WEBVTT 00:00:00.860 --> 00:00:03.700 I'll just open this up by praying for us tonight. 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:15.099 Lord, those are great words for us to recite and to sing, that we would surrender all to 00:00:15.099 --> 00:00:15.339 you. 00:00:15.580 --> 00:00:22.679 And I just pray that that would sink from our mouths into our minds and right down into 00:00:22.679 --> 00:00:29.320 our hearts as we look to love and to serve you, Lord, to surrender all things to you, 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:38.340 and that we may find true joy, true satisfaction, that you would truly be all that we need. 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:40.439 In Christ's name, amen. 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:45.359 Tonight we'll continue to look at the book of Mark. 00:00:46.400 --> 00:00:50.019 We'll be in chapter 10, starting in verse 17. 00:00:51.900 --> 00:00:58.620 We kind of see in this section of Mark, Jesus continues to teach his disciples and to show 00:00:58.619 --> 00:01:01.519 them the nature and the character of the kingdom of God. 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:09.759 So, and right here in this passage, we'll begin with verse 17 and go through verse 31. 00:01:10.620 --> 00:01:12.459 And I'll read that for us as we start. 00:01:12.459 --> 00:01:21.359 And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:24.739 good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:28.299 And Jesus said to him, why do you call me good? 00:01:28.699 --> 00:01:31.599 No one is good except God, God alone. 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:33.359 You know the commandments. 00:01:33.539 --> 00:01:34.159 Do not murder. 00:01:34.459 --> 00:01:35.500 Do not commit adultery. 00:01:36.039 --> 00:01:37.079 Do not steal. 00:01:37.739 --> 00:01:38.959 Do not bear false witness. 00:01:39.179 --> 00:01:40.000 Do not defraud. 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:41.700 Honor your father and mother. 00:01:42.099 --> 00:01:45.540 And he said to him, teacher, all these I've kept from my youth. 00:01:46.140 --> 00:01:50.859 And Jesus looking at him, loved him and said to him, you lack one thing. 00:01:51.299 --> 00:01:56.340 Go, sell all that you have and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven. 00:01:57.039 --> 00:01:58.099 And come follow me. 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:02.780 Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful for he had great possessions. 00:02:02.780 --> 00:02:10.140 And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, how difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God. 00:02:11.020 --> 00:02:13.500 And the disciples were amazed at his words. 00:02:14.300 --> 00:02:19.039 But Jesus said to them, children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God. 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:24.740 It is easier for a camel to go through an eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter in the kingdom of God. 00:02:24.740 --> 00:02:27.200 And they were exceedingly astonished. 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:32.140 And he said to him, and they said to him, then who can be saved? 00:02:32.580 --> 00:02:37.200 Jesus looked at them and said, with man it is impossible, but not with God. 00:02:37.460 --> 00:02:39.159 For all things are possible with God. 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:44.300 Peter began to say to him, see, we have left everything and followed you. 00:02:44.300 --> 00:02:55.219 Jesus said, truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the gospel. 00:02:55.580 --> 00:03:06.200 Who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands with persecutions and in the age to come eternal life. 00:03:06.980 --> 00:03:09.200 But many who are first will be last. 00:03:09.660 --> 00:03:10.980 And the last verse. 00:03:14.300 --> 00:03:14.700 Hmm. 00:03:17.640 --> 00:03:18.740 There was this missionary. 00:03:19.740 --> 00:03:20.900 He left his home. 00:03:21.460 --> 00:03:22.380 He gave up his culture. 00:03:22.480 --> 00:03:23.500 He gave up his language. 00:03:24.780 --> 00:03:27.380 He buried three of his family members in one year. 00:03:28.520 --> 00:03:31.360 He was robbed for almost everything he had. 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:33.780 But except send the guy to jail. 00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:36.920 Because of the harsh penal code, he writes him a letter. 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:44.539 In the midst of all this, I guess he's in China, by the way. 00:03:45.199 --> 00:03:47.779 And in the midst of all this, there's the Boxers' Rebellion. 00:03:48.779 --> 00:03:55.759 In the missionary agency he's working with, they lose 58 of their people and about 21 of their children. 00:03:55.759 --> 00:03:59.819 And in the midst of that, he takes no reparations. 00:04:00.299 --> 00:04:03.079 He takes no action to defend them against that. 00:04:04.060 --> 00:04:10.319 But yet, his whole goal in that is to reach the people of this country and to see that they know Christ. 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:13.780 And towards the end of his life, he makes this statement. 00:04:13.879 --> 00:04:16.300 He says, I never made a sacrifice. 00:04:16.300 --> 00:04:20.300 Wouldn't that be kind of odd or strange? 00:04:21.340 --> 00:04:26.280 Maybe for some of us, kind of romantic, that kind of thing where I never sacrificed anything. 00:04:28.220 --> 00:04:29.780 And can you imagine that? 00:04:29.900 --> 00:04:33.540 Everything you've been through, every agonizing decision you've made, 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:38.560 everything that you've given up, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:41.319 of course we were like, that's a sacrifice. 00:04:41.500 --> 00:04:42.420 We've given this up. 00:04:42.420 --> 00:04:47.460 We've let this thing go of value that we've treasured for so long. 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:51.900 And could you make that kind of statement at the end of your life? 00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:54.160 You said, I've never sacrificed anything. 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:57.780 But what does he mean by this? 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:00.819 What does his life say about this? 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:04.460 In kind of interpreting life, it seems to say, 00:05:05.080 --> 00:05:08.500 it means living a life of following Jesus brings a certain fullness 00:05:08.500 --> 00:05:12.699 and a certain satisfaction that comes by no other means. 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:16.819 It doesn't come by staying in the comfort of your own home 00:05:16.819 --> 00:05:19.500 or your own country, in his case. 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:25.540 It only comes by following Christ and knowing his will 00:05:25.540 --> 00:05:29.860 and treasuring just the fullness and the joy that comes in him. 00:05:29.860 --> 00:05:34.240 So as we look at this rich young ruler tonight, 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:37.120 we see certain things about him. 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:40.100 Not all of these are bad things. 00:05:41.340 --> 00:05:42.379 Not all of these are good things. 00:05:42.540 --> 00:05:46.980 But we definitely see here him being sincere. 00:05:47.860 --> 00:05:52.300 As you kind of look in verse 17, it says, 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:53.980 And as Jesus was setting out on his journey, 00:05:54.080 --> 00:05:57.620 a man ran up to him and knelt before him and asked him, 00:05:57.620 --> 00:06:01.060 Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:06:02.519 --> 00:06:05.800 So Jesus is on his way, and this guy just kind of runs along 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:07.019 and kneels before him. 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:10.600 From the different, from the gospels, 00:06:10.660 --> 00:06:13.540 we kind of see that he's wealthy, he's rich, he's a ruler, 00:06:13.699 --> 00:06:17.660 so he runs out and kneels before Jesus, this teacher. 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:24.180 And that to be kind of a strange thing for him to do during that time, 00:06:24.660 --> 00:06:26.680 being in his kind of position of authority, 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:29.980 him being a ruler, him having that status in society. 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:33.280 But we see him running out before Jesus. 00:06:33.459 --> 00:06:36.019 Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:06:36.860 --> 00:06:38.579 So we see a sincerity there, 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:41.100 him not just thinking about himself, 00:06:41.300 --> 00:06:42.600 but what's to come, 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:44.220 him thinking about eternal life. 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:46.420 Wouldn't that be kind of a noble thing 00:06:46.420 --> 00:06:48.699 for him to earnestly to be seeking about 00:06:48.699 --> 00:06:52.560 what will happen in his life as it comes to an end? 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:55.680 And what if we kind of all thought that way? 00:06:55.860 --> 00:06:58.480 Like, if I knew what was to happen when I die, 00:06:58.579 --> 00:07:00.240 like, would that change how I live now? 00:07:02.139 --> 00:07:04.639 And I think he was kind of in that same mode here. 00:07:04.980 --> 00:07:07.019 He was wondering, like, if I die, 00:07:07.100 --> 00:07:08.120 what is going to happen to me? 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:14.439 So, he's sincere, he's earnest, 00:07:15.180 --> 00:07:17.980 he's anxious to know where his life is headed. 00:07:17.980 --> 00:07:24.280 And Jesus says to him, 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:25.860 why do you call me good? 00:07:26.420 --> 00:07:28.379 No one is good except God alone. 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:29.759 You know the commandments. 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:30.580 Do not murder. 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:31.800 Do not commit adultery. 00:07:32.280 --> 00:07:32.980 Do not steal. 00:07:33.480 --> 00:07:35.460 Do not bear false witness. 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:36.460 Do not defraud. 00:07:37.140 --> 00:07:38.240 Honor your father and mother. 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:42.700 And just considering this, 00:07:42.980 --> 00:07:43.879 Jesus starts off, 00:07:44.300 --> 00:07:45.280 why do you call me good? 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:45.319 God is good. 00:07:46.099 --> 00:07:47.179 Only God is good. 00:07:49.239 --> 00:07:51.739 So, he gets the mind of this rich, 00:07:51.819 --> 00:07:52.559 young, little working. 00:07:53.139 --> 00:07:57.479 He gets him to kind of see how he's defining good. 00:07:58.000 --> 00:07:59.479 Because either, right here, 00:07:59.559 --> 00:08:01.819 he's going to say, 00:08:02.859 --> 00:08:05.939 well, if only God is good, 00:08:06.819 --> 00:08:10.279 then who is the good teacher I'm talking to? 00:08:10.979 --> 00:08:12.819 Is he defining Jesus as being good? 00:08:12.819 --> 00:08:14.079 And in that, defining him, 00:08:14.620 --> 00:08:15.620 making him to be God? 00:08:17.379 --> 00:08:18.800 Well, his view of goodness 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:20.659 is merely from a human standpoint, 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:24.319 where he's subjectively comparing himself 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:25.860 to others around him 00:08:25.860 --> 00:08:29.139 and coming up with his own moral standard, 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:31.039 where he's kind of saying, 00:08:31.159 --> 00:08:32.960 well, according to these things, 00:08:33.340 --> 00:08:33.939 he's good. 00:08:34.100 --> 00:08:34.860 He teaches people. 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:35.539 I'm good. 00:08:36.340 --> 00:08:36.960 I'm rich. 00:08:37.159 --> 00:08:37.700 I'm a ruler. 00:08:38.539 --> 00:08:39.779 People respect me. 00:08:39.779 --> 00:08:43.879 So, how's he defining good here? 00:08:45.220 --> 00:08:45.819 And of course, 00:08:45.939 --> 00:08:47.639 he doesn't take the Peter approach. 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:48.839 He doesn't run up and say, 00:08:48.980 --> 00:08:49.959 you are the Christ. 00:08:51.039 --> 00:08:52.019 We don't see that here 00:08:52.019 --> 00:08:54.240 because we see how the rest of the passage goes. 00:08:54.299 --> 00:08:56.799 We see it doesn't go in that direction. 00:08:56.939 --> 00:08:58.079 It takes another turn. 00:08:59.439 --> 00:09:00.699 Because his response is, 00:09:00.959 --> 00:09:01.279 teacher, 00:09:02.419 --> 00:09:03.839 all these I've kept from my youth. 00:09:06.439 --> 00:09:06.839 Hmm. 00:09:06.840 --> 00:09:08.560 What does he mean by this? 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:11.100 He's kept all these things from his youth. 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:13.120 He's never stolen. 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:14.180 He's never lied. 00:09:14.759 --> 00:09:16.460 He's always honored his father and mother. 00:09:17.220 --> 00:09:18.139 He's never murdered. 00:09:18.500 --> 00:09:19.840 He's never bore false witness. 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:21.960 Not in any aspect. 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:24.800 Between the law and the Talmud, 00:09:24.940 --> 00:09:27.840 he's been able to keep himself holy 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:30.600 and pure and undefiled in every way. 00:09:31.900 --> 00:09:33.300 The holiest guy I know. 00:09:33.300 --> 00:09:33.320 Thank you. 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:33.379 Thank you. 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:37.840 Thank you. 00:09:39.340 --> 00:09:39.820 So, 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:42.000 what are we seeing here in his response? 00:09:43.540 --> 00:09:45.300 Could it be self-righteousness? 00:09:46.460 --> 00:09:48.420 Is he truly that genuine, 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:49.940 that he's never sinned, 00:09:49.980 --> 00:09:50.620 that he's never 00:09:50.620 --> 00:09:54.440 done anything wrong in his entire life? 00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:59.500 And as we get to his response, 00:09:59.560 --> 00:10:00.500 we're going to see that, 00:10:01.500 --> 00:10:03.000 that this is all self-deception. 00:10:03.180 --> 00:10:05.360 He's blinding himself in, 00:10:06.660 --> 00:10:09.680 and thinking he's obtained some type of perfection in this life 00:10:09.680 --> 00:10:11.800 that he can kind of hang his head on. 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:14.959 And we can see that, 00:10:15.179 --> 00:10:16.599 that we were all born into sin, 00:10:16.699 --> 00:10:19.179 that not outwardly, 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:21.919 we tend to do these things a lot, 00:10:22.419 --> 00:10:25.039 but in our minds and in our hearts, 00:10:25.159 --> 00:10:25.500 we can, 00:10:25.579 --> 00:10:26.799 we can see us, 00:10:27.299 --> 00:10:27.839 ourselves, 00:10:28.139 --> 00:10:28.899 hating our brother, 00:10:29.079 --> 00:10:30.740 and Jesus calls that murder. 00:10:30.740 --> 00:10:36.860 And can we somehow undo this nature? 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:37.940 No. 00:10:40.259 --> 00:10:40.919 And yet, 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:42.960 we see this guy here, 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:43.480 he's, 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:46.200 he's externalized the law that was given to him. 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:48.019 It's by saying, 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:49.159 what must I do? 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:51.180 In all his, 00:10:51.379 --> 00:10:52.100 in all his life, 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:53.680 these are just things that he's been doing. 00:10:53.799 --> 00:10:56.000 He's kind of building his checklist up. 00:10:56.060 --> 00:10:57.379 He's doing all these things, 00:10:57.379 --> 00:11:00.460 and he's considering himself good. 00:11:02.019 --> 00:11:03.320 And we kind of see that 00:11:03.320 --> 00:11:04.919 every wrong thought, 00:11:05.620 --> 00:11:06.939 every misplaced emotion, 00:11:08.059 --> 00:11:09.080 every thoughtless action 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:10.659 judges us guilty before God. 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:16.059 God in his holiness is unique and perfect 00:11:16.059 --> 00:11:17.480 and moral in every way, 00:11:17.620 --> 00:11:19.659 and we can't measure up to that standard. 00:11:20.379 --> 00:11:22.259 He can't even tolerate a single sin. 00:11:23.179 --> 00:11:23.860 As we kind of, 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:26.759 as we see where sin kind of derived from, 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:27.340 we see Adam, 00:11:27.439 --> 00:11:28.139 we see Eve, 00:11:28.620 --> 00:11:29.919 we see this one sin 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:32.439 separates man from God completely. 00:11:36.580 --> 00:11:37.460 So he's, 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:38.899 in his holiness, 00:11:39.159 --> 00:11:40.439 unique and perfect 00:11:40.439 --> 00:11:42.620 and set apart from us. 00:11:43.580 --> 00:11:44.620 He's not ordinary, 00:11:44.939 --> 00:11:45.759 he's not casual 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:47.399 in any way, 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:47.659 shape, 00:11:47.700 --> 00:11:48.100 or form. 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:48.580 He's, 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:49.939 he's not us. 00:11:49.980 --> 00:11:50.460 He's holy, 00:11:50.539 --> 00:11:51.200 he's perfect. 00:11:52.620 --> 00:11:54.500 And all of us have been tainted in some way. 00:11:54.500 --> 00:11:57.279 And a quote from, 00:11:57.279 --> 00:11:57.820 from J.C. 00:11:57.860 --> 00:11:58.419 Rowe says, 00:11:58.659 --> 00:12:00.679 so long as we think we can keep the law, 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:02.379 Christ profits us nothing. 00:12:03.740 --> 00:12:04.860 And we're going to see this in, 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:06.320 in the life of this rich young ruler. 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:07.539 So his, 00:12:07.659 --> 00:12:08.639 his ignorance, 00:12:09.220 --> 00:12:11.039 he's searching for this other, 00:12:11.340 --> 00:12:12.220 this other tool, 00:12:12.320 --> 00:12:13.759 this other thing that he can kind of 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:15.980 add to his arsenal of, 00:12:16.620 --> 00:12:17.840 of his to-do list, 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:18.639 where he said, 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:20.759 I've done this and this and this. 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:22.279 And these things have, 00:12:22.340 --> 00:12:24.159 have caused me to gain eternal life. 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:29.720 But it all just boils down to a trap. 00:12:29.980 --> 00:12:30.139 It's, 00:12:30.220 --> 00:12:31.360 it's become a trap from him 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:32.059 because he doesn't, 00:12:32.679 --> 00:12:33.840 he's not seeing where, 00:12:34.100 --> 00:12:35.220 where those things are leading him. 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:38.080 And, 00:12:38.419 --> 00:12:40.179 we kind of go on. 00:12:40.980 --> 00:12:41.480 And it says, 00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:42.580 Jesus looking at him, 00:12:42.819 --> 00:12:43.899 loved him and said to him, 00:12:44.419 --> 00:12:45.399 you lack one thing. 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:47.279 Go sell all you have 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:48.240 and give to the poor. 00:12:48.579 --> 00:12:50.039 And you will have treasure in heaven. 00:12:50.620 --> 00:12:50.879 Come, 00:12:51.100 --> 00:12:51.620 follow me. 00:12:54.019 --> 00:12:55.259 So we see here, 00:12:56.259 --> 00:12:57.659 he's kept all these things, 00:12:57.779 --> 00:12:57.959 yet, 00:12:58.120 --> 00:12:58.919 yet he's lacking. 00:13:01.019 --> 00:13:01.459 And, 00:13:01.539 --> 00:13:02.919 and I think when Jesus tells him 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:03.419 he's lacking, 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:04.899 he's probably not thinking 00:13:04.899 --> 00:13:05.839 in the same way that, 00:13:05.860 --> 00:13:06.720 that Jesus thinking. 00:13:08.039 --> 00:13:09.500 Because in his self-righteous state, 00:13:09.579 --> 00:13:09.860 he's, 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:11.000 he's thinking that he's done 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:11.839 all that he can do. 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:13.740 And he just kind of 00:13:13.740 --> 00:13:14.679 needs a, 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:16.360 an extra piece of that. 00:13:16.419 --> 00:13:17.139 He just needs kind of 00:13:17.139 --> 00:13:18.039 a bonus to, 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:19.340 to boost him along 00:13:19.340 --> 00:13:19.960 a little bit. 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:25.439 So Jesus 00:13:25.439 --> 00:13:26.779 kind of tells him, 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:27.019 or, 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:27.759 or better yet, 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:29.439 reveals where, 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:30.559 where this rich young ruler's 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:30.779 heart, 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:31.519 heart is at. 00:13:33.220 --> 00:13:34.319 And we see him 00:13:34.319 --> 00:13:35.639 go away. 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:36.279 It says, 00:13:37.199 --> 00:13:37.860 disheartened by 00:13:37.860 --> 00:13:38.919 this saying, 00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:40.519 he went away sorrowful, 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:41.960 for he had great possessions. 00:13:43.899 --> 00:13:45.039 He loved money 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:46.539 better than he loved his soul. 00:13:47.139 --> 00:13:50.179 He loved his possessions 00:13:50.179 --> 00:13:53.039 more than he loved himself. 00:13:55.899 --> 00:13:57.159 It's not much the fact 00:13:57.159 --> 00:13:58.179 that he had money. 00:13:59.299 --> 00:14:00.539 The fact is that 00:14:00.539 --> 00:14:01.720 he trusted in it. 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:03.360 He took comfort in it. 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:04.059 He made it 00:14:04.059 --> 00:14:06.019 security for himself. 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:08.799 It was the one thing 00:14:08.799 --> 00:14:10.399 that Jesus wanted him 00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:10.899 to give up 00:14:10.899 --> 00:14:11.360 that he, 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:12.360 he couldn't live without. 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:15.700 isn't this kind of 00:14:15.700 --> 00:14:15.899 the, 00:14:15.899 --> 00:14:17.200 the story that we all face? 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:20.159 A little raise here, 00:14:20.340 --> 00:14:21.279 a raise there. 00:14:22.379 --> 00:14:23.240 Maybe paid a lottery 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:23.980 a little bit 00:14:23.980 --> 00:14:24.320 and 00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:26.240 get a little extra money 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:26.539 and, 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:27.519 and that'll bring comfort 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:28.259 into our lives. 00:14:28.340 --> 00:14:28.659 We can 00:14:28.659 --> 00:14:30.159 take all the trips 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:31.259 that we were thinking 00:14:31.259 --> 00:14:31.919 about taking. 00:14:32.060 --> 00:14:32.500 We can 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:34.419 pay off all the debt 00:14:34.419 --> 00:14:35.320 that we have 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:35.560 and, 00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:36.500 and that will somehow 00:14:36.500 --> 00:14:38.060 kind of put us 00:14:38.060 --> 00:14:38.620 in a position 00:14:38.620 --> 00:14:39.159 where we, 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:40.759 where we no longer 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:42.259 need anything. 00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:45.059 And does God 00:14:45.059 --> 00:14:45.659 kind of fall 00:14:45.659 --> 00:14:46.519 under that category 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:48.360 in our comfort? 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:48.779 Do we, 00:14:48.899 --> 00:14:49.919 do we really need him? 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:51.259 Do we really seek him out? 00:14:53.059 --> 00:14:53.699 Is he really 00:14:53.699 --> 00:14:54.899 the one 00:14:54.899 --> 00:14:55.980 that we're trusting in 00:14:55.980 --> 00:14:57.399 and trusting to provide 00:14:57.399 --> 00:14:58.120 for us in that 00:14:58.120 --> 00:14:59.219 when we have 00:14:59.219 --> 00:14:59.899 all that we need 00:14:59.899 --> 00:15:00.319 right here? 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:08.500 So what do we do 00:15:08.500 --> 00:15:08.799 to, 00:15:08.940 --> 00:15:10.100 to keep our good 00:15:10.100 --> 00:15:10.860 intentions good? 00:15:10.980 --> 00:15:11.659 How do we, 00:15:11.659 --> 00:15:12.899 how do we 00:15:12.899 --> 00:15:13.840 fend against this? 00:15:16.100 --> 00:15:17.259 I think it's 00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:18.559 just knowing 00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:18.799 that, 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:19.779 that Christ is Lord 00:15:19.779 --> 00:15:22.220 and just knowing 00:15:22.220 --> 00:15:23.379 that he's Lord 00:15:23.379 --> 00:15:24.559 over all that we have, 00:15:25.100 --> 00:15:26.919 whether it's our lives, 00:15:27.080 --> 00:15:27.320 our, 00:15:27.320 --> 00:15:28.000 our time, 00:15:29.139 --> 00:15:29.639 our talents 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:30.220 and gifts, 00:15:31.179 --> 00:15:31.720 our money, 00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:35.500 not just 10% 00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:36.279 of those things, 00:15:36.399 --> 00:15:37.820 but all of it, 00:15:38.500 --> 00:15:39.379 he calls us 00:15:39.379 --> 00:15:40.240 to be good stewards 00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:41.120 in the way we 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:42.799 handle our time, 00:15:42.899 --> 00:15:43.360 the way we handle 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:43.879 our money 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:44.799 and all these things. 00:15:47.700 --> 00:15:48.179 So, 00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:50.700 just with that, 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:52.500 I love your soul 00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:53.220 better than you 00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:54.399 love your possessions. 00:15:54.399 --> 00:16:00.179 and, 00:16:00.179 --> 00:16:01.699 and next, 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:02.139 Jesus, 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:03.980 Jesus responds 00:16:03.980 --> 00:16:04.399 to him. 00:16:05.980 --> 00:16:07.179 It doesn't just kind of, 00:16:07.299 --> 00:16:07.600 in there, 00:16:07.659 --> 00:16:08.399 he just doesn't, 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:10.240 doesn't walk away 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:11.039 disheartened. 00:16:12.199 --> 00:16:13.039 It says, 00:16:13.360 --> 00:16:14.519 Jesus looking at him 00:16:14.519 --> 00:16:15.439 loved him. 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:16.779 Hmm. 00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:20.799 so this guy, 00:16:20.959 --> 00:16:21.100 he, 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:22.659 he's overwhelmed 00:16:22.659 --> 00:16:23.100 by 00:16:23.100 --> 00:16:25.159 this demand 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:25.799 that Jesus makes 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:26.439 on his life. 00:16:26.579 --> 00:16:26.799 He, 00:16:27.220 --> 00:16:29.360 he's about to go away 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:29.980 disheartening 00:16:29.980 --> 00:16:30.220 and, 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:31.439 and Jesus looks at him, 00:16:32.079 --> 00:16:32.620 loves him, 00:16:32.620 --> 00:16:33.899 and, 00:16:33.899 --> 00:16:34.459 and tells him 00:16:34.459 --> 00:16:35.299 what he needs to hear. 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:41.679 And, 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:43.339 you may think 00:16:43.339 --> 00:16:43.839 this is, 00:16:43.939 --> 00:16:44.959 this is kind of unloving. 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:45.300 He's, 00:16:45.300 --> 00:16:46.259 he's putting too high 00:16:46.259 --> 00:16:47.259 a demand on this man. 00:16:48.040 --> 00:16:48.480 Or, 00:16:48.580 --> 00:16:49.240 we may think 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:51.300 it's pretty reasonable. 00:16:51.780 --> 00:16:52.820 This guy's pretty wealthy. 00:16:52.940 --> 00:16:53.879 He can afford 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:54.639 to give it away. 00:16:55.660 --> 00:16:56.740 He's in the one percent. 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:58.900 He can do a little bit more 00:16:58.900 --> 00:17:00.400 for society, 00:17:00.500 --> 00:17:01.400 pay some extra taxes 00:17:01.400 --> 00:17:01.820 or something. 00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:08.039 And then we get to, 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:10.860 then we continue 00:17:10.860 --> 00:17:12.420 to look at verse 21. 00:17:12.420 --> 00:17:15.360 Maybe it's unreasonable 00:17:15.360 --> 00:17:16.039 because we look 00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:16.580 at this verse 00:17:16.580 --> 00:17:16.800 and, 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:18.920 if he has to do this, 00:17:19.980 --> 00:17:21.360 then I have to do this too. 00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:24.180 Jesus is commanding him 00:17:24.180 --> 00:17:24.660 to do this. 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:24.900 See, 00:17:24.940 --> 00:17:25.860 he's also commanding me 00:17:25.860 --> 00:17:26.620 to give up everything 00:17:26.620 --> 00:17:27.259 I have. 00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:28.660 Don't we kind of 00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:29.259 think that way? 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:31.100 We'll end up 00:17:31.100 --> 00:17:31.580 selling off 00:17:31.580 --> 00:17:32.380 all our possessions, 00:17:32.660 --> 00:17:33.259 moving to some 00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:33.960 deserted island 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:34.800 where we read 00:17:34.800 --> 00:17:35.779 the Bible to cannibals 00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:36.660 or something like that. 00:17:36.660 --> 00:17:41.860 But Jesus looks at him 00:17:41.860 --> 00:17:43.279 and he loved him. 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:45.980 He had his best benefit 00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:46.880 in mind. 00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:48.480 He wanted to see 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:49.660 this man prosper, 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:51.440 not in the way 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:52.700 that the rich young ruler 00:17:52.700 --> 00:17:53.820 wanted himself to prosper, 00:17:54.580 --> 00:17:56.420 but in a different way. 00:17:58.400 --> 00:17:59.440 He sees this guy 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:00.180 caught up in his 00:18:00.180 --> 00:18:01.160 self-righteousness 00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:02.660 and the comfort 00:18:02.660 --> 00:18:03.560 that his wealth 00:18:03.560 --> 00:18:05.140 kind of brings to him. 00:18:05.140 --> 00:18:09.560 And we see 00:18:09.560 --> 00:18:10.280 that's why he 00:18:10.280 --> 00:18:11.700 experiences this anguish. 00:18:12.660 --> 00:18:13.740 He's holding this thing 00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:14.500 so tightly 00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:17.140 that 00:18:17.140 --> 00:18:19.759 he just can't let it go. 00:18:23.600 --> 00:18:24.180 And yet Jesus 00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:25.140 knows this already. 00:18:26.620 --> 00:18:27.480 He's God. 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:30.259 He knows that this man 00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:30.940 is coming to him. 00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:32.259 We kind of see that 00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:34.140 in his dialogue 00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:35.580 with the Syrophoenician woman. 00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:39.800 Well, the Samaritan woman 00:18:39.800 --> 00:18:40.540 at the well, 00:18:40.840 --> 00:18:42.060 we see that there, 00:18:42.180 --> 00:18:43.280 him knowing 00:18:43.280 --> 00:18:45.120 and poking 00:18:45.120 --> 00:18:45.900 and prodding 00:18:45.900 --> 00:18:47.460 and asking these questions. 00:18:48.360 --> 00:18:48.820 But yet here, 00:18:49.140 --> 00:18:51.000 he still extends love 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:51.620 to this guy, 00:18:52.360 --> 00:18:53.140 even though his affections 00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:54.580 are elsewhere. 00:18:57.960 --> 00:18:59.380 Not only does he love him, 00:19:00.100 --> 00:19:01.600 he promises him treasure. 00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:05.139 And he says, 00:19:05.579 --> 00:19:07.219 and you will have treasure 00:19:07.219 --> 00:19:07.719 in heaven. 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:09.319 Come and follow me. 00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:13.299 And I guess this isn't 00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:14.559 the treasure he wanted. 00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:18.219 And we see in this 00:19:18.219 --> 00:19:19.879 statement that 00:19:19.879 --> 00:19:21.839 Jesus is offering him 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.379 this treasure, 00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:23.980 this treasure of eternal life 00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.980 that he's so desperately 00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:25.799 looking for. 00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:27.980 but yet, 00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:29.119 he's so, 00:19:29.220 --> 00:19:30.819 so tied to his 00:19:30.819 --> 00:19:31.559 earthly possessions 00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:31.899 that 00:19:31.899 --> 00:19:33.579 he's unwilling 00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:34.500 to let this go. 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:35.919 And this idol 00:19:35.919 --> 00:19:36.559 in his heart 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:38.119 just dethrones God 00:19:38.119 --> 00:19:38.440 and 00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:41.220 it draws his affections 00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:42.399 away from this good teacher 00:19:42.399 --> 00:19:42.740 who, 00:19:42.899 --> 00:19:44.019 who he's running to 00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:44.339 for, 00:19:44.579 --> 00:19:45.700 for this great answer 00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:46.519 that he thinks 00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:47.599 is going to 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:49.240 impact his whole eternity. 00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:54.859 And we kind of 00:19:54.859 --> 00:19:56.940 respond to 00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:58.019 our, 00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:59.660 our idolatrous actions 00:19:59.660 --> 00:19:59.920 in, 00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:00.839 in the same way. 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:02.400 God couldn't possibly 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:03.559 want me to get rid of that. 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:05.740 It's just so near 00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.700 and dear to my heart 00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.000 that 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:08.420 I really can't let it go. 00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:11.259 And then we kind of 00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:11.559 justify, 00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.759 justify when people 00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:13.759 try to hold us accountable. 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:15.299 God knows my heart. 00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:16.640 I mean, 00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:17.819 indeed he does, 00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.120 but, 00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:19.220 but do you know your heart? 00:20:19.900 --> 00:20:20.559 Are you deceived 00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:21.600 like this rich young ruler? 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.620 And have you confronted 00:20:28.620 --> 00:20:28.980 the, 00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:30.539 the things in your heart 00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:30.819 that, 00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:31.680 that pull you away 00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:32.220 from Christ? 00:20:32.339 --> 00:20:33.600 And going back 00:20:33.600 --> 00:20:34.319 a few chapters 00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:34.799 to, 00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:36.240 to Mark chapter four, 00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:41.740 he's, 00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:43.100 he's telling the parable 00:20:43.100 --> 00:20:43.980 of the sword here 00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:44.240 and, 00:20:45.700 --> 00:20:46.579 and I definitely think 00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:46.779 it, 00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.360 it applies, 00:20:47.620 --> 00:20:48.799 applies to the rich young ruler 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:49.259 here when, 00:20:49.919 --> 00:20:51.180 in verses 18 and 19, 00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:51.879 he says, 00:20:53.159 --> 00:20:54.159 and others are sown 00:20:54.159 --> 00:20:55.319 among thorns. 00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:56.879 There are those 00:20:56.879 --> 00:20:57.299 who wear, 00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:58.419 who hear the word, 00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:00.599 but the cares of the world 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:02.220 and the, 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:02.399 the see, 00:21:02.399 --> 00:21:03.579 the seefulness of riches 00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:04.500 and the desires 00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:05.419 of other things 00:21:05.419 --> 00:21:06.139 enter in 00:21:06.139 --> 00:21:07.139 and choke the word 00:21:07.139 --> 00:21:08.279 and it proves 00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:08.960 unfruitful. 00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:12.900 so this, 00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:13.680 our fruitfulness 00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:20.200 leaves him kind of, 00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:21.100 kind of useless. 00:21:21.299 --> 00:21:21.440 He, 00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:22.500 he goes away 00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:22.779 and 00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:24.819 we never know 00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:25.079 if 00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:26.340 this ever 00:21:26.340 --> 00:21:27.180 comes back 00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:27.940 and he ever 00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:28.980 thinks about it again 00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:30.920 but he walks away 00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:31.539 disheartened 00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:33.940 and sorrowful. 00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:38.820 you see Jesus here 00:21:38.820 --> 00:21:39.740 lovingly offering 00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.259 truth 00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:40.580 and 00:21:40.580 --> 00:21:42.380 this great gift 00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:44.220 that should be 00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:45.120 satisfying this young 00:21:45.120 --> 00:21:46.100 rich ruler's soul 00:21:46.100 --> 00:21:48.400 but yet he couldn't 00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:49.259 give himself fully 00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.680 to Jesus 00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.160 because, 00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.180 because of these 00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.600 possessions 00:21:51.600 --> 00:21:52.000 and 00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:54.019 we see here 00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:54.980 Jesus' verdict 00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:56.320 on the love 00:21:56.320 --> 00:21:56.740 of money 00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:59.000 and Jesus looked around 00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.900 and said to his disciples, 00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.799 how difficult it is 00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:02.500 for those who have wealth 00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:03.880 to enter the kingdom of God 00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:05.339 and his disciples 00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:06.119 were amazed 00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:06.920 at his words 00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:08.799 but Jesus said to them, 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:09.799 children, 00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:10.799 how difficult 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.900 it is 00:22:11.900 --> 00:22:12.740 to enter the kingdom 00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.319 of God 00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:14.640 it is easier 00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:15.200 for a camel 00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:15.720 to go through 00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.400 an eye of an eel 00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:17.700 than for a rich person 00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:18.480 to enter the kingdom 00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.039 of God 00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:20.900 and they were 00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.480 exceedingly 00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.220 astonished 00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:23.259 and said to him, 00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:25.200 then who can be saved? 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:32.740 through this account 00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.860 Jesus just continues 00:22:33.860 --> 00:22:34.940 to preach 00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.680 that the demands 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.480 of the kingdom of God 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:38.259 are so, 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.559 so radically different 00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:40.680 than our expectations 00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:43.319 and the bar 00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:43.940 is set high. 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:48.620 If the gate was broad 00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:49.900 then we all 00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.319 would enter. 00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.900 If everyone 00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:52.500 could follow 00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.279 their own path 00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.700 to God 00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:55.619 then why would 00:22:55.619 --> 00:22:56.940 he be so strict 00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:57.220 here 00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:58.319 as to say 00:22:58.319 --> 00:23:00.240 that it's harder 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.779 for a rich 00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.079 to enter 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:01.819 the kingdom of God 00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.619 than the camel 00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:03.019 to pass 00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.420 through an eye 00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:03.859 of a needle 00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:05.319 the biggest animal 00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:06.200 they ever seen 00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:06.720 in Palestine 00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.480 at this time. 00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:10.379 Not only was he saying 00:23:10.379 --> 00:23:11.859 that it was 00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.899 a difficult puzzle 00:23:12.899 --> 00:23:13.539 that could 00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:15.099 be sometime 00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:15.759 someday 00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.980 eventually figured out 00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.839 this was 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.899 an impossibility 00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:22.300 and the same 00:23:22.300 --> 00:23:22.780 holds true 00:23:22.780 --> 00:23:23.340 for the rich 00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:24.360 who merely 00:23:24.360 --> 00:23:25.220 trust in their riches 00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:25.820 who are merely 00:23:25.820 --> 00:23:26.860 satisfied 00:23:26.860 --> 00:23:27.560 by the riches 00:23:27.560 --> 00:23:28.320 that they have. 00:23:30.060 --> 00:23:31.160 Their difficulty 00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:33.420 turns into 00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:34.340 an impossibility 00:23:34.340 --> 00:23:35.040 at this point. 00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:39.060 And we're quick 00:23:39.060 --> 00:23:41.280 to point out 00:23:41.280 --> 00:23:42.160 the explicitly 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:43.000 bad things 00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:44.100 that we see 00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:45.120 in our own lives 00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:46.279 and around us 00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:47.819 murdering 00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.779 stealing 00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:50.479 lying 00:23:50.479 --> 00:23:52.319 and all of these 00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:53.000 things but 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:55.319 what about 00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:56.199 our idolatrous 00:23:56.199 --> 00:23:56.619 attitude 00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:57.539 towards good 00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.039 things 00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:59.579 the good 00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.099 things in our 00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:00.359 lives 00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:01.459 that we desire 00:24:01.459 --> 00:24:02.419 and hope 00:24:02.419 --> 00:24:02.759 for 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:04.059 what is our 00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:05.379 attitude like 00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:06.059 towards those 00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.519 things? 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.859 Are we merely 00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:13.179 trusting God 00:24:13.179 --> 00:24:14.119 because he's 00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:14.659 going to get us 00:24:14.659 --> 00:24:15.339 those things 00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:15.740 or 00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:17.459 are those 00:24:17.459 --> 00:24:17.859 things just 00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:18.599 kind of icing 00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.240 on the cake? 00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:19.779 Are they 00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.819 extra? 00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.839 Are we truly 00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:22.679 satisfied in 00:24:22.679 --> 00:24:23.000 Christ? 00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:27.059 And as we 00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.759 continue to move 00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.139 through this 00:24:28.139 --> 00:24:28.459 passage 00:24:28.459 --> 00:24:31.359 we see here 00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:34.219 we see him 00:24:34.219 --> 00:24:34.759 here with his 00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.279 disciples 00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:39.319 and they were 00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:39.980 exceedingly 00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.799 astonished 00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.379 and said 00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:41.819 to him 00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:42.859 then who 00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.240 can be 00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:43.720 saved? 00:24:45.099 --> 00:24:45.759 And Jesus 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.460 looked at them 00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:47.099 and said 00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:48.019 with man 00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.339 it is 00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.980 impossible 00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:50.339 but with 00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:50.759 God 00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.439 for all 00:24:51.439 --> 00:24:51.700 things 00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:51.879 are 00:24:51.879 --> 00:24:52.359 possible. 00:24:54.619 --> 00:24:54.939 You can 00:24:54.939 --> 00:24:55.339 almost hear 00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:56.139 them gasp 00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:56.419 here 00:24:56.419 --> 00:24:57.599 because as 00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:58.419 he says 00:24:58.419 --> 00:24:59.119 this twice 00:24:59.119 --> 00:25:00.200 they were 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:00.779 amazed 00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.419 they were 00:25:01.419 --> 00:25:02.179 astonished 00:25:02.179 --> 00:25:08.259 if this 00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:09.379 guy comes 00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:09.839 to him 00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:11.799 somehow 00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.539 has a 00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.079 leg up 00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.619 on them 00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:14.980 on the 00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.420 highway to 00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:15.680 heaven 00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.119 then 00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:17.339 what are 00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:17.940 their chances? 00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:18.859 How can 00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:19.220 they get 00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.500 there? 00:25:20.379 --> 00:25:20.619 And this 00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:20.920 is right 00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:22.420 in line 00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:22.920 with first 00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:23.240 century 00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.579 Jewish 00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.099 thinking 00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:25.700 that wealth 00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.599 and prosperity 00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.299 those things 00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.859 were signs 00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.920 of blessing 00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.619 from God 00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:30.740 that people 00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.119 that had 00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:31.720 these things 00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.660 were blessed 00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.859 they had 00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:34.419 favor 00:25:34.419 --> 00:25:35.419 on their 00:25:35.419 --> 00:25:35.839 lives 00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.139 and 00:25:36.139 --> 00:25:39.059 somehow 00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.599 that 00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:41.919 status 00:25:41.919 --> 00:25:43.679 showed 00:25:43.679 --> 00:25:44.079 that 00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.799 God 00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.539 delighted 00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:45.919 in them 00:25:45.919 --> 00:25:46.179 in a 00:25:46.179 --> 00:25:46.500 sense 00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:48.579 so these 00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.459 bunch of 00:25:49.459 --> 00:25:49.839 fishermen 00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:51.839 were together 00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:53.799 and they 00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.240 were wondering 00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:56.419 if this 00:25:56.419 --> 00:25:56.740 guy 00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.319 who's 00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:58.299 followed 00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:58.799 the law 00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.379 who's 00:25:59.379 --> 00:26:00.519 has this 00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:00.819 status 00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.559 who appears 00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:01.819 to be 00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.219 blessed by 00:26:02.219 --> 00:26:02.459 God 00:26:02.459 --> 00:26:02.919 can't answer 00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.340 the kingdom 00:26:03.340 --> 00:26:04.840 then what 00:26:04.840 --> 00:26:05.500 about us? 00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:06.460 How can 00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:06.820 we be 00:26:06.820 --> 00:26:07.120 saved? 00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:13.940 And we 00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.320 see here 00:26:14.320 --> 00:26:14.840 the disciples 00:26:14.840 --> 00:26:15.720 having to 00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.480 unlearn 00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:16.920 some of 00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:17.259 the things 00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.640 they grew 00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:17.980 up with 00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.279 in their 00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:18.800 society 00:26:18.800 --> 00:26:20.000 and in 00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.180 their 00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.620 culture 00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:25.519 they had 00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:25.759 to 00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.420 unlearn 00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:26.820 the things 00:26:26.820 --> 00:26:27.160 that they 00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:27.420 were 00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:28.539 hearing 00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:28.880 about 00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.380 salvation 00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:29.820 they had 00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:30.340 to unlearn 00:26:30.340 --> 00:26:30.740 the things 00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.860 that they 00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.220 were learning 00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.519 about 00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.079 deliverance 00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.339 from 00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:33.900 their 00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.259 sin 00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.720 and what 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:34.859 they 00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:35.019 would 00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.559 look like 00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.859 their 00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:37.420 good works 00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.279 were becoming 00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.720 useless 00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.700 their ethnicity 00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:41.200 was pretty 00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:41.980 much awash 00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.660 and high 00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:43.039 social 00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:43.599 standard 00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:45.099 high social 00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:45.700 standing 00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.940 was becoming 00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.440 meaningless 00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:47.799 as they 00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.099 began 00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:48.660 as they 00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.019 continued 00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:50.299 to hear 00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:50.680 and to 00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.099 learn 00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:51.599 and to 00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:52.960 follow 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.299 Jesus' 00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:53.900 teaching 00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:57.280 God 00:26:57.280 --> 00:26:57.720 but surely 00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:57.920 there 00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.160 can be 00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.440 something 00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:58.640 they 00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:58.780 can 00:26:58.780 --> 00:26:59.019 cling 00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.320 to 00:26:59.320 --> 00:27:00.800 but 00:27:00.800 --> 00:27:01.140 Jesus 00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:02.140 continues 00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:02.940 to tear 00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.360 all this 00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:03.640 down 00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:03.820 he 00:27:03.820 --> 00:27:04.220 continues 00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:04.540 to 00:27:04.540 --> 00:27:05.640 remove 00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:06.340 all of 00:27:06.340 --> 00:27:06.920 these 00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.220 other 00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:07.720 things 00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.080 and 00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:08.820 deconstruct 00:27:08.820 --> 00:27:09.780 everything 00:27:09.780 --> 00:27:10.220 that 00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:10.680 their 00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.080 worldview 00:27:11.080 --> 00:27:11.580 kind of 00:27:11.580 --> 00:27:12.060 brought 00:27:12.060 --> 00:27:12.460 together 00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:12.980 for them 00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:14.900 so who 00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.360 can be 00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:15.759 saved 00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:17.360 and he 00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:17.700 looked at 00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:17.840 them 00:27:17.840 --> 00:27:18.280 and said 00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:19.399 with man 00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:19.680 it is 00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.259 impossible 00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.799 but with 00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.039 God 00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:21.500 for all 00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.019 things 00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:23.099 are 00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:23.500 possible 00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:23.779 with 00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.119 God 00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:27.160 so 00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:28.579 in this 00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.200 the rich 00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.379 young 00:27:29.379 --> 00:27:29.619 ruler 00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.039 sheds 00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.480 light 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:32.920 on what 00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.240 we should 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.639 hold dear 00:27:33.639 --> 00:27:34.000 to our 00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.379 hearts 00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:35.920 he 00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:37.480 he gives 00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:37.839 us 00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:39.000 this picture 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:40.299 kind of 00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:41.119 contrasting 00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:41.559 what comes 00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:41.779 in the 00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.000 passage 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.399 before 00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:42.899 where 00:27:42.899 --> 00:27:44.240 the disciples 00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.940 are kind 00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:45.440 of holding 00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:45.799 the little 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.339 kids off 00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:46.779 from coming 00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.240 and like 00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:48.480 Jesus is 00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:48.880 like no 00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:49.759 let them 00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.160 come to 00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:50.380 me 00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:52.559 but we 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:52.839 see the 00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.180 rich young 00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:53.359 ruler 00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:53.680 coming 00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.079 here 00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:54.779 he seems 00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.059 to have 00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.460 access 00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.019 he comes 00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.720 he kneels 00:27:56.720 --> 00:28:00.460 and Jesus 00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.640 in this 00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.099 shows us 00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.359 that 00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:05.759 the rich 00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.240 who 00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:09.299 who value 00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:11.000 their treasure 00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.500 who value 00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.120 their possessions 00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:14.200 they're more 00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.779 far off 00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.480 than those 00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.059 little children 00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.720 that you've 00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.720 seen before 00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:21.000 and we 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.400 see here 00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:22.240 the gospel 00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.620 isn't 00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:22.920 gained 00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.400 it's 00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:24.000 received 00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:33.700 and this 00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:33.960 is just 00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.740 a valuable 00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.220 lesson 00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.720 right here 00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:37.299 that 00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:38.200 by faith 00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.579 alone 00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:38.819 through 00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.640 grace 00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.059 alone 00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:41.680 in Christ 00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:42.039 alone 00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.620 that's where 00:28:42.620 --> 00:28:43.259 our salvation 00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:43.880 comes from 00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:44.220 that's 00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.480 that's 00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:44.620 where 00:28:44.620 --> 00:28:44.840 we're 00:28:44.840 --> 00:28:45.200 saved 00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:46.960 he says 00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.660 with man 00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.460 it is impossible 00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.880 but with God 00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.620 all things are 00:28:50.620 --> 00:28:51.120 possible 00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:58.239 and yet 00:28:58.239 --> 00:28:58.539 in that 00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.199 he makes 00:28:59.199 --> 00:28:59.679 a promise 00:28:59.679 --> 00:29:00.039 to them 00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.459 as well 00:29:00.459 --> 00:29:01.899 we see 00:29:01.899 --> 00:29:02.539 we see 00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.299 Peter here 00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:05.000 maybe a little 00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.879 antsy 00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:06.599 after this 00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:09.039 he sees 00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.339 this 00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:09.939 rich 00:29:09.939 --> 00:29:10.500 young ruler 00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.099 coming 00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:13.239 he 00:29:13.239 --> 00:29:14.679 he's 00:29:14.679 --> 00:29:14.979 observing 00:29:14.979 --> 00:29:15.239 what's 00:29:15.239 --> 00:29:15.779 going on 00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.199 he's 00:29:16.199 --> 00:29:16.479 he's 00:29:16.479 --> 00:29:16.759 seeing 00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.039 he's 00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.279 he's 00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.579 hearing 00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:19.240 and Peter 00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.740 says 00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:21.259 see 00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.639 we have 00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:21.839 left 00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.199 everything 00:29:22.199 --> 00:29:22.639 to follow 00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:22.939 you 00:29:22.939 --> 00:29:25.599 and Jesus 00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:25.939 said 00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:26.299 truly 00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:26.659 I say 00:29:26.659 --> 00:29:27.059 to you 00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.779 there is 00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.139 no one 00:29:28.139 --> 00:29:28.399 who has 00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:28.599 left 00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:28.939 house 00:29:28.939 --> 00:29:29.399 or brothers 00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:29.980 or sisters 00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.480 or mothers 00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.059 or fathers 00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:31.659 or children 00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.599 or lands 00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:33.240 for the sake 00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:34.679 for my sake 00:29:34.679 --> 00:29:35.480 and for the gospel 00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.460 who will not 00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.539 receive a hundredfold 00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:38.740 now in this time 00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:40.159 houses 00:29:40.159 --> 00:29:40.859 and brothers 00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:41.559 and sisters 00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.159 and mothers 00:29:42.159 --> 00:29:42.740 and children 00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.359 and lands 00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:44.500 with persecutions 00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.839 and in the age 00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.159 to come 00:29:46.159 --> 00:29:46.919 eternal life 00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:52.039 and in this 00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.620 we see 00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:52.940 Jesus 00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.259 kind of 00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.900 going back 00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:55.300 to what he was 00:29:55.300 --> 00:29:55.920 saying to the 00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.880 rich young ruler 00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:58.060 come and follow 00:29:58.060 --> 00:29:58.380 me 00:29:58.380 --> 00:30:00.320 he's promising 00:30:00.320 --> 00:30:02.720 these things 00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.740 as they follow 00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.039 him 00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:06.200 the rich young 00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.539 ruler 00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:07.440 leaves this heart 00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:08.039 and then we see 00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.600 the disciples 00:30:08.600 --> 00:30:08.800 here 00:30:08.800 --> 00:30:09.480 they're still 00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.340 persevering 00:30:10.340 --> 00:30:11.320 they're following 00:30:11.320 --> 00:30:11.820 Christ 00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:15.039 and Peter interjects 00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.720 like we've left 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.240 everything 00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:18.240 he seems to be 00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:19.019 searching for 00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.339 an answer 00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:19.880 from Jesus 00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:20.680 to give him 00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.240 some hope 00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:24.420 like this guy 00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:25.099 he's not 00:30:25.099 --> 00:30:25.759 leaving anything 00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.079 behind 00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.779 but we've 00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.480 left everything 00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:29.779 and for the 00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.079 present 00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.759 he says 00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:32.720 they'll receive 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.559 a hundredfold 00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:39.179 and we don't 00:30:39.179 --> 00:30:39.679 see them 00:30:39.679 --> 00:30:40.179 we don't 00:30:40.179 --> 00:30:40.679 see the 00:30:40.679 --> 00:30:41.139 disciples 00:30:41.139 --> 00:30:41.839 going back 00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.139 to their 00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:42.440 homes 00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:43.679 we don't 00:30:43.679 --> 00:30:44.019 we don't 00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.339 see them 00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:44.740 obtaining 00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.839 great wealth 00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:46.279 throughout 00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.619 the 00:30:46.619 --> 00:30:48.480 history 00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.079 that is 00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.759 to unfold 00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.559 after this 00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:53.960 they're 00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.240 moderate 00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.679 for their 00:30:54.679 --> 00:30:54.940 faith 00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:57.139 so 00:30:57.139 --> 00:30:57.779 how is 00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.359 this 00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:58.700 true 00:30:58.700 --> 00:31:04.319 and Christ 00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:05.000 gives us 00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.740 such a 00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.299 marvelous 00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:07.759 family 00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:09.039 of brothers 00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.759 and sisters 00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.880 of mothers 00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.920 and brothers 00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:13.940 as we 00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.660 as we 00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:15.220 as you 00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.819 kind of think 00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.460 about Mark 00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:16.980 3 00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.500 verse 00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.360 verse 35 00:31:18.360 --> 00:31:18.940 where he says 00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.539 whoever does 00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.319 the will of God 00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:21.279 he is my 00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.680 brother 00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.420 and my 00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:22.819 sister 00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.900 and mother 00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:26.340 so we 00:31:26.340 --> 00:31:26.660 see 00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:28.060 so we 00:31:28.060 --> 00:31:28.519 see here 00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.240 manifested 00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:30.040 in our 00:31:30.040 --> 00:31:30.320 day 00:31:30.320 --> 00:31:31.480 the church 00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:32.040 the body 00:31:32.040 --> 00:31:32.519 of Christ 00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:32.820 knitted 00:31:32.820 --> 00:31:33.320 together 00:31:33.320 --> 00:31:34.740 all of us 00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.460 being many 00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:36.060 members 00:31:36.060 --> 00:31:37.720 being this 00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.340 family that 00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:39.259 he's talking 00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:40.019 about here 00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:42.280 but yet he 00:31:42.280 --> 00:31:42.960 also says 00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:44.040 persecutions 00:31:44.040 --> 00:31:46.620 that may turn 00:31:46.620 --> 00:31:47.120 some of us 00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:47.500 off 00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:50.140 but he says 00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:50.759 persecution 00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.280 will come 00:31:51.280 --> 00:31:52.080 with these 00:31:52.080 --> 00:31:52.500 things 00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:55.799 and I 00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.079 just kind 00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:56.339 of think 00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:56.720 about 00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:58.720 the book 00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:59.220 of John 00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.900 right before 00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.640 his high 00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:01.019 priestly 00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.519 prayer 00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:02.940 and at the 00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.180 end of 00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:03.880 chapter 16 00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.460 he says 00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.420 I have said 00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:05.900 these things 00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.359 to you 00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:07.720 that in me 00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.039 you may 00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.740 have peace 00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.799 and in the 00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.039 world 00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:11.740 you will 00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:11.920 have 00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.559 tribulation 00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:16.619 so he 00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:17.480 continues 00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:18.940 to promise 00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.319 them 00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:20.180 suffering 00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:21.000 persecution 00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:23.180 knowing 00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.480 what's 00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.059 in store 00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.480 for them 00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:24.859 once 00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:25.400 he 00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:25.839 leaves 00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:30.400 and 00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:30.700 suffering 00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:31.019 can 00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.619 be an 00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:31.859 ugly 00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.319 thing 00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:34.160 it can 00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.599 break 00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:34.859 the 00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.420 strongest 00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.880 of people 00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:36.220 that we 00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.539 know 00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:40.880 in Tim 00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:41.380 Kell's book 00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:41.720 walking 00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.220 with God 00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:42.680 through pain 00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:43.240 and suffering 00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.839 he says 00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:44.819 while the 00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.279 world views 00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.660 lead us 00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.059 to sit 00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.339 in the 00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:46.539 midst 00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:47.119 of life's 00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:47.519 joys 00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.660 foreseeing 00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:49.060 the coming 00:32:49.060 --> 00:32:49.720 sorrows 00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:51.560 Christianity 00:32:51.560 --> 00:32:52.680 empowers 00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.600 its people 00:32:53.600 --> 00:32:54.640 to sit 00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:54.900 in the 00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:55.100 midst 00:32:55.100 --> 00:32:55.380 of the 00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:55.759 world's 00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.259 sorrows 00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.400 tasting 00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:57.880 the joy 00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.420 to come 00:32:58.420 --> 00:33:02.080 and at 00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:02.300 the end 00:33:02.300 --> 00:33:02.519 of the 00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:02.700 day 00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.380 persecution 00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:04.519 it makes 00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:04.880 us more 00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:05.480 like Christ 00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:07.900 we see 00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:09.240 the apostles 00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.940 in jail 00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:11.640 we read 00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:12.000 Paul's 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.340 letters 00:33:12.340 --> 00:33:13.660 where he's 00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:15.080 always talking 00:33:15.080 --> 00:33:15.580 about this 00:33:15.580 --> 00:33:16.060 identifying 00:33:16.060 --> 00:33:16.700 with Christ 00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.040 and his 00:33:17.040 --> 00:33:17.640 sufferings 00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:21.160 and as 00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:21.500 we read 00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:21.960 Hebrews 00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.840 the joy 00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:23.440 set before 00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:23.759 him 00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:25.259 that came 00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.840 of suffering 00:33:25.840 --> 00:33:30.300 so 00:33:30.300 --> 00:33:31.220 persecution 00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.860 is 00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:33.840 is just 00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:34.520 another thing 00:33:34.520 --> 00:33:35.100 that we 00:33:35.100 --> 00:33:35.660 as Christians 00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.320 have to 00:33:36.320 --> 00:33:37.300 face 00:33:37.300 --> 00:33:39.640 and to 00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:40.080 embrace 00:33:40.080 --> 00:33:40.780 as we 00:33:40.780 --> 00:33:41.100 walk 00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:41.440 this 00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:42.440 journey 00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:45.600 and in 00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:45.920 the age 00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:46.440 to come 00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:47.799 he promises 00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:48.259 eternal 00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:48.660 life 00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:50.980 and 00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.180 Keller 00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.759 also says 00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.000 in this 00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.320 book 00:33:52.320 --> 00:33:53.720 but 00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:54.160 resurrection 00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:54.660 is not 00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:54.920 just 00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.660 consolation 00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.340 it is 00:33:56.340 --> 00:33:56.759 restoration 00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.660 we get 00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:58.059 back all 00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.660 the love 00:33:58.660 --> 00:33:59.279 the loved 00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.660 ones 00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.700 the goods 00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:01.460 the beauties 00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:01.799 of this 00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.180 life 00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:03.380 but 00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:05.320 unimaginable 00:34:05.320 --> 00:34:05.940 degrees 00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.580 of glory 00:34:06.580 --> 00:34:07.420 and joy 00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:08.240 and strength 00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:12.819 can you 00:34:12.819 --> 00:34:13.239 imagine 00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:13.599 that 00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:16.239 unimaginable 00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.719 glory 00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:19.819 and Paul 00:34:19.819 --> 00:34:20.479 talks about 00:34:20.479 --> 00:34:21.419 this weight 00:34:21.419 --> 00:34:21.979 of glory 00:34:21.979 --> 00:34:22.659 that is 00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.079 to come 00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:26.519 that 00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:27.339 whatever we 00:34:27.339 --> 00:34:27.939 lose here 00:34:27.939 --> 00:34:28.519 whatever we 00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:29.179 gain here 00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:33.359 in the life 00:34:33.359 --> 00:34:33.799 to come 00:34:33.799 --> 00:34:34.319 there is 00:34:34.319 --> 00:34:34.979 there's just 00:34:34.979 --> 00:34:35.479 so much 00:34:35.479 --> 00:34:36.019 more waiting 00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:36.579 for us 00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:39.280 my friends 00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:39.599 this is 00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:39.900 eternal 00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.239 life 00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:40.500 Jesus 00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:40.980 promises 00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.639 abundance 00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:43.159 only found 00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:43.579 in him 00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:45.320 that 00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:46.059 he's not 00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.480 a means 00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:46.940 to joy 00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.280 he's not 00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:47.639 a means 00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.219 to happiness 00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:49.579 he's not 00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:49.980 a means 00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.460 to great 00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:51.239 possessions 00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:55.420 he's the 00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:55.840 end of 00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:56.300 all those 00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:56.780 things 00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.860 joy 00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.320 is 00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:59.199 Christ 00:34:59.199 --> 00:34:59.900 is joy 00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.880 he is 00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:01.360 happiness 00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:02.860 he's everything 00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.239 that we 00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:03.599 are looking 00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:04.019 for 00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:12.800 and jumping 00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:13.239 back to 00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:14.380 verse 17 00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:16.599 we see 00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.639 here 00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:20.400 Christ is 00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.840 setting out 00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:21.139 on a 00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:21.440 journey 00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:23.179 in all 00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:23.500 three of 00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.139 the synoptic 00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:24.800 gospels 00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.639 Matthew 00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:26.000 Mark 00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.460 and Luke 00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:27.440 we see 00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.980 this story 00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.639 in the same 00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:29.119 place 00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.880 in all 00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.239 of them 00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:33.019 he's 00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.420 setting out 00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:33.720 on his 00:35:33.720 --> 00:35:34.079 journey 00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:35.400 with his 00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:35.840 disciples 00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.720 and they're 00:35:36.720 --> 00:35:37.159 heading to 00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:37.559 Jerusalem 00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:40.900 and we 00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.280 all know 00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:41.720 what happens 00:35:41.720 --> 00:35:41.920 there 00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.220 it's kind 00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:42.639 of a 00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:42.960 final 00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.460 showdown 00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:44.780 of sorts 00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:47.340 and we 00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:47.720 see this 00:35:47.720 --> 00:35:48.180 rich young 00:35:48.180 --> 00:35:48.420 ruler 00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:48.880 kind of 00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.619 meeting him 00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.260 on the way 00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:50.700 to that 00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:53.820 and Christ 00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.760 is giving 00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:55.539 him a 00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:55.920 glimpse of 00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.099 that 00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.380 and the 00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:56.680 things that 00:35:56.680 --> 00:35:57.139 he's telling 00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:57.400 them 00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:57.840 and the 00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:58.240 instructions 00:35:58.240 --> 00:35:58.639 that he's 00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.099 giving them 00:35:59.099 --> 00:36:01.360 as he's 00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:01.699 heading to 00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:02.139 the cross 00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:02.480 at this 00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:02.779 point 00:36:02.779 --> 00:36:04.099 and he's 00:36:04.099 --> 00:36:04.880 teaching his 00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.319 disciples 00:36:05.319 --> 00:36:06.519 and preparing 00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.059 them for 00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.739 that very 00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:08.199 thing to 00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.480 come 00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:12.880 he's 00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:13.299 continuing 00:36:13.299 --> 00:36:14.279 to disciple 00:36:14.279 --> 00:36:14.619 them 00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:15.420 and teach 00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:15.759 them 00:36:15.759 --> 00:36:17.519 and give 00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:17.880 them this 00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:18.360 hope for 00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:19.019 the rough 00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.380 road that 00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:19.659 is to 00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:19.960 come 00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:21.960 and about 00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.460 the nature 00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:22.799 and the 00:36:22.799 --> 00:36:23.299 character of 00:36:23.299 --> 00:36:23.659 the kingdom 00:36:23.659 --> 00:36:24.339 of God 00:36:24.339 --> 00:36:26.219 that they 00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:26.480 will have 00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.920 something to 00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.360 hope in 00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:31.740 and even 00:36:31.740 --> 00:36:32.240 going back 00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:32.680 to chapter 00:36:32.680 --> 00:36:33.240 eight he 00:36:33.240 --> 00:36:35.099 he continues 00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.920 to he 00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:36.660 he starts 00:36:36.660 --> 00:36:37.200 to instruct 00:36:37.200 --> 00:36:37.559 them this 00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:37.860 way 00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:40.039 and in 00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.620 verse 34 00:36:40.620 --> 00:36:41.099 he says 00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:41.640 if anybody 00:36:41.640 --> 00:36:42.059 will come 00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.559 after me 00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:43.000 let him 00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.720 deny himself 00:36:43.720 --> 00:36:44.280 and take 00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:44.539 up his 00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:44.940 cross and 00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.480 follow me 00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.820 for whoever 00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:47.420 would save 00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:47.860 his life 00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.320 will lose 00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:48.539 it 00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:49.360 whoever 00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:49.880 loses 00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.380 his life 00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:50.840 for my 00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.180 sake 00:36:51.180 --> 00:36:51.760 and the 00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:52.320 gospels 00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:53.320 will save 00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:53.599 it 00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:54.840 for what 00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:55.220 does it 00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:55.700 profit a 00:36:55.700 --> 00:36:56.079 man to 00:36:56.079 --> 00:36:56.420 gain the 00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:56.960 whole world 00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:58.059 and forfeit 00:36:58.059 --> 00:36:58.519 his soul 00:36:58.519 --> 00:37:02.699 wealth and 00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:03.059 possessions 00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.800 are fleeting 00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:05.860 marriage and 00:37:05.860 --> 00:37:06.559 family 00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:07.320 those things 00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:07.659 aren't 00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:08.240 ultimate 00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:11.619 the idea 00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:12.139 here is to 00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:12.960 to take 00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:13.320 hold of 00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:14.119 Christ daily 00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:16.340 treasure him 00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:17.159 above everything 00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:17.940 because he's 00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:18.380 worth more 00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:18.720 than all 00:37:18.720 --> 00:37:19.340 those things 00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:25.679 and I 00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:25.960 just want 00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.220 to leave 00:37:26.219 --> 00:37:26.839 you with 00:37:26.839 --> 00:37:27.599 one thought 00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:28.359 from 2 00:37:28.359 --> 00:37:28.899 Corinthians 00:37:28.899 --> 00:37:29.559 8-9 00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:31.699 and though 00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.019 he was 00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.319 rich 00:37:32.319 --> 00:37:33.839 yet for 00:37:33.839 --> 00:37:34.279 your sake 00:37:34.279 --> 00:37:34.799 he became 00:37:34.799 --> 00:37:35.239 poor 00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:37.059 so that 00:37:37.059 --> 00:37:37.559 you might 00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.279 so that 00:37:38.279 --> 00:37:39.139 you by 00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:39.859 his poverty 00:37:39.859 --> 00:37:40.899 might become 00:37:40.899 --> 00:37:41.279 rich 00:37:41.279 --> 00:37:44.879 I'll pray 00:37:44.879 --> 00:37:45.379 for us 00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:50.660 Lord 00:37:50.660 --> 00:37:51.000 Lord that 00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:51.460 we would 00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:52.039 give you 00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:53.500 all our 00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:54.320 affections 00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:57.840 that we 00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:58.180 would 00:37:58.180 --> 00:37:59.500 lose the 00:37:59.500 --> 00:37:59.960 illusion 00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:01.079 of power 00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.460 that we 00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:01.840 think we 00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.240 have over 00:38:02.240 --> 00:38:02.920 our lives 00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:06.860 and all 00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:07.260 the hard 00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:07.780 work that 00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:08.079 we 00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:09.700 put in 00:38:09.700 --> 00:38:10.820 to claim 00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:11.260 the things 00:38:11.260 --> 00:38:11.680 that you've 00:38:11.680 --> 00:38:12.140 blessed us 00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:12.460 with 00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:16.299 that we 00:38:16.299 --> 00:38:17.179 would come 00:38:17.179 --> 00:38:17.679 to you 00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:19.480 to surrender 00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:20.059 ourselves 00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:20.599 and our 00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.099 lives 00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:24.079 to give 00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:24.480 back all 00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:24.839 the things 00:38:24.839 --> 00:38:25.299 that you've 00:38:25.299 --> 00:38:25.920 given us 00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:29.180 and 00:38:29.180 --> 00:38:30.180 that we 00:38:30.180 --> 00:38:30.360 would 00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:30.659 treasure 00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:30.960 you 00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:31.680 as the 00:38:31.680 --> 00:38:32.119 giver 00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:34.159 rather than 00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:35.340 the gifts 00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:39.099 that 00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:40.119 with our 00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:40.700 whole hearts 00:38:40.700 --> 00:38:41.280 we would 00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:43.539 seek to 00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:44.059 love you 00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:45.059 and to 00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.559 know you 00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:46.920 and to 00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:47.480 follow you 00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:49.659 and it's in 00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:49.980 your name 00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:50.480 that I pray 00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:51.599 Amen