

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 Only God is perfect.

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 Only God is good in that way.

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 Yet here is this ruler thinking

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 that he can attain eternal life

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 by doing good.

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 He thinks he can make the cut.

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 And Jesus kindly but firmly reminds him

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 that no human being

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 can be called good

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 in an unqualified sense.

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 That's precisely why Jesus had to come to save us.

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 As Jesus said in the preceding passage,

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 it's not those who trust in their own righteousness

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 that are saved,

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 but those who humbly entrust themselves

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 to what only God can do

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 to Christ's work of salvation on the cross.

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 Like a child,

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 it's only they who will be saved.

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 So we are not good people.

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 We are not good people,

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 but the good God has sent his son

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 to be the good teacher

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 to show us the way of salvation.

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 And so this ruler really unknowingly

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 is acknowledging a profound truth.

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 Yes,

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 Jesus in fact is good

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 in a much more profound sense

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 than you understand.

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 He is the son of God,

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 the chosen one,

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 the messianic king,

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 and he has come to save you.

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 And if this ruler really understood that

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 and knew who Jesus was,

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 he should have left everything behind

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 to follow him.

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 But as we see in the following verses,

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 he doesn't have that faith in Jesus.

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 This ruler's question

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 is exactly the same question

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 that the Jewish legal scholar

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 asked Jesus earlier in Luke chapter 10.

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 And Jesus answers that question

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 in much the same way

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 by pointing them back to God's law.

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 It says in verse 20,

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 you know the commandments.

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 Do not commit adultery.

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 Do not murder.

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 Do not steal.

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 Do not bear false witness.

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 Honor your father and mother.

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 And these commands come from

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 the Ten Commandments,

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 the famous Ten Commandments,

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 which is a summary

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 of the entire Old Testament law.

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 The first four of the Ten Commandments

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 deal with how we ought to love God

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 with our whole heart.

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 And the second half,

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 the last six of the Ten Commandments

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 deal with how we should love

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 our neighbor as ourselves.

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 And that's why the command

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 to love God with our whole selves

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 and love our neighbor as ourselves

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 is called the greatest commandment

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 because it sums up

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 the entire law of God.

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 And Jesus here only lists

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 the second half of the Ten Commandments,

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 the parts that deal with

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 our love for neighbor.

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 And that's not because

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 loving God is not important.

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 It's not because that's less important

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 than loving our neighbors.

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 In fact, we can't love our neighbors

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 rightly unless we love God.

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 But it's because,

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 as Jesus taught in Luke 10,

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 our love for God

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 is concretely expressed

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 in our love for neighbor.

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 1 John 4, verses 20-21

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 put it this way,

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 If anyone says,

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 I love God

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 and hates his brother,

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 he is a liar.

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 For he who does not love his brother

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 whom he has seen

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 cannot love God

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 whom he has not seen.

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 And this commandment

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 we have from him,

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 whoever loves God

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 must also love his brother.

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 Similarly,

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 our love for God

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 whom we cannot see

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 is evidenced,

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 it's demonstrated in

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 our love for the neighbors

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 whom we do see.

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 And so here,

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 Jesus uses the last commandments,

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 the second half

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 of the Ten Commandments

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 as a test.

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 Interestingly,

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 the Tenth Commandment

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 which says,

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 you shall not covet

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 is omitted from Jesus' list.

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 It's possible

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 that Jesus sees that

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 as the one command

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 that the rich ruler

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 is failing to keep,

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 but I don't think

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 that's what's going on

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 since Jesus doesn't

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 explicitly say that

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 in this passage.

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 I think it's more likely

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 that he's just listing a few

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 as representative

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 of the entire Ten Commandments

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 which happens frequently

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 in other parts of Scripture.

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 They'll list three or four

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 of the Ten Commandments

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 and say that

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 that represents the whole.

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 And the rich ruler's response

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 in verse 21

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 exposes his prideful delusion.

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 He says,

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 all these I have kept

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 from my youth.

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 Now,

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 when he says that,

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 he's not saying,

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 well,

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 I was a really bad kid,

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 but hey,

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 I cleaned up my act

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 when I grew up.

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 That's not what he's saying

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 because Jews believe

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 that the people

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 were only held accountable

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 for their moral actions

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 from their youth.

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 It's around 13 years of age.

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 And so what he's saying

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 in essence is,

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 well,

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 then I'm blameless

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 because I've kept it

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 from my youth.

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 He's saying,

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 well,

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 if that's the standard,

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 then I don't have anything

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 to worry about.

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 I'm all set.

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 And when Jesus heard this,

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 it says in verse 22,

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 he said to him,

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 one thing you still lack.

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 Sell all that you have

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 and distribute to the poor

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 and you will have treasure

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 in heaven

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 and come and follow me.

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 Jesus contrasts

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 the one thing

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 that the rich ruler lacks

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 with all that he has.

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 He seemed to have it all.

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 Political power,

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 social clout,

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 religious standing,

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 and extreme wealth,

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 which is the focus

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 of this passage.

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 But the abundance

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 of his wealth

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 was precisely

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 what caused

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 his spiritual lack.

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 As 1 John 3, 17 says,

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 if anyone has

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 the world's goods

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 and sees his brother

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 in need,

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 yet closes his heart

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 against him,

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 how does God's love

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 abide in him?

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 Similarly,

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 the rich ruler's

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 lack of generosity

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 toward the poor

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 revealed the lack

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 of love

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 for his neighbors.

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 Now,

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 does that mean

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 all of us

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 have to give up

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 all private ownership,

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 all of our possessions,

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 in order to get

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 into the kingdom of God?

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 I don't think

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 that's what this means.

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 I don't think

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 this means

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 that Christians

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 can't have

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 or use money at all.

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 It does not mean

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 that in order

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 to get into heaven

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 we all have to take

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 a vow of poverty

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 and beg for a living,

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 which some Christians

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 in church history

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 have done.

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 And we can see

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 this clearly

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 in the following passages,

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 which we'll look at

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 next week,

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 about the story

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 of Zacchaeus,

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 who is a rich tax collector

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 who does get saved.

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 And Jesus doesn't tell him

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 to give up all of his possessions

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 and follow him.

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 There's a reason

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 why Jesus makes this

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 the criterion

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 for entry into the kingdom

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 for this particular man,

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 for this rich ruler.

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 It says in verse 23,

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 But when he heard

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 these things,

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 he became very sad

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 for he was

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 extremely rich.

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 Jesus knew

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 that the love

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 of money

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 was the one thing

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 that held

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 this rich ruler

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 back from

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 wholeheartedly

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 following God.

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 Jesus' invitation

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 to follow him

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 is the standard way

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 to describe discipleship

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 in the Gospel of Luke.

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 A disciple

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 is someone

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 who follows Jesus,

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 who learns from him

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 by watching him,

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 imitating him,

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 and listens to his instruction.

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 And instead of responding

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 with joy

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 at Jesus' invitation

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 and gladly leaving it all

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 behind to follow Jesus,

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 this is an opportunity

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 of a lifetime.

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 And yet instead,

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 he turns away sad

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 because he loves

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 his money

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 more than he loves

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 Jesus.

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 He was unwilling

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 to relinquish

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 his extreme wealth.

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 This is a picture

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 of what Jesus

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 warned us about

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 in Luke chapter 16

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 verse 13.

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 No servant can serve

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 two masters,

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 for either he will

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 hate the one

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 and love the other,

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 or he will be devoted

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 to the one

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 and despise the other.

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 You cannot serve

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 God and money.

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 This rich ruler

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 was trying to serve

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 both God and money,

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 and Jesus makes it clear here

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 that you have to make

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 a choice,

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 either one or the other.

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 Even though this

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 rich ruler

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 was otherwise

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 a law-abiding Jew,

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 even though he was

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 blameless in some

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 other respects

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 of the law,

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 he lacked one thing.

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 Money was the one thing

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 he could not renounce.

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 And this is a choice

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 that faces all of us.

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 What is the one thing

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 that you lack?

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 What is the one thing

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 that you're not willing

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 to give up for God?

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 Who is the one person

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 that you love

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 more than you love God?

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 Is your academic performance

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 or your career advancement

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 the first priority

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 of your life?

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 Is ensuring the future

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 success of your child,

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 making sure that

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 she outshines

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 all of her peers,

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 is that the overriding

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 goal that takes

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 precedence over

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 your child's

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 and your family's

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 and your own

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 wholehearted pursuit

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 of God?

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 Is appeasing

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 or pleasing

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 your boyfriend

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 or girlfriend,

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 your husband

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 or wife,

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 your parents,

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 your boss,

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 or your professor

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 or advisor,

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 is that more important

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 to you

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 than pleasing Christ?

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 or as what's in view

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 in this passage,

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 is earning

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 and saving money,

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 more and more money,

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 so that you have

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 financial security

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 and a deposit

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 to enjoy life

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 in the future.

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 Is that

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 your most pressing concern?

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 All of these things

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 must be second

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 to Jesus.

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 Jesus must be first.

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 If you're going to call

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 Christ your Lord

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 and King,

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 we have to subordinate

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 all of our other

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 allegiances to Him.

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 Notice this.

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 I take comfort

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 and warning

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 from this passage often.

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 Notice that Jesus

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 does not negotiate

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 the terms of discipleship

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 as this rich ruler

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 turns away in sadness.

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 He's uncompromising.

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 He doesn't say,

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 oh, hey, hey,

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 just don't go just yet.

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 Let's talk some terms.

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 I see that you follow God

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 in a lot of other ways,

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 so here,

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 I'll lower the bar

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 for you a little bit.

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 It's okay

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 if you don't leave

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 your money behind,

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 if you still love it.

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 Just follow me a second.

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 Jesus does not do that.

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 He doesn't say,

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 I'll turn a blind eye

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 to that one thing

00:18:43.940 --> 00:18:44.700
 that you still lack.

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 He says,

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 one thing you still lack,

00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:48.799
 sell all that you have.

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 That's the only way

00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:52.279
 He can test

00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:53.039
 His true allegiance.

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 Sell all that you have

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 and distribute to the poor

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 and you will have

00:18:56.600 --> 00:18:57.460
 treasure in heaven

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 and come follow me.

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 You cannot follow me

00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:02.340
 until you renounce

00:19:02.340 --> 00:19:03.340
 your love of money.

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 You cannot be my disciple

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 as long as money

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 is more important

00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:10.559
 to you than me.

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 If your greatest desire

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 in life

00:19:13.879 --> 00:19:15.419
 is for earthly treasure,

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 then you cannot

00:19:16.659 --> 00:19:17.779
 by definition

00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:18.599
 have God

00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:20.179
 as your greatest treasure

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 and that's what it means

00:19:21.659 --> 00:19:22.480
 to be a Christian.

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 If we live

00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:27.039
 for the treasures of earth,

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 we cannot expect

00:19:27.899 --> 00:19:29.200
 to have treasure in heaven.

00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:32.539
 And seeing that

00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:33.119
 the rich ruler

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 had become sad,

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 Jesus laments

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 in verse 24

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 how difficult

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 it is for those

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 who have wealth

00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:39.940
 to enter the kingdom of God.

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 It's hard

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 for wealthy people

00:19:43.059 --> 00:19:43.960
 to enter

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 the kingdom of God.

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 It's highly unfortunate

00:19:48.600 --> 00:19:49.339
 that we live

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 in one of the richest parts

00:19:50.579 --> 00:19:51.680
 of the entire world.

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 24-7 Wall Street

00:19:55.600 --> 00:19:57.039
 which publishes

00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:57.839
 financial news

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 and opinion pieces online,

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 they reviewed

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 median household income

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 for all the data

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:05.200
 from the U.S. Census Bureau

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 for 381 U.S. metro areas,

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 the cities

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 and he concluded

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 that Boston,

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.559
 Cambridge, Newton,

00:20:11.679 --> 00:20:12.500
 this metro area

00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.720
 is one of only

00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:15.559
 five U.S. metro areas

00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:16.579
 where most households

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 earn at least

00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:19.279
 $85,000 a year.

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 It's one of the five

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 richest cities

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 in the entire country.

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 What that means

00:20:25.659 --> 00:20:26.099
 is this,

00:20:26.159 --> 00:20:26.839
 it's hard

00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:28.519
 for our neighbors

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 and our friends

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 to enter the kingdom

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 of God

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 because of their wealth.

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 Do you really get this?

00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:40.980
 As Christians,

00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:42.019
 we should know better

00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:42.980
 than to dream

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 of getting rich

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 and living large.

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 It is difficult.

00:20:52.659 --> 00:20:54.700
 That's what you daydream about.

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 If you daydream about

00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:58.000
 getting rich

00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:59.200
 and living large in life,

00:20:59.899 --> 00:21:02.559
 that is a spiritual emergency.

00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:06.259
 you're in grave trouble.

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 It's difficult

00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:11.299
 for those who have wealth

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 to enter the kingdom of God.

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 Why in the world

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 would you want to be rich?

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 Don't desire to be rich.

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 1 Timothy 6 says very clearly,

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 those who desire to be rich

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 fall into temptation,

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 into a snare,

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:29.259
 into many senseless

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:30.419
 and harmful desires

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 that plunge people

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 into ruin

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 and destruction.

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 For the love of money

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 is the root

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 of all kinds of evils.

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 It is through this craving

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 that some

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 have wandered away

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 from the faith

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 and pierced themselves

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 with many pains.

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 Thus falling into temptation,

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 into a stare,

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 into many senseless

00:21:49.320 --> 00:21:50.700
 and harmful desires

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 that plunge people

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 into ruin

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 and destruction,

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 does that sound

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 enjoyable to you?

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 There will be people

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 from our circles,

00:22:07.419 --> 00:22:08.519
 from our church,

00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:10.299
 that succumb

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 to this temptation

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 in the years to come.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 let's not fall

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 into the temptation.

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 Don't desire to be rich.

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 It breaks my heart

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.919
 every time I go sit

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 at a Starbucks somewhere.

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:33.899
 I invariably find somebody

00:22:33.899 --> 00:22:37.180
 scratching lottery tickets.

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 And sometimes

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 they're not wealthy.

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 Sometimes I see poor people

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 that have asked me

00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:43.200
 for money

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 that I've given money to

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 scratching lottery tickets.

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 That's where their hope is.

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 Yet it's dragging them away

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 from the Lord,

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 from eternal treasures.

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 If you work hard

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 and steward your resources well

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 and wealth is the incidental result

00:23:01.419 --> 00:23:01.779
 of that,

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 great.

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 In that case,

00:23:03.919 --> 00:23:05.240
 use your money generously

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:06.359
 for the kingdom of God.

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 Give sacrificially

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 to the advancement

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 of the gospel.

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 Give liberally

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 to the poor.

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 Do that.

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 But don't ever desire

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 to be rich.

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 Don't ever love money.

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 Jesus continues

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:21.980
 his explanation

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 in verse 25.

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 For it is easier

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 for a camel

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 to go through

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 the eye of a needle

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 than for a rich person

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 to enter the kingdom of God.

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 The camel

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 is the largest animal

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:33.120
 native to that part

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 of the world.

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 It can be about

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 seven feet tall,

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 complete with a giant

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 hump or two

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 in its back.

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 So you can imagine

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:42.140
 trying to get that

00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:43.000
 through an eye of a needle.

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 And it's supposed

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.759
 to be a silly image

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 but also a shocking image

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 that warns us.

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 It's impossible

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:52.019
 for the camel

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.420
 to go through

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:53.000
 an eye of a needle.

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 And so is Jesus saying

00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:55.660
 that rich people

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.440
 can't be saved?

00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:58.660
 Well, that can't

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.279
 possibly be.

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 So Jesus must be

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.299
 trying to say something else.

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:01.859
 That's kind of how

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:03.059
 we tend to rationalize it.

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:04.119
 In order to improve

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:05.440
 Jesus' teaching

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:06.220
 and make it more

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.639
 palatable to our sensibilities,

00:24:08.379 --> 00:24:09.500
 some people suggest

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.799
 that there was

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.440
 in Jerusalem,

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.680
 in ancient Jerusalem,

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:14.000
 a certain gate,

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:14.799
 not the main gate,

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 but a side gate

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 that was so low

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:19.339
 that in order for a camel

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:20.459
 to enter through it,

00:24:20.679 --> 00:24:21.519
 it had to kneel

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.359
 and humble itself

00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:23.439
 and it had to

00:24:23.439 --> 00:24:24.419
 unburden itself,

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 take whatever is

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 on its back off

00:24:26.139 --> 00:24:27.579
 before it can go

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:28.179
 through the gate.

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 And some people say

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.879
 that that's what this means.

00:24:30.939 --> 00:24:31.539
 Well, it doesn't mean

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.559
 that it's impossible

00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.159
 for rich people

00:24:33.159 --> 00:24:33.819
 to get into heaven.

00:24:34.379 --> 00:24:35.259
 What it means is

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:36.399
 that you have to

00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:38.279
 kind of lay it aside

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:39.819
 and then enter

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.419
 the kingdom of heaven.

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.259
 That's what this

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.959
 is referring to.

00:24:42.379 --> 00:24:44.480
 It's a romantic speculation.

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 The only trouble

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:47.240
 with that interpretation

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.980
 is that there's

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:49.019
 no evidence whatsoever

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:50.059
 in all of history

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:51.019
 for such gate

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.859
 existing ever

00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:52.779
 in Jerusalem.

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 And it seems

00:24:57.399 --> 00:24:58.299
 to have been invented

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:59.460
 in the 11th century

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 and it was a speculation

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.879
 based on

00:25:03.879 --> 00:25:05.019
 an earlier teaching

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:06.779
 that was allegorizing

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:08.379
 this text.

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.859
 The point of Jesus'

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.240
 illustration

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:13.159
 is not that,

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.420
 well,

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:14.200
 it's actually

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:15.399
 pretty easy to get into

00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:16.220
 as long as you just

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:17.300
 lay aside your wealth

00:25:17.300 --> 00:25:18.040
 and enter in.

00:25:18.320 --> 00:25:19.460
 The point of this

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:21.080
 teaching is that

00:25:21.080 --> 00:25:22.080
 it's impossible

00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:23.700
 for the rich

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:25.220
 to enter the kingdom

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:25.720
 of God.

00:25:28.320 --> 00:25:29.580
 A camel cannot go

00:25:29.580 --> 00:25:30.019
 through the eye

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.320
 of a needle.

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.980
 And that's confirmed

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:34.740
 by verses 26 to 27.

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:36.100
 Those who heard it said,

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:37.560
 then who can be saved?

00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:39.440
 But Jesus said,

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:41.440
 what is impossible

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:43.160
 with man

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:44.720
 is possible

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:46.600
 with God.

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:52.420
 That's precisely

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:53.120
 Jesus' point.

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.279
 It's impossible

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:55.220
 for the rich

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.420
 to enter the kingdom

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:56.759
 of God.

00:25:56.820 --> 00:25:58.080
 The allure of money

00:25:58.080 --> 00:25:59.680
 is so strong,

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.720
 the distractions

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:02.059
 that it creates

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:03.000
 is so numerous,

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:04.100
 the temptations

00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:05.140
 that it multiplies

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:06.640
 is so enticing

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:07.960
 that it's impossible

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.960
 for the rich

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:10.000
 to be saved.

00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:12.020
 As Bible scholar

00:26:12.020 --> 00:26:12.740
 Daryl Bach

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.320
 puts it,

00:26:13.580 --> 00:26:14.860
 wealth can shrink

00:26:14.860 --> 00:26:15.920
 the door of the kingdom

00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:17.540
 down to an impassable

00:26:17.540 --> 00:26:18.360
 people.

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.700
 The self-focused

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.800
 security

00:26:21.800 --> 00:26:22.640
 of the wealthy

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:24.040
 is a padlock

00:26:24.040 --> 00:26:25.560
 against kingdom entry.

00:26:27.280 --> 00:26:28.040
 In fact,

00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:28.660
 we can broaden

00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:29.040
 that further.

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:29.880
 It's impossible

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:31.120
 for any man

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:33.740
 to enter the kingdom

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.200
 of God

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:35.200
 with his own merit

00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:37.039
 and in his own strength.

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:39.019
 But here

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:40.279
 is hope.

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:42.180
 What is impossible

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:42.819
 with man

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:44.500
 is possible

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:46.400
 with God.

00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:47.319
 He's saying

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:48.220
 God alone

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:50.160
 can wean rich people

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:51.019
 away from their

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.600
 love of money.

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:52.860
 God alone

00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:53.740
 can wean us

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.279
 away

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:55.420
 from the various

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.519
 idols of our hearts.

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.519
 As Jesus

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.720
 speaks of salvation

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.759
 as something

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.400
 that is humanly

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:02.259
 impossible in this way,

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:03.120
 Peter seeks

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:04.219
 assurance from him.

00:27:04.679 --> 00:27:06.059
 In verses 28

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.759
 to 30,

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.959
 he says to Jesus,

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.239
 See,

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:09.399
 we have left our homes

00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:10.500
 and followed you.

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.179
 And he said to them,

00:27:12.699 --> 00:27:14.059
 Truly I say to you,

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.179
 there is no one

00:27:15.179 --> 00:27:16.139
 who has left house

00:27:16.139 --> 00:27:16.619
 or wife

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.059
 or brothers

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.639
 or parents

00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:18.299
 or children

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:19.619
 for the sake

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:20.279
 of the kingdom

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.899
 of God

00:27:20.899 --> 00:27:22.639
 who will not receive

00:27:22.639 --> 00:27:23.779
 many times more

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.939
 in this time

00:27:24.939 --> 00:27:26.019
 and in the age

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.619
 to come

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:28.000
 eternal life.

00:27:29.959 --> 00:27:30.899
 As we saw

00:27:30.899 --> 00:27:32.359
 earlier in Luke chapter 5,

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:32.859
 Peter,

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.240
 James,

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:33.579
 John,

00:27:33.679 --> 00:27:33.919
 Levi,

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.779
 all left

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.899
 everything behind

00:27:35.899 --> 00:27:37.659
 to follow Jesus.

00:27:39.679 --> 00:27:40.759
 And that's the key.

00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.619
 It's not leaving

00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:42.439
 everything behind

00:27:42.439 --> 00:27:43.299
 that saves you.

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:46.639
 It's laying it behind

00:27:46.639 --> 00:27:47.740
 so you can cling

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.399
 to Jesus

00:27:48.399 --> 00:27:49.719
 and follow him

00:27:49.719 --> 00:27:51.759
 that saves you.

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:53.279
 And many ancient Jews

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:54.039
 were disowned

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.819
 by their families

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.759
 for following Christ.

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.839
 And this happens

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.479
 today

00:27:57.479 --> 00:27:58.679
 to many Christians

00:27:58.679 --> 00:27:59.719
 in parts of the world

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.360
 where they face

00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:01.559
 ostracism and persecution

00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:02.600
 for following Jesus.

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.779
 So to some believers,

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.839
 following Christ

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:07.220
 may literally mean

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:08.620
 having to leave

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.380
 house or wife

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:10.380
 or brothers or parents

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:10.900
 or children

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.420
 for the sake

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:12.200
 of the kingdom of God.

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:14.299
 But for most of us,

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.400
 this is not literally true.

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:17.200
 But even if this is not

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:18.400
 literally true for you,

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.559
 to be a Christian

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:21.160
 is to be a person

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:22.500
 who has left house

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.240
 or wife

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:24.220
 or brothers or parents

00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:24.620
 or children

00:28:24.620 --> 00:28:25.180
 for the sake

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:26.039
 of the kingdom of God.

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:27.019
 in the sense

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:28.220
 of subordinating

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:29.279
 all of these

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:30.099
 responsibilities,

00:28:30.659 --> 00:28:31.019
 commitments,

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.720
 allegiances

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:33.079
 to following Christ

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:34.159
 first and foremost.

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:37.159
 You might own a house.

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:39.000
 You might have a spouse,

00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:39.420
 a sibling,

00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:39.759
 a sibling,

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.480
 parent, or child.

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.500
 But none of them

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.980
 must be the controlling

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:44.279
 center of your life.

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:46.200
 Your priorities

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:46.740
 and purposes

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:48.039
 must be submitted to

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.779
 and oriented

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.680
 around Christ.

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:52.279
 And that requires

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.879
 sacrifice.

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:55.599
 But it's worth it.

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:57.599
 Because look at the rewards

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:58.960
 that Jesus holds out to us

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.579
 in two parts

00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:00.299
 in verse 30.

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.500
 We will receive

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.559
 many times more

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.539
 in this time,

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.639
 that's the first stage

00:29:04.639 --> 00:29:05.139
 of our reward,

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.899
 and in the age to come,

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.799
 eternal life,

00:29:07.859 --> 00:29:08.799
 that's the second stage

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.460
 of our reward.

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.399
 Now these two stages

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:12.399
 correspond to the

00:29:12.399 --> 00:29:13.599
 already but not yet

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:14.399
 nature of the kingdom

00:29:14.399 --> 00:29:14.740
 of God

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.259
 that we have spoken

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:16.139
 about multiple times

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:16.759
 throughout the gospel

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.159
 of Luke.

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.819
 The kingdom of God

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:20.279
 has come in a real way.

00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:21.480
 It's broken into our world

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:22.319
 through the coming

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:22.799
 of Jesus.

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:24.159
 And it's established

00:29:24.159 --> 00:29:24.839
 by Him.

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.619
 However,

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:27.399
 it's not fully

00:29:27.399 --> 00:29:29.220
 consummated yet

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:30.500
 that will happen

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.579
 when Christ returns.

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.740
 So because we live

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.359
 in this already

00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:34.579
 but not yet reality,

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:37.000
 we in this time

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.879
 already experience

00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:38.680
 many times more

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.599
 the blessings of God.

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.980
 But in the age to come

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.720
 we will experience

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.539
 eternal life.

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:44.180
 And Jesus assures us

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.559
 of this.

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:44.899
 He says,

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.799
 Truly I say to you,

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:47.759
 He's saying,

00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:48.720
 I assure you,

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:50.039
 I guarantee it,

00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:51.220
 there is no one

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:52.619
 who has left house

00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:53.819
 or wife or brothers

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.839
 or parents or children

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.819
 for the sake

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:56.459
 of the kingdom

00:29:56.459 --> 00:29:57.059
 of God

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:58.220
 who will not receive

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:59.199
 many times more

00:29:59.199 --> 00:30:00.099
 in this time

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:01.439
 and in the age to come

00:30:01.439 --> 00:30:03.119
 eternal life.

00:30:05.439 --> 00:30:06.980
 Those who give Jesus

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.899
 the primacy

00:30:07.899 --> 00:30:09.159
 that is due to Him

00:30:09.159 --> 00:30:11.279
 in their lives

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.419
 become part of

00:30:12.419 --> 00:30:13.399
 the family of God,

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:13.919
 the church.

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:17.779
 And as the church

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:19.480
 lives out its calling

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.640
 as the family of God,

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:23.980
 as they share their lives

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.519
 and possessions

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.300
 with each other,

00:30:25.800 --> 00:30:27.100
 we may lose our homes

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:28.240
 as our exclusive

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:29.539
 private property

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:30.600
 but we gain

00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:32.039
 a hundred more homes

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:33.039
 in the homes

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.759
 of our Christian brothers

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.279
 and sisters.

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.779
 We may lose

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.420
 our spouses,

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.019
 siblings,

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:38.759
 parents,

00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:39.180
 and children

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:39.800
 but we gain

00:30:39.800 --> 00:30:40.700
 hundreds more

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:42.200
 in the family of God.

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:44.400
 And some of you

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:45.799
 have already experienced this.

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:47.200
 You have found

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.940
 in the church

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.580
 the family

00:30:48.580 --> 00:30:50.100
 that you have never had

00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:50.840
 in your birth homes.

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.539
 That's what Jesus

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:55.380
 is talking about.

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.640
 He said earlier

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:58.059
 in Luke 8 verse 21,

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.319
 My mother and my brothers

00:30:59.319 --> 00:31:00.180
 are those who hear

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.819
 the word of God

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.340
 and do it.

00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:03.680
 We receive many times

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.640
 more in this life

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:06.140
 and in the age to come

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:06.900
 we will also be given

00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.940
 eternal life.

00:31:08.580 --> 00:31:09.180
 In short,

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:10.319
 Jesus is assuring us

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:11.879
 whatever you give up

00:31:11.879 --> 00:31:12.399
 for God,

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:14.099
 no matter how much

00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:14.960
 you sacrifice

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.960
 for the sake of the kingdom,

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:17.059
 what you gain

00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:17.779
 from the Lord

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:19.379
 will be far greater.

00:31:25.659 --> 00:31:26.960
 And for many of us,

00:31:27.419 --> 00:31:28.399
 following Christ

00:31:28.399 --> 00:31:29.139
 and being devoted

00:31:29.139 --> 00:31:30.119
 exclusively to Him

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:30.899
 also will make us

00:31:30.899 --> 00:31:31.539
 more devoted

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:33.439
 people in our homes,

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:34.220
 in our families.

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:39.420
 because we're putting

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:40.519
 God's priorities first

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.600
 instead of being selfish

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.200
 in our homes.

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:45.120
 Perhaps you're not

00:31:45.120 --> 00:31:46.140
 a follower of Christ yet.

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.160
 You're weighing

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:48.759
 the costs of discipleship

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:50.079
 and you're wrestling

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:51.500
 with that one thing

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.600
 you still lack.

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.559
 Keep thinking about that.

00:31:53.600 --> 00:31:54.600
 What is that one thing?

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.940
 You're considering

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.539
 whether or not

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.000
 you're willing

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:59.140
 to pay that price

00:31:59.140 --> 00:32:00.059
 to follow Christ.

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:03.519
 Perhaps you've already

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.519
 counted the cost,

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.059
 you've decided

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.839
 to follow Christ,

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.720
 but you keep

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:08.319
 being lured back

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:09.099
 by the treasures

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.679
 of this world

00:32:09.679 --> 00:32:10.659
 in your backsliding.

00:32:11.899 --> 00:32:12.940
 The costs

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.899
 of following Christ

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.819
 are high,

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:16.419
 but they're nothing

00:32:16.419 --> 00:32:18.039
 compared to the rewards

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.579
 that Christ

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.460
 holds out for you.

00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:21.980
 Last summer,

00:32:22.179 --> 00:32:23.139
 I saw

00:32:23.139 --> 00:32:24.399
 that an American,

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:26.440
 not American,

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:26.720
 sorry,

00:32:26.899 --> 00:32:27.399
 Amsterdam,

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.579
 a Dutch art dealer,

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:31.039
 and historian

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:33.039
 named Jan Six.

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:34.039
 He purchased

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.720
 a painting

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.480
 at Christie's.

00:32:35.639 --> 00:32:36.619
 It's a famous

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:37.619
 British auction house.

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.839
 And the painting

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:39.419
 was entitled

00:32:39.419 --> 00:32:40.079
 The Portrait

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:41.359
 of a Young Gentleman.

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.460
 And the artist

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:43.500
 behind the painting

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.539
 was reputedly

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.460
 one of the disciples

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:46.439
 of the great

00:32:46.439 --> 00:32:47.899
 Dutch master Rembrandt.

00:32:48.659 --> 00:32:50.279
 And the pre-sale

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:51.279
 estimate of this

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:52.359
 painting was

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:54.299
 $20,000 to $27,000.

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.659
 Crazy, right?

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.519
 How a painting

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.199
 could be that expensive.

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:59.220
 But get this,

00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:00.120
 Jan Six paid

00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:02.539
 $172,000 for it.

00:33:03.360 --> 00:33:04.580
 About seven times

00:33:04.580 --> 00:33:05.039
 the value

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.680
 of that painting.

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.319
 So you might say

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:07.299
 that he was ripped off.

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:09.640
 But the art dealer

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:10.759
 was on to something.

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:12.840
 The young gentleman

00:33:12.840 --> 00:33:13.660
 in the portrait

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:14.279
 is wearing

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:16.140
 a velvet coat

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:17.539
 with an ornate

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:18.779
 white lace color.

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.840
 And Jan Six observed

00:33:20.840 --> 00:33:21.480
 that the way

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:22.559
 the lace color

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:23.840
 kind of curls

00:33:23.840 --> 00:33:24.600
 at its edges

00:33:24.600 --> 00:33:25.720
 as if you can put

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.839
 your finger under it.

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:28.500
 It was a clear

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.440
 giveaway that this

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:31.180
 was no ordinary painting.

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:33.480
 That no disciple

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.100
 of Rembrandt

00:33:34.100 --> 00:33:34.519
 could have

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.839
 painted such a thing.

00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:38.600
 He believed

00:33:38.600 --> 00:33:39.579
 that it was also

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:40.600
 a little bit too early

00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:42.039
 to have been done

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.700
 by a follower

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.799
 of Rembrandt.

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.500
 And so he

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:47.960
 gandered out,

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:49.539
 shot out $172,000

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:50.299
 to buy it.

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.819
 And it has paid off

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:52.440
 in spades

00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:53.220
 because the portrait

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:54.440
 is now being hailed

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:55.759
 by art historians

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.580
 as the first

00:33:56.580 --> 00:33:57.660
 previously unknown

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:58.779
 painting of Rembrandt

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.259
 to surface

00:33:59.259 --> 00:34:00.360
 in nearly half a century.

00:34:01.080 --> 00:34:01.600
 It was actually

00:34:01.600 --> 00:34:02.559
 by the Dutch master.

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:04.860
 And guess how much

00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:06.200
 the last Rembrandt painting

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.940
 was auctioned off

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.680
 for at Christie's,

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.619
 the exact same place?

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:10.179
 $33 million.

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:16.400
 The art dealer

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:17.760
 paid a very high price

00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:18.619
 for that painting,

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:20.139
 but what he gained

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:21.039
 was far greater.

00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:23.559
 He was willing

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:24.480
 to pay the price

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:25.460
 because he knew

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.739
 what it was

00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:28.500
 really worth.

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.179
 Likewise,

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.960
 only those people

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:34.659
 who see God

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:35.199
 truly

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:36.739
 as the infinite,

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:38.119
 priceless treasure

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:39.000
 that he is,

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:41.000
 they're the only ones

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.940
 that can forsake

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:43.000
 earthly treasures

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.679
 to follow him.

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:47.719
 Truly,

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.480
 I say to you,

00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:49.420
 no one

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.579
 who has left house

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.360
 or wife

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:51.840
 or brothers

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.420
 or parents

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:53.159
 or children

00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:53.860
 for the sake

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.360
 of the kingdom

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.940
 of God

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:56.279
 who will not receive

00:34:56.279 --> 00:34:57.539
 many times more

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.440
 in this time

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:59.000
 and in the age

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.480
 to come

00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:01.659
 eternal life.

00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:04.000
 Some of you

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.900
 are in the midst

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.380
 of this

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:06.559
 suffering

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:07.880
 and sacrifice.

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:09.400
 You live daily

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:10.139
 in the trenches

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:11.420
 of bearing the costs

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:12.639
 that you have counted

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.619
 to follow Christ.

00:35:14.279 --> 00:35:15.179
 But when it's hard

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.539
 for you,

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.559
 remember what you

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:17.079
 are gaining.

00:35:17.799 --> 00:35:18.799
 Remember what you

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.640
 laid aside

00:35:19.640 --> 00:35:20.100
 these things

00:35:20.100 --> 00:35:20.480
 for.

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.400
 Remember why

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:23.100
 you are fighting

00:35:23.100 --> 00:35:23.680
 for holiness.

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:25.060
 Remember why

00:35:25.060 --> 00:35:25.960
 you are saying

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.900
 no to the pleasures

00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.620
 of this world.

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:28.840
 Remember why

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.460
 you are saying

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:31.080
 yes to disrepute

00:35:31.080 --> 00:35:31.600
 in this world

00:35:31.600 --> 00:35:32.800
 because you see

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:34.240
 Christ is worth it

00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:36.180
 because he is

00:35:36.180 --> 00:35:37.260
 the priceless treasure.

00:35:39.160 --> 00:35:40.320
 And you will have

00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:40.740
 him

00:35:40.740 --> 00:35:42.340
 now

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:43.420
 and his family

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:43.760
 now

00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:44.480
 and in the age

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:44.960
 to come

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.860
 for eternity.

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.420
 you will get

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:47.320
 to enjoy him.

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:52.120
 But how

00:35:52.120 --> 00:35:53.280
 does this change

00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:54.000
 take place

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.480
 in us?

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:56.320
 How does that

00:35:56.320 --> 00:35:57.059
 reorientation

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.640
 take place

00:35:57.640 --> 00:35:58.579
 since it's impossible

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.260
 for the rich

00:35:59.260 --> 00:35:59.740
 to give up

00:35:59.740 --> 00:36:00.340
 their riches?

00:36:03.220 --> 00:36:03.820
 Taking his

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:04.460
 twelve disciples

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:04.980
 aside,

00:36:05.220 --> 00:36:06.059
 Jesus instructs

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.500
 them in verses

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:07.840
 thirty-one to thirty-three,

00:36:08.160 --> 00:36:09.000
 see we are going

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.820
 up to Jerusalem

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:11.019
 and everything

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.700
 that is written

00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:12.900
 about the Son of Man

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:13.660
 by the prophets

00:36:13.660 --> 00:36:14.640
 will be accomplished.

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:16.259
 For he will be

00:36:16.259 --> 00:36:16.839
 delivered over

00:36:16.839 --> 00:36:17.900
 to the Gentiles

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.980
 and will be

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:20.039
 mocked and shamefully

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:21.319
 treated and spit upon.

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:23.159
 And after flogging him

00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:24.019
 they will kill him

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:25.359
 and on the third day

00:36:25.359 --> 00:36:26.859
 he will rise.

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:29.039
 The Son of Man

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:29.559
 is a term

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:29.960
 that Jesus

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.920
 frequently uses

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:32.099
 to refer to himself

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.659
 indirectly

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:33.960
 and it highlights

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.500
 the fact that

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:35.119
 he is not only

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:35.960
 the Son of God

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.900
 but he is

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:38.000
 as he's described

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.500
 in other parts

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.000
 of the gospel

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.819
 but he's also

00:36:39.819 --> 00:36:40.579
 the Son of Man.

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:41.759
 He's God

00:36:41.759 --> 00:36:42.359
 who took on

00:36:42.359 --> 00:36:43.379
 human flesh,

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:44.199
 took on humanity.

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:45.059
 So he could

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:46.319
 identify with us.

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:46.920
 So he could

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:48.059
 take on our sins

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.799
 upon himself

00:36:48.799 --> 00:36:50.279
 and represent us

00:36:50.279 --> 00:36:51.179
 to God the Father.

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:52.940
 And this is now

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.960
 the fourth time

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:55.500
 Jesus is predicting

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:56.900
 his imminent suffering

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:58.059
 and it's a reference

00:36:58.059 --> 00:36:59.039
 to his death

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.679
 on the cross

00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:00.500
 and all of these things

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:01.199
 will be fulfilled.

00:37:01.339 --> 00:37:02.159
 He will be delivered

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:03.199
 over to the Gentiles

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:04.219
 in chapter 23.

00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:05.480
 He will be mocked

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:06.219
 and he will be shamefully

00:37:06.219 --> 00:37:06.519
 treated.

00:37:06.759 --> 00:37:07.379
 He will be killed

00:37:07.379 --> 00:37:07.960
 on the cross

00:37:07.960 --> 00:37:09.339
 but on the third day

00:37:09.339 --> 00:37:10.659
 he will rise

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:11.480
 again

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:12.440
 victoriously

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:13.199
 from the dead.

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:15.419
 And interestingly

00:37:15.419 --> 00:37:17.059
 each of the four

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.500
 predictions

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:18.279
 of suffering

00:37:18.279 --> 00:37:18.799
 that Jesus

00:37:18.799 --> 00:37:20.119
 makes in the

00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:20.759
 gospel of Luke

00:37:20.759 --> 00:37:21.619
 they assign

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:22.319
 responsibility

00:37:22.319 --> 00:37:23.219
 for his death

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:23.939
 to different

00:37:23.939 --> 00:37:25.039
 human parties.

00:37:26.379 --> 00:37:27.079
 In chapter 9

00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:27.619
 verse 22

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:28.259
 he said

00:37:28.259 --> 00:37:29.079
 it's the Jewish

00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:29.779
 elders

00:37:29.779 --> 00:37:30.819
 and chief priests

00:37:30.819 --> 00:37:32.119
 and scribes

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.879
 who are to blame.

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:34.659
 And then in chapter 9

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:35.239
 verse 44

00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:35.739
 he says

00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:36.679
 the hands of men

00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:37.279
 are to blame.

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:39.379
 And then in chapter 17

00:37:39.379 --> 00:37:40.539
 verse 25

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:40.980
 he said

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:41.919
 this generation

00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:42.780
 is to blame.

00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:43.980
 And here

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:44.740
 in chapter 18

00:37:44.740 --> 00:37:45.400
 verse 32

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:45.760
 he says

00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:46.780
 the Gentiles

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:48.139
 the non-Jews

00:37:48.139 --> 00:37:49.340
 the nations

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:50.019
 are to blame.

00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:51.639
 Now these four

00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:52.200
 predictions

00:37:52.200 --> 00:37:53.400
 then implicate

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:54.119
 Jews

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:55.260
 Gentiles

00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:56.280
 this generation

00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:57.400
 and humanity

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:58.559
 in general.

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:00.980
 People throughout

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.380
 history

00:38:01.380 --> 00:38:01.960
 have tried

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.820
 to single out

00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:03.280
 Jews

00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:04.680
 or Gentiles

00:38:04.680 --> 00:38:06.240
 or Pontius Pilate

00:38:06.240 --> 00:38:07.240
 or people

00:38:07.240 --> 00:38:07.880
 of Jesus'

00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:08.599
 generation

00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:09.320
 for being

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:10.760
 exceedingly wicked

00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:11.460
 and ignorant

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:12.120
 and for killing

00:38:12.120 --> 00:38:12.480
 Jesus

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.360
 but that's only

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:14.500
 partially true.

00:38:15.160 --> 00:38:15.740
 They were all

00:38:15.740 --> 00:38:16.140
 guilty

00:38:16.140 --> 00:38:16.540
 yes

00:38:16.540 --> 00:38:17.120
 but we

00:38:17.120 --> 00:38:17.680
 are all

00:38:17.680 --> 00:38:17.980
 guilty

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:21.760
 because it's

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:22.800
 for our sins

00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:23.220
 that Jesus

00:38:23.220 --> 00:38:24.000
 had to die

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:25.160
 on the cross

00:38:25.160 --> 00:38:27.040
 and we see

00:38:27.040 --> 00:38:27.840
 that agency

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:28.880
 in what

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:30.060
 Jesus says

00:38:30.060 --> 00:38:30.380
 here.

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:32.260
 He says

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:32.820
 see we are

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:33.260
 going up to

00:38:33.260 --> 00:38:33.560
 Jerusalem

00:38:33.560 --> 00:38:34.160
 and everything

00:38:34.160 --> 00:38:34.940
 that is written

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.720
 about the

00:38:35.720 --> 00:38:36.160
 Son of Man

00:38:36.160 --> 00:38:37.020
 by the prophets

00:38:37.020 --> 00:38:38.340
 will be

00:38:38.340 --> 00:38:38.940
 accomplished.

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:40.099
 that's a

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:40.599
 passive

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:41.019
 it's called

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.579
 a divine

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:42.119
 passive

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:43.460
 the agent

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:43.960
 of that

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.599
 accomplishment

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:45.360
 is God

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:45.860
 himself.

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:47.240
 He wrote

00:38:47.240 --> 00:38:47.780
 about it

00:38:47.780 --> 00:38:48.280
 through the

00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:48.780
 prophets

00:38:48.780 --> 00:38:49.720
 hundreds of

00:38:49.720 --> 00:38:50.679
 years before

00:38:50.679 --> 00:38:51.740
 and he

00:38:51.740 --> 00:38:52.240
 is now

00:38:52.240 --> 00:38:52.679
 bringing it

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:53.679
 to fruition

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:54.320
 and to

00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:54.780
 fulfillment

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:56.019
 through the

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.519
 hands of

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:56.760
 men.

00:38:58.579 --> 00:38:59.700
 It's God

00:38:59.700 --> 00:39:00.440
 who is

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:00.920
 doing it.

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.260
 Remember

00:39:01.260 --> 00:39:01.700
 what Jesus

00:39:01.700 --> 00:39:02.220
 said earlier

00:39:02.220 --> 00:39:02.720
 no one

00:39:02.720 --> 00:39:03.200
 is good

00:39:03.200 --> 00:39:03.980
 except God

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.340
 alone.

00:39:04.720 --> 00:39:05.179
 We all

00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:05.539
 lack

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:06.059
 something

00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:06.619
 there's one

00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:06.940
 thing

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.760
 we still

00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:08.179
 lack

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:08.840
 maybe more

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:10.340
 than who

00:39:10.340 --> 00:39:10.820
 can be

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:11.180
 saved.

00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:12.059
 That's

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:13.220
 the natural

00:39:13.220 --> 00:39:13.660
 follow-up

00:39:13.660 --> 00:39:14.079
 question.

00:39:14.740 --> 00:39:15.160
 And Jesus

00:39:15.160 --> 00:39:15.760
 answered

00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:16.860
 it's impossible

00:39:16.860 --> 00:39:17.519
 with man

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:18.440
 but possible

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:19.059
 with God

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:19.840
 and how

00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:20.460
 will you

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:20.840
 God

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.519
 make this

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:22.300
 possible

00:39:22.300 --> 00:39:23.480
 and Jesus

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:23.980
 says

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.840
 I will

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:25.420
 die

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:26.360
 on the

00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:26.860
 cross

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:27.660
 for your

00:39:27.660 --> 00:39:28.100
 sins

00:39:28.100 --> 00:39:28.400
 so that

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:28.840
 people

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:29.519
 who will

00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:29.880
 never

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:30.480
 otherwise

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:30.920
 return

00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:31.539
 to God

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:32.840
 can come

00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:34.840
 and find

00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:35.320
 forgiveness

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:37.680
 and find

00:39:37.680 --> 00:39:38.100
 eternal

00:39:38.100 --> 00:39:38.660
 life.

00:39:38.840 --> 00:39:40.960
 that's

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:41.220
 what we

00:39:41.220 --> 00:39:41.920
 read in

00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:43.220
 the assurance

00:39:43.220 --> 00:39:43.620
 of pardon

00:39:43.620 --> 00:39:43.980
 today

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:44.519
 in Psalm

00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:45.079
 130

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:45.840
 if you

00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:46.440
 O Lord

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:47.140
 should mark

00:39:47.140 --> 00:39:47.800
 iniquities

00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:48.440
 O Lord

00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:49.019
 who could

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.579
 stand

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:51.240
 but with

00:39:51.240 --> 00:39:51.760
 you there

00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:52.500
 is forgiveness

00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:53.100
 that you

00:39:53.100 --> 00:39:53.600
 may be

00:39:53.600 --> 00:39:54.100
 feared

00:39:54.100 --> 00:39:55.300
 I wait

00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:55.600
 for the

00:39:55.600 --> 00:39:55.800
 Lord

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:56.440
 my soul

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:56.900
 waits

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.220
 and in

00:39:57.220 --> 00:39:57.500
 this

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:57.880
 word

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.519
 I hope

00:39:58.519 --> 00:39:59.480
 my soul

00:39:59.480 --> 00:39:59.780
 waits

00:39:59.780 --> 00:40:00.079
 for the

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:00.220
 Lord

00:40:00.220 --> 00:40:00.579
 more than

00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:01.039
 watchmen

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.360
 for the

00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:01.660
 morning

00:40:01.660 --> 00:40:02.039
 more than

00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:02.640
 watchmen

00:40:02.640 --> 00:40:03.079
 for the

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:03.400
 morning

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:04.519
 O Israel

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:05.519
 hope

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:06.099
 in the

00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:06.440
 Lord

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:07.199
 for with

00:40:07.199 --> 00:40:07.639
 the Lord

00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:08.000
 there is

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:08.619
 steadfast

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.039
 love

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:09.739
 and with

00:40:09.739 --> 00:40:10.079
 him

00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:10.980
 is plentiful

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:11.420
 redemption

00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:12.179
 and he

00:40:12.179 --> 00:40:12.880
 will redeem

00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:13.280
 Israel

00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:14.280
 from all

00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:15.119
 his

00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:16.280
 iniquities

00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:18.360
 none of

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:18.840
 us can

00:40:18.840 --> 00:40:19.320
 stand

00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:20.500
 before God

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:22.679
 but God

00:40:22.679 --> 00:40:23.179
 had promised

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:23.820
 that he

00:40:23.820 --> 00:40:24.579
 would himself

00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:25.079
 come

00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:26.119
 to redeem

00:40:26.119 --> 00:40:27.559
 his people

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:28.619
 and that's

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:29.119
 what he does

00:40:29.119 --> 00:40:29.519
 through his

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:30.079
 son Jesus

00:40:30.079 --> 00:40:31.159
 the son of

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:31.619
 God comes

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:32.239
 as God's

00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:32.819
 representative

00:40:32.819 --> 00:40:34.000
 he

00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:35.000
 he comes

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.579
 as our

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:35.960
 king

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:37.179
 and he

00:40:37.179 --> 00:40:38.239
 who should

00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:38.980
 reign over

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:39.519
 us

00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:42.579
 who should

00:40:42.579 --> 00:40:43.759
 subjugate

00:40:43.759 --> 00:40:44.480
 all of

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:44.900
 humanity

00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:45.539
 to his

00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:46.019
 authority

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:47.539
 instead

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:49.179
 goes to

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:49.759
 the cross

00:40:49.759 --> 00:40:52.960
 to die

00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:53.400
 for our

00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:53.759
 sins

00:40:53.759 --> 00:40:56.259
 so that

00:40:56.259 --> 00:40:56.699
 we might

00:40:56.699 --> 00:40:57.299
 believe in

00:40:57.299 --> 00:40:57.519
 him

00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:58.940
 and willingly

00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.859
 follow him

00:40:59.859 --> 00:41:00.980
 as this

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.480
 rich ruler

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:02.000
 did not

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:02.300
 do

00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:07.920
 it's so

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:08.719
 countercultural

00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:09.340
 and it

00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:10.320
 defies the

00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:10.960
 expectations of

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:11.340
 the disciples

00:41:11.340 --> 00:41:11.860
 in such a

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:12.340
 way that

00:41:12.340 --> 00:41:12.840
 it says

00:41:12.840 --> 00:41:13.159
 they didn't

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:13.760
 understand

00:41:13.760 --> 00:41:14.039
 any of

00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:14.179
 this

00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:15.280
 in verse

00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:15.679
 34

00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:16.659
 I mean

00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:16.980
 not that

00:41:16.980 --> 00:41:17.260
 they didn't

00:41:17.260 --> 00:41:17.740
 understand

00:41:17.740 --> 00:41:18.199
 the words

00:41:18.199 --> 00:41:18.420
 that were

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:18.800
 coming out

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:19.079
 of Jesus

00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:19.380
 mouth

00:41:19.380 --> 00:41:19.860
 they understood

00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:20.360
 exactly what

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:20.539
 he was

00:41:20.539 --> 00:41:20.760
 saying

00:41:20.760 --> 00:41:20.920
 that he

00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:21.119
 was going

00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:21.440
 to suffer

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:21.960
 and die

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:22.780
 but they

00:41:22.780 --> 00:41:22.920
 didn't

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.380
 understand

00:41:23.380 --> 00:41:24.099
 how this

00:41:24.099 --> 00:41:25.079
 was supposed

00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:25.460
 to be

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:25.639
 the

00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:26.119
 fulfillment

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:26.579
 of the

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:27.539
 promises

00:41:27.539 --> 00:41:28.079
 of God

00:41:28.079 --> 00:41:28.840
 and the

00:41:28.840 --> 00:41:29.380
 prophecies

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:30.059
 of redemption

00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:31.460
 and salvation

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:34.119
 Jesus had

00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:34.400
 to do

00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:34.559
 that

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:34.800
 because

00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:35.000
 it's

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:35.420
 impossible

00:41:35.420 --> 00:41:35.840
 to get

00:41:35.840 --> 00:41:36.300
 camels

00:41:36.300 --> 00:41:36.679
 through the

00:41:36.679 --> 00:41:37.059
 eye of

00:41:37.059 --> 00:41:37.360
 a needle

00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:40.740
 becoming

00:41:40.740 --> 00:41:41.840
 a political

00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:43.159
 I guess

00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:43.720
 just a

00:41:43.720 --> 00:41:44.599
 king that

00:41:44.599 --> 00:41:45.179
 will overthrow

00:41:45.179 --> 00:41:45.579
 the Roman

00:41:45.579 --> 00:41:46.039
 empire

00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:46.639
 on behalf

00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:46.920
 of the

00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:47.119
 Jewish

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:47.500
 people

00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:48.039
 that would

00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:48.539
 free them

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:49.199
 from political

00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:49.720
 oppression

00:41:49.720 --> 00:41:50.240
 but they

00:41:50.240 --> 00:41:50.559
 would not

00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:51.079
 have delivered

00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:51.500
 them from

00:41:51.500 --> 00:41:52.340
 their spiritual

00:41:52.340 --> 00:41:53.260
 oppression

00:41:53.260 --> 00:41:54.659
 their slavery

00:41:54.659 --> 00:41:55.260
 to sin

00:41:55.260 --> 00:41:55.860
 and death

00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:56.860
 he would

00:41:56.860 --> 00:41:57.119
 not

00:41:57.119 --> 00:41:57.559
 wean

00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:58.240
 their hearts

00:41:58.240 --> 00:41:58.980
 off from

00:41:58.980 --> 00:41:59.659
 the idols

00:41:59.659 --> 00:42:00.940
 of their

00:42:00.940 --> 00:42:01.340
 hearts

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:03.380
 it's

00:42:03.380 --> 00:42:03.700
 when we

00:42:03.700 --> 00:42:04.140
 confess

00:42:04.140 --> 00:42:04.519
 Jesus

00:42:04.519 --> 00:42:04.940
 Christ

00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:05.340
 as our

00:42:05.340 --> 00:42:05.539
 Lord

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:05.960
 and believe

00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:06.200
 in our

00:42:06.200 --> 00:42:06.400
 hearts

00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:06.760
 that he's

00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:07.059
 the one

00:42:07.059 --> 00:42:07.579
 who died

00:42:07.579 --> 00:42:07.860
 and was

00:42:07.860 --> 00:42:08.180
 raised

00:42:08.180 --> 00:42:08.460
 for our

00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:08.880
 salvation

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.640
 that's

00:42:09.640 --> 00:42:09.860
 when we

00:42:09.860 --> 00:42:10.140
 become

00:42:10.140 --> 00:42:10.740
 one with

00:42:10.740 --> 00:42:11.140
 Christ

00:42:11.140 --> 00:42:11.380
 through

00:42:11.380 --> 00:42:11.780
 faith

00:42:11.780 --> 00:42:12.579
 so that we

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:12.820
 become

00:42:12.820 --> 00:42:13.500
 partakers

00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:13.860
 of his

00:42:13.860 --> 00:42:14.120
 death

00:42:14.120 --> 00:42:14.760
 and resurrection

00:42:14.760 --> 00:42:15.820
 and they're

00:42:15.820 --> 00:42:16.360
 born again

00:42:16.360 --> 00:42:16.720
 into the

00:42:16.720 --> 00:42:17.140
 family of

00:42:17.140 --> 00:42:17.320
 God

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:17.680
 and filled

00:42:17.680 --> 00:42:18.160
 with his

00:42:18.160 --> 00:42:18.559
 spirit

00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:19.920
 that's

00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:20.420
 the only

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:20.720
 way

00:42:20.720 --> 00:42:22.519
 that camels

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:22.980
 go through

00:42:22.980 --> 00:42:23.300
 an eye

00:42:23.300 --> 00:42:23.480
 of a

00:42:23.480 --> 00:42:23.640
 needle

00:42:23.640 --> 00:42:26.160
 and it's

00:42:26.160 --> 00:42:26.519
 when we

00:42:26.519 --> 00:42:27.500
 live in

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:28.220
 light of that

00:42:28.220 --> 00:42:28.660
 objective

00:42:28.660 --> 00:42:29.260
 reality of

00:42:29.260 --> 00:42:29.640
 what Christ

00:42:29.640 --> 00:42:30.079
 has done

00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:30.400
 that we

00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:30.840
 more and

00:42:30.840 --> 00:42:31.940
 more subjectively

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:33.059
 experience that

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:33.460
 freedom

00:42:33.460 --> 00:42:34.519
 in our

00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:35.619
 experience

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:40.519
 so have you

00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:41.219
 beheld the

00:42:41.219 --> 00:42:42.019
 glory of the

00:42:42.019 --> 00:42:42.500
 Lord Jesus

00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:42.960
 Christ

00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:45.500
 do you love

00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:45.739
 him

00:42:45.739 --> 00:42:47.440
 more than the

00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:48.059
 idols of the

00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:48.360
 earth

00:42:48.360 --> 00:42:51.719
 you have to

00:42:51.719 --> 00:42:52.199
 look at the

00:42:52.199 --> 00:42:52.940
 cross where

00:42:52.940 --> 00:42:53.840
 Jesus bled

00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:54.679
 for you

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:55.679
 look at the

00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:56.480
 empty tomb

00:42:56.480 --> 00:42:57.079
 where Jesus

00:42:57.079 --> 00:42:57.799
 was raised

00:42:57.800 --> 00:42:58.200
 from the

00:42:58.200 --> 00:42:58.420
 dead

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:58.980
 victoriously

00:42:58.980 --> 00:42:59.840
 before you

00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:01.680
 then let

00:43:01.680 --> 00:43:02.160
 go of the

00:43:02.160 --> 00:43:02.940
 idols of

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:03.400
 this world

00:43:03.400 --> 00:43:05.460
 let go of

00:43:05.460 --> 00:43:05.780
 your love

00:43:05.780 --> 00:43:06.160
 of money

00:43:06.160 --> 00:43:07.380
 and take

00:43:07.380 --> 00:43:07.760
 hold of

00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:08.380
 Jesus for

00:43:08.380 --> 00:43:08.820
 salvation

00:43:08.820 --> 00:43:09.240
 that's the

00:43:09.240 --> 00:43:09.780
 only way

00:43:09.780 --> 00:43:12.500
 I want to

00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:12.960
 conclude by

00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:13.620
 sharing a

00:43:13.620 --> 00:43:14.800
 verse from

00:43:14.800 --> 00:43:15.300
 one of my

00:43:15.300 --> 00:43:15.960
 favorite hymns

00:43:15.960 --> 00:43:16.700
 it's called

00:43:16.700 --> 00:43:17.420
 hast thou

00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:17.980
 heard him

00:43:17.980 --> 00:43:18.539
 seen him

00:43:18.539 --> 00:43:19.100
 known him

00:43:19.100 --> 00:43:20.840
 a 19th

00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:21.420
 century hymn

00:43:21.420 --> 00:43:21.920
 written by

00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:22.160
 Ora

00:43:22.160 --> 00:43:22.480
 Roman

00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:23.360
 it goes

00:43:23.360 --> 00:43:23.820
 this way

00:43:23.820 --> 00:43:25.079
 what has

00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:25.559
 stripped

00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:26.460
 the beauty

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:27.740
 from the

00:43:27.740 --> 00:43:28.300
 idols of

00:43:28.300 --> 00:43:28.699
 the earth

00:43:28.699 --> 00:43:30.679
 not a

00:43:30.679 --> 00:43:31.519
 sense of

00:43:31.519 --> 00:43:32.699
 right or

00:43:32.699 --> 00:43:33.099
 duty

00:43:33.099 --> 00:43:35.179
 but the

00:43:35.179 --> 00:43:36.500
 sight of

00:43:36.500 --> 00:43:37.179
 peerless

00:43:37.179 --> 00:43:37.579
 worth

00:43:37.579 --> 00:43:39.519
 teen

00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:41.579
 swear

00:43:42.960 --> 00:43:43.920
 where

00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:46.500
 sunt

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:49.099
 we

00:43:49.099 --> 00:43:51.000
 are

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:52.119
 STEVE

00:43:52.119 --> 00:43:53.159
 we

00:43:53.159 --> 00:43:53.360
 do

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:54.539
 you

00:43:54.539 --> 00:43:54.659
 you

00:43:54.659 --> 00:43:55.279
 you

00:43:55.279 --> 00:43:57.440
 I

00:43:57.440 --> 00:43:59.599
 you

00:43:59.599 --> 00:44:00.000
 you

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:03.159
 you