WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:12.720 Can you be seated and open your Bibles to Matthew 19, which is on page 824. 00:00:13.380 --> 00:00:13.439 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:31.719 Let's move from Canada to here. 00:00:32.299 --> 00:00:33.399 Got engaged to Xander. 00:00:33.740 --> 00:00:34.859 Yes, is that right? 00:00:35.100 --> 00:00:35.640 That is right. 00:00:36.140 --> 00:00:39.980 If only people listen to my sermons with that much attention, normally. 00:00:39.980 --> 00:00:44.880 But we're delighted at you both and we'll pray for your marriage. 00:00:45.179 --> 00:00:46.420 Congratulations to us all. 00:00:47.299 --> 00:00:51.240 Matthew 19, verses 16 and 13. 00:00:51.240 --> 00:01:02.020 This morning I want to introduce, or perhaps reintroduce, the most radical, the most awesome, 00:01:02.740 --> 00:01:07.859 the most breathtaking, and the most dangerous person that's ever set foot on this earth. 00:01:08.820 --> 00:01:10.060 And that, of course, is the Lord Jesus. 00:01:11.960 --> 00:01:15.820 I promise you that you will never be the same after meeting him. 00:01:15.819 --> 00:01:21.539 I challenge you that you should never be the same after meeting him. 00:01:22.659 --> 00:01:24.079 And we meet Jesus in this passage. 00:01:24.179 --> 00:01:25.419 We're going to pick it up in verse 16. 00:01:26.780 --> 00:01:27.839 Behold, stop what you're doing. 00:01:27.939 --> 00:01:28.419 Look, listen. 00:01:28.819 --> 00:01:31.339 Behold, a man came up to him, the same teacher. 00:01:31.959 --> 00:01:37.159 What good deed must I do to have eternal life? 00:01:38.739 --> 00:01:42.560 And whatever you say about this guy, whatever we're going to say about him, 00:01:42.759 --> 00:01:44.859 he is asking the right kind of question to me. 00:01:44.859 --> 00:01:47.379 I don't think I've ever been asked this question as a minister. 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:50.859 But he's interested in the big questions of life. 00:01:51.539 --> 00:01:52.620 And the big questions of the Bible. 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:57.739 He's not interested in who did Cain marry, where did Cain and Abel get their wives. 00:01:58.519 --> 00:01:59.879 He wants the big question. 00:02:00.340 --> 00:02:03.359 His big question is, how do I make sure that I live forever? 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:05.239 He's a rich man. 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:08.920 And we know that he's a man of great wealth. 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:11.939 But he knows that he's only got so long to live. 00:02:11.939 --> 00:02:17.560 And as you know, removal mans do not follow her sisterly. 00:02:17.620 --> 00:02:19.460 You cannot take what you have with you. 00:02:20.079 --> 00:02:20.819 He knows that. 00:02:22.439 --> 00:02:28.159 And if you only had one chance to ask Jesus one question, this is the one to ask, or something like it. 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:34.400 What good thing, what good deed must I do in order to inherit eternal life? 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:38.300 And straight away, Jesus knows where this man has come from. 00:02:39.659 --> 00:02:42.879 And the way he uses the word good is the clincher. 00:02:43.379 --> 00:02:47.420 He clearly, this guy, does not understand the nature of goodness. 00:02:47.419 --> 00:02:52.159 So what Jesus does is he shoves the question back in his face. 00:02:52.239 --> 00:02:52.979 Look at verse 17. 00:02:53.519 --> 00:02:55.359 He said to him, why are you asking about what is good? 00:02:57.219 --> 00:02:58.759 There is only one who is good. 00:03:00.919 --> 00:03:02.479 Do you see what Jesus is doing? 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:04.979 He's drawing a circle. 00:03:04.979 --> 00:03:11.819 And he's saying whoever you want to put in that circle of goodness. 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:15.159 I'm going to take everyone out of that circle of goodness. 00:03:15.459 --> 00:03:16.159 Except one. 00:03:18.219 --> 00:03:19.879 Everyone else is outside the circle. 00:03:20.799 --> 00:03:22.839 Only one in the circle of goodness. 00:03:25.620 --> 00:03:27.039 Let me ram off a bunch of names. 00:03:27.299 --> 00:03:28.560 And you can tell me in or out. 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:31.620 Who's in the circle of goodness? 00:03:31.859 --> 00:03:32.259 And who's out? 00:03:33.759 --> 00:03:34.539 Mother Teresa. 00:03:34.979 --> 00:03:35.659 In. 00:03:36.859 --> 00:03:37.780 Or out. 00:03:39.659 --> 00:03:42.079 Character, audience, participation, in or out? 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:44.979 The Jewish priests. 00:03:45.500 --> 00:03:46.019 In or out. 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:50.840 Jesus' own mother Mary. 00:03:51.419 --> 00:03:52.419 In or out. 00:03:55.659 --> 00:03:57.259 My own mother Mary. 00:03:59.079 --> 00:04:00.620 In or out. 00:04:02.120 --> 00:04:03.179 How dare you. 00:04:04.979 --> 00:04:06.280 Or leave you. 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:07.079 That's what he says. 00:04:07.159 --> 00:04:07.840 In or out. 00:04:09.659 --> 00:04:09.739 Okay. 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:12.919 Okay. 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:13.639 Here's a difficult one. 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:14.579 Janet Seba. 00:04:16.699 --> 00:04:17.219 Look at that. 00:04:17.339 --> 00:04:18.539 There was a moment of hesitation. 00:04:18.539 --> 00:04:18.659 There's no hesitation. 00:04:18.660 --> 00:04:19.400 I'm sorry. 00:04:19.400 --> 00:04:22.720 I'm sorry. 00:04:22.980 --> 00:04:23.180 Janet. 00:04:23.340 --> 00:04:24.920 Jesus says there is only one who is good. 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:26.460 And it's not you. 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:27.580 It's not me. 00:04:29.180 --> 00:04:30.980 And Janet would be the first person to say it's not her. 00:04:30.980 --> 00:04:34.379 First of all. 00:04:34.379 --> 00:04:35.420 It's such a radical thing to say. 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:36.340 So that's my first point. 00:04:36.420 --> 00:04:37.800 It's a radical thing to say. 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:41.000 There is only one who is good. 00:04:42.220 --> 00:04:43.040 In a world. 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:46.120 In a culture where everyone is tripping over themselves. 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:49.060 To tell one another how wonderful we are. 00:04:49.340 --> 00:04:50.460 We parade it online. 00:04:50.740 --> 00:04:51.600 How good we are. 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:54.400 And it's only our actions. 00:04:54.640 --> 00:04:55.560 Sometimes let us down. 00:04:55.640 --> 00:04:56.120 We're good. 00:04:56.260 --> 00:04:57.840 But sometimes our actions let us down. 00:04:58.960 --> 00:04:59.720 And Jesus says. 00:05:01.340 --> 00:05:03.020 No one is good except God alone. 00:05:05.220 --> 00:05:06.320 So let me be honest with you. 00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:12.519 If you knew how sinful I was. 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:14.920 You wouldn't let me preach to you. 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:18.439 And if I knew how sinful you were. 00:05:19.100 --> 00:05:20.680 I wouldn't bother preaching you either. 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:27.500 We only know so much about each other. 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:30.839 But Jesus comes along. 00:05:31.060 --> 00:05:31.439 And he says. 00:05:31.500 --> 00:05:32.560 Let me just make the verdict. 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:34.439 We won't go into details from this passage. 00:05:34.579 --> 00:05:35.240 But here it is. 00:05:35.240 --> 00:05:37.560 And you see no one is good except God alone. 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:40.220 What do they say? 00:05:40.280 --> 00:05:40.500 They say. 00:05:40.620 --> 00:05:41.900 If you could look into my heart. 00:05:42.740 --> 00:05:43.879 You'd spit in my face. 00:05:44.100 --> 00:05:44.600 Vice versa. 00:05:47.060 --> 00:05:47.639 But at this point. 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:48.800 Jesus could have gone to. 00:05:50.340 --> 00:05:51.939 50 different verses of the Bible. 00:05:52.740 --> 00:05:54.460 And he could have made it plain to this guy. 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:55.620 That he wasn't good. 00:05:56.019 --> 00:05:57.460 But Jesus is not in a hurry. 00:05:57.620 --> 00:05:58.780 He clearly loves him. 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:02.780 He really wants this heart. 00:06:02.780 --> 00:06:04.120 To work out for himself. 00:06:04.300 --> 00:06:05.139 That he is not. 00:06:05.379 --> 00:06:05.740 Good. 00:06:08.340 --> 00:06:08.939 So he says. 00:06:09.019 --> 00:06:09.180 Okay. 00:06:09.340 --> 00:06:10.220 You want to go down. 00:06:10.460 --> 00:06:11.199 That route. 00:06:11.579 --> 00:06:12.780 What must I do. 00:06:13.519 --> 00:06:14.699 In order to get into heaven. 00:06:14.819 --> 00:06:15.740 Let's go the whole way. 00:06:15.819 --> 00:06:16.540 Jesus says to him. 00:06:16.600 --> 00:06:17.680 Verse 17. 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:22.579 If you would enter life. 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:24.740 Keep the commandments. 00:06:27.180 --> 00:06:28.400 If you want eternal life. 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:29.240 If you want to live forever. 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:30.019 Do the commandments. 00:06:30.019 --> 00:06:32.719 And the guy is probably thinking. 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:33.079 Okay. 00:06:33.779 --> 00:06:34.539 Well I can do it now. 00:06:35.299 --> 00:06:37.139 I love his answer in verse 18. 00:06:37.240 --> 00:06:37.479 Don't you? 00:06:38.839 --> 00:06:39.399 He said. 00:06:39.479 --> 00:06:40.199 Which ones? 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:43.060 The man inquires. 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:44.319 Jesus says. 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:46.259 Obey the commandments. 00:06:46.259 --> 00:06:46.560 commandments. 00:06:47.480 --> 00:06:47.959 And he says. 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:48.420 Which ones? 00:06:48.480 --> 00:06:50.060 As if they were optional extras. 00:06:51.099 --> 00:06:51.819 As if you can say. 00:06:51.879 --> 00:06:52.319 This week. 00:06:52.420 --> 00:06:53.360 I'm going to go for. 00:06:53.980 --> 00:06:54.420 Commandment. 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:55.279 Six. 00:06:55.480 --> 00:06:55.800 Three. 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:56.539 And nine. 00:06:57.039 --> 00:06:57.759 And you can. 00:06:57.860 --> 00:06:58.639 You can take the rest. 00:06:58.639 --> 00:07:02.099 Now what is interesting. 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:03.699 Is that how he approaches Jesus. 00:07:03.839 --> 00:07:04.639 Can you just see that? 00:07:04.659 --> 00:07:06.159 I've not seen this before. 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:07.860 Verse 16. 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:10.560 It's very interesting. 00:07:10.819 --> 00:07:11.219 He says. 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:13.879 What good deed. 00:07:14.060 --> 00:07:14.379 Singular. 00:07:16.159 --> 00:07:17.599 What good thing. 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:19.539 Must I do. 00:07:19.659 --> 00:07:21.120 To have eternal life. 00:07:22.519 --> 00:07:24.719 He wasn't interested in things. 00:07:25.519 --> 00:07:27.360 He wasn't interested in deeds. 00:07:29.500 --> 00:07:30.000 He just. 00:07:30.180 --> 00:07:30.019 He just. 00:07:30.180 --> 00:07:30.620 He says. 00:07:30.819 --> 00:07:31.259 Jesus. 00:07:31.379 --> 00:07:32.319 Just nail it for me. 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:34.860 Give me one issue. 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:36.099 Where I can be a hero. 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:39.759 Hand over a million pounds. 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:41.719 To pay off the church debt to you. 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:43.099 You know. 00:07:43.139 --> 00:07:44.279 Be the saviour of the universe. 00:07:44.639 --> 00:07:45.519 That will guarantee me. 00:07:45.539 --> 00:07:46.199 A place in heaven. 00:07:46.300 --> 00:07:46.459 What? 00:07:46.539 --> 00:07:48.079 As many cathedrals. 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:50.779 That have been built on the back of that lie. 00:07:52.139 --> 00:07:53.339 Just give me one thing. 00:07:53.339 --> 00:07:53.939 Jesus. 00:07:56.240 --> 00:07:56.599 And. 00:07:56.919 --> 00:07:58.379 Jesus spells out the details. 00:07:58.379 --> 00:07:58.959 Of the commandments. 00:07:59.139 --> 00:07:59.939 That he wants him to keep. 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:01.259 And he gives him the back end. 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:02.120 Of the ten commandments. 00:08:02.480 --> 00:08:02.879 Can you see it? 00:08:02.899 --> 00:08:03.480 Verse 18. 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:05.860 You shall not murder. 00:08:06.920 --> 00:08:08.180 You shall not commit adultery. 00:08:08.300 --> 00:08:08.959 You shall not steal. 00:08:09.060 --> 00:08:10.579 You shall not bear false witness. 00:08:11.159 --> 00:08:11.480 Honor. 00:08:12.319 --> 00:08:13.180 Your father. 00:08:13.939 --> 00:08:14.420 And mother. 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:16.639 And. 00:08:16.779 --> 00:08:18.199 You shall love your neighbour as yourself. 00:08:21.300 --> 00:08:21.819 They are. 00:08:22.060 --> 00:08:23.019 If we can call this. 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:24.360 They are the pointy end. 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:25.060 Of the ten commandments. 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:25.600 Right? 00:08:25.959 --> 00:08:26.759 They are the sharp end. 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:27.360 Of the ten commandments. 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:29.639 And they are very hard. 00:08:29.720 --> 00:08:30.400 Just sidestep. 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:32.860 And they are straightforward. 00:08:34.980 --> 00:08:35.820 I think it's interesting. 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:36.060 Isn't it? 00:08:36.080 --> 00:08:37.500 Even Jesus gets confused. 00:08:37.560 --> 00:08:38.860 With the order of the ten commandments. 00:08:39.700 --> 00:08:40.639 He gives them commandments. 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:41.139 Six. 00:08:41.379 --> 00:08:41.680 Seven. 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:42.180 Eight. 00:08:42.259 --> 00:08:42.680 And nine. 00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:43.980 And then he goes back to the fifth. 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:45.639 Commandment. 00:08:45.700 --> 00:08:46.940 Love your neighbour as yourself. 00:08:47.800 --> 00:08:49.060 And then love your neighbour as yourself. 00:08:49.059 --> 00:08:50.500 She says. 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:52.000 Don't take the life of another human being. 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:54.919 Don't sleep with another man's wife. 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:56.219 Or another woman's husband. 00:08:56.899 --> 00:08:58.559 Don't take what doesn't belong to you. 00:08:58.839 --> 00:08:59.559 And don't lie. 00:08:59.659 --> 00:09:00.579 Especially in a courtroom. 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:02.819 And respect your mum and dad. 00:09:02.879 --> 00:09:03.779 And then he summarises it. 00:09:03.979 --> 00:09:05.239 Love your neighbour as yourself. 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:06.240 Love your neighbour. 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:07.240 Love your neighbour. 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:08.180 And it's interesting. 00:09:08.299 --> 00:09:09.100 The way he ends it. 00:09:09.180 --> 00:09:10.060 He kind of reminds us. 00:09:10.259 --> 00:09:11.680 That being good. 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:14.139 It's not just about. 00:09:14.479 --> 00:09:16.279 Not doing wrong things. 00:09:17.599 --> 00:09:18.519 It's actually about. 00:09:18.699 --> 00:09:20.159 Doing positive things. 00:09:22.699 --> 00:09:23.620 We all know. 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:23.939 Don't we. 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:25.479 Sins of commission. 00:09:26.979 --> 00:09:27.719 And we all do. 00:09:27.939 --> 00:09:29.339 Things that it's easy to recognise. 00:09:29.500 --> 00:09:30.199 Things that we. 00:09:30.659 --> 00:09:31.099 Do. 00:09:31.239 --> 00:09:31.519 That we. 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:32.620 We shouldn't do. 00:09:33.559 --> 00:09:35.679 But there are sins of omnis. 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:36.079 Aren't there? 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:37.959 There are sins that you should do. 00:09:38.059 --> 00:09:38.919 But don't do. 00:09:38.919 --> 00:09:42.759 So just in case you wonder. 00:09:42.899 --> 00:09:43.799 What is going on about. 00:09:45.139 --> 00:09:46.860 Loving your neighbour as yourself. 00:09:47.579 --> 00:09:48.319 That's what he says. 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:51.240 As quick as a flash. 00:09:51.319 --> 00:09:52.159 And on a moment's hesitation. 00:09:52.319 --> 00:09:52.599 He says. 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:53.159 Verse 20. 00:09:56.500 --> 00:09:57.500 All these I've kept. 00:09:59.679 --> 00:10:00.719 What do I still lack? 00:10:01.839 --> 00:10:03.099 All these I've kept. 00:10:03.219 --> 00:10:04.919 What planet does this guy live on? 00:10:04.919 --> 00:10:06.299 Live on. 00:10:08.059 --> 00:10:09.919 I mean if you hear the Ten Commandments. 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:10.979 Each week in this church. 00:10:11.139 --> 00:10:12.240 And you think. 00:10:12.379 --> 00:10:12.500 Yeah. 00:10:12.659 --> 00:10:12.879 Tick. 00:10:13.579 --> 00:10:13.919 Tick. 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:15.120 Tick. 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:16.279 Done. 00:10:16.439 --> 00:10:16.620 Done. 00:10:16.779 --> 00:10:16.979 Done. 00:10:17.079 --> 00:10:17.399 Next. 00:10:17.679 --> 00:10:18.759 If that's your response. 00:10:18.839 --> 00:10:19.459 To the Ten Commandments. 00:10:19.559 --> 00:10:21.199 You do not get them. 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:22.240 You don't understand them. 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:25.779 You're exactly where this guy is. 00:10:25.839 --> 00:10:26.539 You've not understood. 00:10:26.659 --> 00:10:27.319 That the most. 00:10:27.959 --> 00:10:28.799 Core truth. 00:10:29.079 --> 00:10:30.399 That no one is good. 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:31.919 No one is in that circle. 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:32.860 Except God alone. 00:10:32.860 --> 00:10:36.840 I told you. 00:10:36.940 --> 00:10:37.580 You had this before. 00:10:37.700 --> 00:10:38.259 But there was someone. 00:10:38.539 --> 00:10:39.419 Who I went to see. 00:10:40.279 --> 00:10:41.159 She was old. 00:10:42.639 --> 00:10:43.440 And she'd been a Christian. 00:10:43.539 --> 00:10:44.159 A long time. 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:44.899 And she said to me. 00:10:44.940 --> 00:10:45.800 The thing is Paul. 00:10:45.860 --> 00:10:46.899 I don't really struggle. 00:10:47.080 --> 00:10:47.740 With any sin. 00:10:47.919 --> 00:10:48.360 Anymore. 00:10:50.779 --> 00:10:51.300 Do I? 00:10:52.580 --> 00:10:53.300 I said to her. 00:10:53.340 --> 00:10:53.519 Well. 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:55.399 Pride may be a bit of an issue. 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:55.840 For you. 00:10:57.560 --> 00:10:58.080 She said. 00:10:58.100 --> 00:10:58.720 I don't think that's right. 00:10:58.980 --> 00:10:59.879 I don't think that's right at all. 00:11:00.560 --> 00:11:01.240 I got very annoyed. 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:01.340 I said. 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:04.500 In one way. 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:05.600 You can read the 10 commandments. 00:11:05.779 --> 00:11:05.960 Can you? 00:11:06.019 --> 00:11:06.419 But you can. 00:11:06.539 --> 00:11:07.480 Look at the 10 commandments. 00:11:08.120 --> 00:11:08.139 And. 00:11:09.899 --> 00:11:10.259 Say. 00:11:10.340 --> 00:11:11.100 Look you in the eye. 00:11:11.220 --> 00:11:11.560 You can say. 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:13.240 Well I've never killed another human being. 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:13.620 Tick. 00:11:15.019 --> 00:11:16.860 Never been unfaithful to my wife. 00:11:17.180 --> 00:11:17.419 Tick. 00:11:19.539 --> 00:11:20.620 But you know. 00:11:21.000 --> 00:11:22.879 You know what Jesus says about this stuff. 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:23.960 We said it in the introduction. 00:11:24.139 --> 00:11:25.060 The confessor is saved. 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:27.920 You go back to Matthew chapter 5. 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:28.779 And the Sermon on the Mount. 00:11:28.779 --> 00:11:29.080 He says. 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:29.920 You know. 00:11:29.920 --> 00:11:30.840 The heart. 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:32.200 The heart. 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:33.280 The heart that is angry. 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:36.740 Is subject to the same. 00:11:37.500 --> 00:11:38.720 Kind of judgment. 00:11:39.100 --> 00:11:40.519 Just like the heart that murders. 00:11:42.560 --> 00:11:43.300 Jesus says. 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:44.580 The heart that lusts. 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:47.500 Is subject to the same. 00:11:47.620 --> 00:11:48.379 Kind of judgment. 00:11:50.259 --> 00:11:52.019 As for the heart that commits adultery. 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:53.980 And ends up in bed with another man's wife. 00:11:53.980 --> 00:11:57.639 And all of a sudden. 00:11:57.779 --> 00:11:58.779 When you realise that. 00:11:59.019 --> 00:12:00.620 Them over there. 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:02.840 Aren't over there anymore. 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:05.899 Because you see. 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:07.480 There is no us and them. 00:12:08.680 --> 00:12:09.639 There is just us. 00:12:13.100 --> 00:12:14.220 And this is a very. 00:12:14.360 --> 00:12:15.139 Very good example. 00:12:15.139 --> 00:12:15.720 I think. 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:18.139 Of how you can have a very. 00:12:18.379 --> 00:12:19.600 Clear conscience. 00:12:20.460 --> 00:12:22.120 And not be right with God. 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:25.480 Because this bloke. 00:12:25.580 --> 00:12:26.779 Has a clear conscience. 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:27.379 Doesn't he? 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:28.820 As far as he is concerned. 00:12:28.980 --> 00:12:29.700 Is concerned. 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:31.320 But he is not right with God. 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:35.279 And it may be today. 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:36.440 That as you sit there. 00:12:36.519 --> 00:12:36.919 You think. 00:12:37.179 --> 00:12:38.139 You try your best. 00:12:39.379 --> 00:12:40.460 You don't sleep around. 00:12:42.340 --> 00:12:43.200 You are generally. 00:12:43.539 --> 00:12:44.240 A nice person. 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:45.740 Other people in your office. 00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:46.700 Or your school. 00:12:47.139 --> 00:12:47.680 Would say. 00:12:48.340 --> 00:12:49.120 He is a good bloke. 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:50.320 She is a good woman. 00:12:51.539 --> 00:12:52.419 And you may even. 00:12:52.419 --> 00:12:53.139 Call yourself. 00:12:53.340 --> 00:12:53.600 Good. 00:12:55.960 --> 00:12:56.799 And if that is true. 00:12:56.879 --> 00:12:57.379 Do you realise. 00:12:57.500 --> 00:12:58.820 That your view of yourself. 00:12:59.879 --> 00:13:01.539 And Jesus view of you. 00:13:01.700 --> 00:13:02.960 Are very different. 00:13:04.060 --> 00:13:04.860 Very different. 00:13:06.259 --> 00:13:07.259 Because Jesus says. 00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:07.919 No one is good. 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:08.600 Except one. 00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:11.200 And you. 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:12.460 Ain't that one. 00:13:12.460 --> 00:13:16.920 That's why he says. 00:13:16.980 --> 00:13:17.740 Why Jesus says. 00:13:17.820 --> 00:13:18.960 Unless you are like. 00:13:19.019 --> 00:13:20.139 A little child. 00:13:21.180 --> 00:13:22.080 You will not enter. 00:13:22.180 --> 00:13:22.960 The kingdom of God. 00:13:25.060 --> 00:13:25.780 Well I'll tell you this. 00:13:25.900 --> 00:13:27.120 I've yet to meet a child. 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:27.840 Who's got a problem. 00:13:27.940 --> 00:13:29.100 With what Jesus says here. 00:13:32.040 --> 00:13:32.740 I think children. 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:33.440 Laugh this up. 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:34.440 I think they take it on board. 00:13:35.620 --> 00:13:36.540 No one is good. 00:13:36.620 --> 00:13:37.780 Except God alone. 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:39.400 For the little children. 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:39.700 They say. 00:13:39.740 --> 00:13:39.920 Yeah. 00:13:40.019 --> 00:13:40.660 I agree with that. 00:13:40.659 --> 00:13:43.799 And they take it on board. 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:49.199 Little children know. 00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:50.439 That they're not good. 00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:54.919 This man I think. 00:13:55.199 --> 00:13:56.019 This fine name man. 00:13:56.139 --> 00:13:57.179 He's wealthy as me. 00:13:57.699 --> 00:13:58.600 He's robust. 00:13:58.719 --> 00:13:59.240 He's sincere. 00:13:59.779 --> 00:14:00.319 He's passionate. 00:14:00.620 --> 00:14:01.799 He probably sees life. 00:14:01.939 --> 00:14:03.659 As a list of challenges. 00:14:04.319 --> 00:14:04.899 To overcome. 00:14:06.379 --> 00:14:07.179 And getting into heaven. 00:14:07.259 --> 00:14:07.899 Eternal life. 00:14:07.980 --> 00:14:08.899 Is just one of the challenges. 00:14:09.299 --> 00:14:10.579 So Jesus happens in the time. 00:14:10.580 --> 00:14:11.000 The challenges. 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:12.460 That are called the ten commandments. 00:14:12.900 --> 00:14:13.759 And quick as a flash. 00:14:13.820 --> 00:14:14.460 He says I've done all. 00:14:15.800 --> 00:14:17.020 And I'm ready for anything. 00:14:17.139 --> 00:14:17.360 Now. 00:14:17.620 --> 00:14:18.240 Give it to me. 00:14:18.400 --> 00:14:19.020 What's next? 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:21.460 So Jesus gives it to him. 00:14:21.460 --> 00:14:21.860 Verse 21. 00:14:24.220 --> 00:14:25.000 Jesus says. 00:14:26.860 --> 00:14:27.600 If you would be perfect. 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:29.139 Go sell what you possess. 00:14:29.300 --> 00:14:30.240 And give to the poor. 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:32.560 And you will have treasure. 00:14:32.560 --> 00:14:33.160 In heaven. 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:35.300 And come follow me. 00:14:35.299 --> 00:14:38.599 It's very interesting. 00:14:38.979 --> 00:14:40.319 That's the exact opposite. 00:14:40.859 --> 00:14:41.620 Of what Jesus. 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:43.019 Jesus says. 00:14:43.359 --> 00:14:44.539 To the tele-evangelist. 00:14:44.599 --> 00:14:45.639 You know the tele-evangelist. 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:46.339 That are on TV. 00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:48.819 And the tele-evangelist says. 00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:50.359 Sell everything. 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:51.379 Give it to me. 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:52.679 And follow Jesus. 00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:54.979 But Jesus says. 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:56.359 No you sell everything. 00:14:56.579 --> 00:14:57.120 Give it to the poor. 00:14:57.199 --> 00:14:58.019 And come follow me. 00:14:58.159 --> 00:14:59.240 That's the first difference. 00:15:00.319 --> 00:15:01.639 But Jesus is so radical. 00:15:01.779 --> 00:15:01.939 Isn't he? 00:15:01.980 --> 00:15:02.259 Secondly. 00:15:02.379 --> 00:15:03.360 The radical command. 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:04.299 Radical statement. 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:05.259 Radical command. 00:15:06.939 --> 00:15:07.919 He says this man. 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:09.539 It is a specific command. 00:15:10.179 --> 00:15:11.539 To a specific guy. 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:13.620 You've got to understand that. 00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:14.559 And he's saying. 00:15:14.699 --> 00:15:15.500 To this man. 00:15:15.579 --> 00:15:16.659 I want you to sell everything. 00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:18.259 I want you to. 00:15:19.179 --> 00:15:20.220 Unload it all. 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:21.740 Give it away. 00:15:21.939 --> 00:15:22.659 And follow me. 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:28.000 Jesus does not say to him. 00:15:29.019 --> 00:15:29.960 We might have expected. 00:15:30.059 --> 00:15:30.480 Jesus to say. 00:15:30.539 --> 00:15:30.659 Well. 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:31.960 Well done. 00:15:32.679 --> 00:15:33.179 Good on you. 00:15:33.259 --> 00:15:34.199 Keep up the work mate. 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:36.799 I know you're trying. 00:15:36.939 --> 00:15:37.720 You're only human. 00:15:39.199 --> 00:15:40.720 And that is the British Jesus. 00:15:42.399 --> 00:15:43.899 And the British Jesus is. 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:44.740 Keep going. 00:15:45.179 --> 00:15:45.799 Keep trying. 00:15:46.539 --> 00:15:47.319 You're only human. 00:15:47.319 --> 00:15:48.059 Do your best. 00:15:49.199 --> 00:15:50.159 But the British Jesus. 00:15:50.319 --> 00:15:51.100 Isn't going to save anyone. 00:15:53.779 --> 00:15:55.000 You know what Jesus is saying. 00:15:55.179 --> 00:15:56.299 What he's doing. 00:15:56.299 --> 00:15:59.019 He's saying. 00:15:59.099 --> 00:15:59.199 Look. 00:15:59.259 --> 00:16:00.759 If you want to be perfect. 00:16:01.139 --> 00:16:02.219 This is what it will take for you. 00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:02.939 To get into heaven. 00:16:03.439 --> 00:16:04.379 If you want to get in. 00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:05.559 Then you've got to sell everything. 00:16:05.740 --> 00:16:06.559 You've got to unload it. 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:07.439 And give it to the poor. 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:08.740 And then come and follow me. 00:16:09.479 --> 00:16:11.399 Stop being rich here on earth. 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:14.039 And start being rich towards God. 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:17.699 And that pretty much was the straw. 00:16:17.699 --> 00:16:19.959 That broke the camel's back for this man. 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:24.480 See what Jesus is doing. 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:28.899 Is unveiling this man's self deceit. 00:16:29.019 --> 00:16:29.740 Self delusion. 00:16:31.419 --> 00:16:32.599 He's showing this man. 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:33.599 That he's having himself on. 00:16:35.179 --> 00:16:36.179 He's having himself on. 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:37.199 About how good he is. 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:39.959 And Jesus has one final law on his back. 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:40.779 And it breaks him. 00:16:40.779 --> 00:16:42.799 And the sad response is in verse 22. 00:16:43.439 --> 00:16:45.019 Where the young man shared this. 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:47.360 He went away sorrowful. 00:16:47.419 --> 00:16:48.459 He went away sad. 00:16:49.839 --> 00:16:51.139 Because he had great possessions. 00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:52.500 Why sad? 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:56.199 Why sad? 00:16:56.319 --> 00:16:57.839 Well maybe because for the first time. 00:16:58.620 --> 00:17:00.659 This man realised that he didn't love God. 00:17:00.699 --> 00:17:01.839 With all his heart and mind. 00:17:01.959 --> 00:17:02.839 And soul and strength. 00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:06.000 And maybe for the first time. 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:06.759 This man. 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:10.720 Realised that God wasn't his first loyalty. 00:17:12.500 --> 00:17:14.059 And Jesus in his kindness. 00:17:14.259 --> 00:17:15.960 And loaded the law of God. 00:17:16.380 --> 00:17:17.259 On his back. 00:17:17.380 --> 00:17:18.519 And he just collapsed under it. 00:17:18.539 --> 00:17:19.539 Or rather he ran away from it. 00:17:19.620 --> 00:17:19.840 Sad. 00:17:21.579 --> 00:17:22.759 Here was something. 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:23.319 Finally. 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:24.880 That this guy couldn't afford. 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:29.520 The price tag for eternal life. 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:31.560 Was out of his price range. 00:17:32.500 --> 00:17:33.380 And you know the reason why. 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:33.740 Don't you? 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:36.360 Because he wanted to pay himself. 00:17:36.600 --> 00:17:36.980 Didn't he? 00:17:39.340 --> 00:17:40.080 That's the problem. 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:41.860 He wanted to pay his own way. 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:44.800 He wanted to pay his own way. 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:45.420 Into heaven. 00:17:47.360 --> 00:17:48.380 And he didn't realise. 00:17:48.520 --> 00:17:50.480 That nothing less than perfection is required. 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:53.440 And sad he was. 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:54.460 That day. 00:17:56.120 --> 00:17:57.960 But not as sad as he will be. 00:17:58.180 --> 00:17:58.860 On that day. 00:17:58.960 --> 00:17:59.839 When the son of man. 00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:00.839 Sits on his throne. 00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:04.259 And this same Jesus. 00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:06.039 Who he walked away from. 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:07.039 He will discover. 00:18:07.880 --> 00:18:09.360 That he missed out on the very thing. 00:18:09.380 --> 00:18:10.539 He asked for eternal life. 00:18:12.460 --> 00:18:13.400 What does Jesus say? 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:13.860 Jesus says. 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:14.960 What good is it for a man. 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:16.240 To gain the whole world. 00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:19.099 And yet lose his own soul. 00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:25.339 We hear that statement. 00:18:25.460 --> 00:18:25.740 Don't we? 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:28.339 And we think. 00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:30.539 2000 years after this event. 00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:32.299 You can look back with such clarity. 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:32.700 Can't you? 00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:32.920 And say. 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:33.440 Well you idiot. 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:34.539 You fool. 00:18:38.059 --> 00:18:39.720 Notice what Jesus doesn't say. 00:18:40.460 --> 00:18:41.860 And what this man doesn't do. 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:44.680 Notice. 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:46.579 Jesus doesn't run after him. 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:48.799 And say to him. 00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:49.759 And what I meant to say. 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:50.759 Is he's going to be prepared. 00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:51.400 To leave everything. 00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:54.039 Jesus doesn't suffer. 00:18:56.140 --> 00:18:56.779 And you notice. 00:18:56.859 --> 00:18:57.779 What the rich man doesn't do. 00:18:58.019 --> 00:18:59.200 He doesn't fall on his knees. 00:18:59.259 --> 00:18:59.559 And say. 00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:00.700 Have mercy on me. 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:01.180 Oh Lord. 00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:01.720 Either. 00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:03.779 I'm a sinful man. 00:19:03.819 --> 00:19:04.539 I can't do this. 00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:08.759 We've got a very different story. 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:09.460 If you've done that. 00:19:11.619 --> 00:19:11.980 No. 00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:12.759 This man. 00:19:13.099 --> 00:19:14.500 Walks away from Jesus. 00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:16.240 Jesus doesn't walk away from him. 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:19.500 Jesus never walks away from anyone. 00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:22.960 If you find. 00:19:23.140 --> 00:19:24.039 This morning there's space. 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:24.879 Between you and Jesus. 00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:25.799 Well get him moved. 00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:27.720 It isn't the saviour. 00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:31.640 And he's walked away from this Jesus. 00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.640 Who clearly loved him. 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:36.259 But I want to ask the question. 00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:38.700 Who is he walking to? 00:19:38.940 --> 00:19:39.920 Where is he walking to? 00:19:43.320 --> 00:19:44.600 So what's a good question to ask. 00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:47.220 If you're going to walk away from Jesus. 00:19:47.360 --> 00:19:48.360 Where are you going to walk to? 00:19:50.360 --> 00:19:52.400 Is he going to walk back to that religion. 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:53.620 That he was once a part of. 00:19:54.620 --> 00:19:55.640 That allowed himself. 00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:57.940 To have himself on. 00:19:58.400 --> 00:19:59.400 That he was good. 00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:02.680 Is he going to walk back to that religion. 00:20:02.780 --> 00:20:03.920 Where he can do a few good works. 00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:05.019 Pack himself on that back. 00:20:05.080 --> 00:20:05.300 And say. 00:20:05.340 --> 00:20:06.300 Well maybe I'll get in. 00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:08.480 Maybe my good will outweigh my bad. 00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:10.560 I'd be the good bloke. 00:20:13.660 --> 00:20:15.060 When you go back to that BMW. 00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:16.600 Lather upholstered. 00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.320 Gold pleated. 00:20:19.040 --> 00:20:19.920 Piece of machinery. 00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:22.100 Give it a big kiss. 00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:24.140 Make it feel good. 00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:27.259 When you slip into some Armani suit. 00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:28.380 You get a big hand from it. 00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:31.840 When you walk away from Jesus. 00:20:33.060 --> 00:20:35.260 What exactly do you walk to? 00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:38.700 Jesus is so radical. 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:43.000 And at this point. 00:20:43.080 --> 00:20:44.840 Jesus turns the screw on all of us. 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:45.460 Listen by the way. 00:20:45.520 --> 00:20:46.360 It's good to know that. 00:20:47.840 --> 00:20:49.860 That Jesus is not just having a conversation. 00:20:50.120 --> 00:20:50.920 With this rich guy. 00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:52.000 He's having a conversation with you. 00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:53.120 Look at this 23. 00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.860 The man is gone. 00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:57.100 And Jesus said to his disciples. 00:20:57.099 --> 00:20:58.259 Truly I say to you. 00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:59.259 Only with difficulty. 00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:01.519 Will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. 00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:06.639 That's a radical statement. 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:09.519 And then he says this. 00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.480 Which is even more shocking. 00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:11.219 Again I tell you. 00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:12.259 It's easier for a camel. 00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:13.619 To go through the eye of a needle. 00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:15.159 Than for a rich person. 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:17.099 To enter the kingdom of God. 00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:20.859 Now if you look at Edward Young. 00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:22.519 He was wandering around at the back. 00:21:22.619 --> 00:21:23.299 I don't know if he still is. 00:21:23.679 --> 00:21:24.939 Edward Young is a children's story Bible. 00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:27.299 Quite a lot of us have this children's story Bible. 00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:30.119 And in that children's story Bible. 00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:31.639 It says that the needle was. 00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:34.799 The eye of a needle was a gate in Jerusalem. 00:21:34.919 --> 00:21:35.440 If you hear that. 00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.980 It was a gate in Jerusalem. 00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:39.879 And a camel had to go to it. 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:42.519 And a camel would have to strip off. 00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:43.980 And crouch down. 00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:45.980 And that was the only way to get through the eye of a needle. 00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:47.279 That's absolute rubbish. 00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:50.480 And the point there is. 00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:52.319 It was difficult to get in through the eye of a needle. 00:21:52.379 --> 00:21:54.559 There is the eye of a needle gate in Jerusalem. 00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:58.839 Now when Jesus says camel here. 00:21:58.960 --> 00:22:00.720 He means camel. 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:03.700 And when Jesus says needle. 00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:06.639 He means eye of a needle. 00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.819 I've got one here. 00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.680 It's a needle. 00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.019 See it? 00:22:14.399 --> 00:22:15.339 Probably can't sit down. 00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:16.099 It's a little needle. 00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:18.740 It's got a little eye in there. 00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:20.480 You can't see it because you're far away. 00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:21.379 It's a tiny little thing. 00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:21.899 Can you see it children? 00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.599 Just there? 00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:24.139 And you get a cotton. 00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:25.359 I haven't got a cotton because it's my hand. 00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.339 I can never get it in. 00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:27.639 But you get a cotton. 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:30.259 You thread the cotton through that eye of a needle. 00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:31.619 You have a very still hand don't you? 00:22:32.139 --> 00:22:32.980 And it goes through. 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:33.500 And then you. 00:22:33.899 --> 00:22:34.839 I don't know whether you tie it. 00:22:34.899 --> 00:22:35.599 Or you do something. 00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.420 You loop it around. 00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:38.119 And then you can use it. 00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:38.339 Alright? 00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:41.099 Cotton threads in the eye of a needle. 00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:44.859 My friend preached on this in St. Helens Bishop's Gate. 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:46.799 He's somehow got a pantomime camel. 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.299 To come in. 00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:50.940 But I haven't got a pantomime camel. 00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:52.099 I haven't even got a camel. 00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:54.099 I've got a zebra. 00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.440 It's a wooden zebra. 00:22:58.660 --> 00:22:58.759 Alright? 00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:02.180 And so when Jesus meant needle. 00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:03.039 He meant needle. 00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:03.420 Okay? 00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:05.519 When Jesus meant camel. 00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.819 He meant a real camel. 00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:07.339 Okay? 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.240 That's not a real camel. 00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.779 It's a wooden zebra. 00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:13.200 But let's try and get it in. 00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:13.819 Can you see it? 00:23:13.899 --> 00:23:15.139 We're going to try and get it in. 00:23:15.140 --> 00:23:16.120 Through the eye of a needle. 00:23:16.300 --> 00:23:16.520 Alright? 00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:17.140 Can you see it? 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:20.100 We'll do it slowly. 00:23:20.520 --> 00:23:20.700 Alright? 00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:23.320 Try and hook it up. 00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.880 Won't go through, will it? 00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:28.320 Let's try and back it in. 00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:28.700 Shall we? 00:23:29.100 --> 00:23:29.460 Alright? 00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:32.079 And there's the needle. 00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:33.000 There's the zebra. 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:34.319 Can we do it? 00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:36.000 Maybe you can have a try after. 00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:37.039 We can't. 00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.799 It's ridiculous. 00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:39.279 It's absolutely ridiculous. 00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:44.399 What is Jesus saying? 00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:46.920 Why can't it be the gate in Jerusalem? 00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:48.599 Well because verse 26. 00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.279 Here's the point. 00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:49.940 Look at the point. 00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.339 It says. 00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:54.879 With man this is impossible. 00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.720 That's the whole point. 00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.139 It's impossible. 00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:02.259 So again notice what Jesus is saying. 00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:02.579 He's saying. 00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:06.460 He's not saying it is hard for the rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. 00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.920 It's impossible. 00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:10.660 It's impossible. 00:24:12.820 --> 00:24:13.380 And you notice. 00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:15.820 Can you see the disciples reaction to this? 00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:17.900 They are absolutely astonished by this. 00:24:22.100 --> 00:24:23.840 I'm surprised that they're surprised. 00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:30.660 But the very reason that they're surprised is because the Jewish people were very clear. 00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:32.680 If God had blessed you. 00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:37.759 That one of the ways that God blessed you would be by blessing you materially. 00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.700 Now there's good reason for that. 00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.279 In the Old Testament. 00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:44.420 There was this kind of prosperity line of thing. 00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.599 It's still being pumped out today. 00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:47.639 If God is for you. 00:24:47.959 --> 00:24:50.240 You will experience great financial blessing. 00:24:51.199 --> 00:24:51.919 You'll be rich. 00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:53.179 And if God is a great issue. 00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.799 You'll be poorer. 00:24:54.439 --> 00:24:56.659 And there were some very rich people in the Old Testament. 00:24:56.659 --> 00:24:58.980 That kind of got God's thumbs up. 00:24:58.980 --> 00:25:00.559 So you think of Job. 00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:02.299 Job was a very, very wealthy man. 00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:04.460 He was a very righteous man. 00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:06.299 And you think of Abraham. 00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:10.279 Abraham was a man who was known for his faith and his trust in God. 00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:12.240 But God blessed Abraham materially. 00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:17.259 And so if Jesus starts shutting the door on the rich. 00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:20.299 He's shutting the door on Abraham. 00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.579 On David. 00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:23.420 On Job. 00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.359 On Joseph. 00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:27.059 And a couple of others who were very godly. 00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.920 Now we know, don't we? 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:32.559 We know that the more you have in life. 00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:35.940 The more you have to let go of. 00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:37.059 To trust Jesus. 00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:40.220 If Jesus is going to be first. 00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:44.099 And the more you have. 00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:48.079 The more there is going to be let go of. 00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:49.339 It just comes. 00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:52.339 With the nature of the more you have. 00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:55.159 And yet we also know. 00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.159 Don't misunderstand this. 00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:58.259 It's not as if Jesus is saying. 00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:59.599 Well somehow being poor. 00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:02.099 That's going to be really easy to get into heaven. 00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:03.139 That will get you in heaven. 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:04.379 It's a ridiculous lie. 00:26:07.679 --> 00:26:08.699 And so here at the end of the day. 00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:10.740 When you read the gospel in its entirety. 00:26:10.939 --> 00:26:12.779 Jesus is not on the side of the rich. 00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:15.659 And I know this is very controversial to say. 00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:17.519 But Jesus is not on the side of the poor. 00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:21.899 Jesus is on the side of anyone. 00:26:22.399 --> 00:26:23.799 Who sides with his son. 00:26:24.399 --> 00:26:25.399 That's who's side he's on. 00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:28.939 The Lord Jesus. 00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:32.220 And so Jesus has at this point. 00:26:32.340 --> 00:26:33.340 Slammed the door. 00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.680 And I'm telling you. 00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.440 And you need to know. 00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:39.080 That Jesus slammed the door on you. 00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:45.680 Because don't think that when Jesus gives these warnings about the rich. 00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:47.200 He's talking about Sartre Brunei. 00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:48.799 Or he's talking about Bill Gates. 00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.380 Or Elon Musk. 00:26:50.580 --> 00:26:53.360 Or one of the kind of other uber rich people out there. 00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:54.859 He's talking about. 00:26:57.139 --> 00:26:57.819 These guys. 00:27:00.419 --> 00:27:02.259 I'm talking as one rich man. 00:27:02.659 --> 00:27:04.259 To a room full of rich people. 00:27:05.679 --> 00:27:07.079 And everyone in this room. 00:27:07.219 --> 00:27:08.639 On the international scale. 00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:10.259 It's clearly the top 10%. 00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:13.919 Some of us here will be in the top 5%. 00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:16.820 And now. 00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:19.340 That has got to make us on the scale of rich people. 00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.960 If God was going to line up. 00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:25.620 6 billion people on the face of the earth right now. 00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:28.180 We would be on the rich end of the scale. 00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:31.600 If you're on unemployment benefit. 00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:34.620 If you're living in council housing. 00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:37.039 You are in the top 10% of the world. 00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:40.940 And so we need to stop thinking. 00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:42.559 That this is talking about someone else. 00:27:42.639 --> 00:27:43.500 It's talking about you. 00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.000 Me. 00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:47.279 And Jesus says. 00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:48.639 You getting to heaven. 00:27:48.899 --> 00:27:50.500 Is like a camel. 00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:52.859 Going through the eye of a needle. 00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:56.659 So understand this morning. 00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:59.220 That 1.3 billion people don't have saved drinking water. 00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:01.099 Let alone tap water in their own house. 00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:02.779 Let alone an indoor toilet. 00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.720 Where are the rich ones? 00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:07.019 Well that's depressing isn't it? 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.579 Why is it depressing? 00:28:07.659 --> 00:28:08.440 Because I want to go to heaven. 00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:11.200 I want to go to heaven. 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.319 I want eternal life. 00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.720 But Jesus says. 00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:16.139 It's impossible for you and I. 00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:17.019 To have eternal life. 00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:18.980 Because you like I are rich. 00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:22.420 And then Jesus fortunately finishes. 00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:23.779 That sentence in verse 26. 00:28:23.899 --> 00:28:24.319 Can you see it? 00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:28.879 With man this is impossible. 00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:30.240 But with God. 00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:32.220 All things are altogether now. 00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.420 Possible. 00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.279 Hallelujah. 00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:36.379 So good to hear. 00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:40.539 But the rich man. 00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:41.119 Verse 22. 00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:43.000 Didn't stick around to hear that sentence. 00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.259 That's the tragedy. 00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:47.899 He stopped listening to me. 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:49.059 The moment Jesus said. 00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:49.859 Go send out with him. 00:28:49.899 --> 00:28:50.159 Bang. 00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:51.119 He's gone at the door. 00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.740 He didn't hear. 00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.519 Come follow me. 00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:56.899 And what does it mean to follow Jesus? 00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.700 In a nutshell. 00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.700 It means that everything. 00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.180 It means that everything. 00:28:59.180 --> 00:29:00.100 And everyone. 00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.840 Has to come a poor second. 00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:05.059 To the one in the circle of goodness. 00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:08.259 The one who alone is God. 00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:09.779 The one who alone is good. 00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:10.740 It has to be. 00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.680 He has to be God. 00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:14.539 Because who else can demand. 00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.880 This kind of loyalty. 00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:18.460 And he's so clearly good. 00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.920 As the Bible keeps saying. 00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:22.779 Jesus will say. 00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:24.640 Unless you love me more than your mother. 00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:25.580 Or your father. 00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.400 Or your husband. 00:29:26.580 --> 00:29:27.220 Or your wife. 00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.420 Or your brother. 00:29:28.560 --> 00:29:29.060 Or your sister. 00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:30.400 You are not worthy of me. 00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.060 Follow me. 00:29:33.060 --> 00:29:34.200 And it's worth it. 00:29:35.560 --> 00:29:36.920 And I'll take care of you. 00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:40.519 Let me read you verse 27. 00:29:42.560 --> 00:29:44.080 And Peter said and replied. 00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:45.720 Sir we've left everything. 00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:47.680 That's following you. 00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:51.060 What then will we have? 00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:56.300 And so you have a radical statement. 00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:57.519 You have a radical command. 00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:59.240 But you also have a radical promise. 00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:02.660 Jesus said to verse 28. 00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.480 Truly I say to you. 00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.279 In the new world. 00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.860 Where the Son of Man will sit. 00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:06.959 On his glorious throne. 00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:08.319 You who have followed me. 00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:10.059 Will sit on 12 thrones. 00:30:10.139 --> 00:30:11.339 He's referring there to the apostles. 00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:13.619 Judging the 12 tribes of Israel. 00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.779 And here we are. 00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.399 Verse 29. 00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:17.219 And everyone. 00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:18.079 That's me and you. 00:30:18.179 --> 00:30:19.000 Who has left houses. 00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.439 Or brothers. 00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:19.919 Or sisters. 00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.419 Or father. 00:30:20.419 --> 00:30:20.779 Or mother. 00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.159 Or children. 00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.979 Or lands. 00:30:22.419 --> 00:30:23.359 For my sake. 00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:25.240 My name is sick. 00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:26.359 Will receive a hundredfold. 00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.740 And will inherit eternal life. 00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:30.759 But many who are first will be last. 00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:31.699 And the last will be first. 00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.579 What's Jesus saying here? 00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:37.099 What is the radical promise? 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:39.159 The radical promise is this. 00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:42.519 There will be no regrets. 00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:46.079 For those who put Jesus first. 00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:49.259 It's a win-win scenario. 00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.619 Jesus says. 00:30:51.679 --> 00:30:52.939 I will take care of you now. 00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:54.419 And I will take care of you forever. 00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:58.079 I'll take care of you. 00:30:58.079 --> 00:31:02.679 And so if as a result of following Jesus. 00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:04.639 Ealing turns against you. 00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.299 Jesus says. 00:31:05.399 --> 00:31:06.279 I will be there. 00:31:06.399 --> 00:31:08.240 And I will bless you with a host of others. 00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:11.199 Do you believe that? 00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:16.059 One of the great lies to children. 00:31:16.199 --> 00:31:16.419 Isn't it? 00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:16.960 And young people. 00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.559 Children and young people. 00:31:17.639 --> 00:31:17.919 If you listen. 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.460 If you don't come. 00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:19.679 It says. 00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.879 The devil will say to you. 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.960 By following Jesus. 00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.879 You will miss out. 00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:25.460 You will miss out. 00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:28.040 You'll be lonely. 00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:30.020 You'll be popular. 00:31:31.040 --> 00:31:31.600 You want to friends. 00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.680 And the devil says that to you. 00:31:32.760 --> 00:31:33.120 And so you. 00:31:33.340 --> 00:31:33.700 You think. 00:31:33.780 --> 00:31:34.820 I've got to tone down. 00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.900 Following the Lord Jesus. 00:31:36.040 --> 00:31:36.760 And I was alive. 00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.200 The devil. 00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:39.140 Because Jesus makes you. 00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.920 A promise to you. 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:41.400 That if you stand for him. 00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:43.519 There will be no regrets. 00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:45.039 And yes. 00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:46.119 It may well be lonely. 00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:47.400 And it may well be hard. 00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:48.819 In school to stand for him. 00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:50.779 But if you do that. 00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:52.680 He will sit by you. 00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:54.579 And he will reward you. 00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:59.680 Let's think of what we thought of last week. 00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:01.279 Let's think for those who are single. 00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:01.700 Isn't it? 00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:03.400 And the temptations there are. 00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:06.099 And to stand for Jesus. 00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:07.500 And to follow Jesus. 00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:08.659 In your singleness. 00:32:09.699 --> 00:32:10.799 To not give in. 00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.939 To the huge temptations. 00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.679 To not give in. 00:32:12.719 --> 00:32:13.439 With the world sinking. 00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.500 Do you believe this? 00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.819 That there will be no. 00:32:16.659 --> 00:32:17.059 Regrets. 00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:20.159 For standing for the Lord Jesus. 00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:26.279 That Jesus will take care of you. 00:32:26.419 --> 00:32:27.159 In this life. 00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:28.259 And in the next life. 00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:32.799 For those of us who are married. 00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:34.879 And we're fed up being married. 00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:37.719 And the temptation is to think. 00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.299 It would just. 00:32:38.379 --> 00:32:40.719 It would just be easier to walk away. 00:32:43.719 --> 00:32:45.319 To stand for the Lord Jesus. 00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.819 And to follow the Lord Jesus. 00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:48.759 And honour our covenant commitments. 00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.740 And Jesus says. 00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:52.740 There will be no regrets. 00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.480 If he lived for me. 00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:58.039 Talking to a Christian last week. 00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:59.259 About how God had given him. 00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:01.360 Many fathers. 00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.360 In addition to his own. 00:33:04.180 --> 00:33:05.579 In the absence of a father. 00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.740 Who wasn't there for him. 00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:09.079 God had provided other fathers and brothers. 00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.980 Haven't you found that? 00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:14.180 We need to work hard and harder. 00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:15.620 At being the family of God. 00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:19.579 I picked up spiritual mothers. 00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:20.459 In this congregation. 00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:22.579 Over the last 18 years. 00:33:22.899 --> 00:33:24.199 Not at the expense of my own mother. 00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:24.859 But in addition. 00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:28.979 And God has taken care of us. 00:33:29.719 --> 00:33:31.619 You will not miss out. 00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:33.679 By living full throttle. 00:33:33.679 --> 00:33:34.459 For the Lord Jesus. 00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.719 We're so rich. 00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:39.739 A thousand times as much. 00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:41.439 And then we'll inherit eternal life. 00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:43.320 The end of that promise. 00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.380 Can you see eternal life? 00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:45.340 That rings a bell doesn't it? 00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:46.360 Where does it ring a bell from? 00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.240 Ah yeah. 00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:49.059 That was the question. 00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:50.100 That the guy came from. 00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.960 Start wasn't it? 00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.039 What must I do. 00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:55.160 To inherit eternal life? 00:33:56.100 --> 00:33:56.600 And the guy. 00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.400 He didn't stick around. 00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:59.019 Long enough to hear Jesus answer. 00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:01.680 That's the tragedy in a way. 00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:05.220 Because although verse 16. 00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:06.080 Is a good question. 00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:07.220 It's the wrong question. 00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.800 He said to Jesus. 00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.800 What good thing. 00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.800 Must I do. 00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:13.160 To have eternal life? 00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.840 What's the right question? 00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.860 The right question is. 00:34:17.080 --> 00:34:17.360 Jesus. 00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:19.039 What good things should you do. 00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:22.220 For me to get eternal life? 00:34:22.720 --> 00:34:23.460 It's a different question. 00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:26.580 And Jesus would answer him. 00:34:26.660 --> 00:34:27.019 And say. 00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:28.280 What I must do is. 00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:28.900 I must die. 00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.680 I must suffer. 00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.960 And I must go to Jerusalem. 00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.680 And die for you. 00:34:34.740 --> 00:34:36.400 I must rise for your forgiveness. 00:34:36.580 --> 00:34:37.539 And you will be forgiven. 00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:40.460 You understand. 00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:41.400 That you need a savior. 00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:41.920 You understand. 00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:43.059 That there is no one good. 00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:44.019 Except one. 00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.759 And the one ain't to you. 00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:49.400 I have this conversation. 00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.139 Again and again. 00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:50.800 With different people. 00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.639 I'm sure you do too. 00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.679 You meet someone. 00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.900 They find out I'm a minister. 00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:55.000 They say something like this. 00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.880 We're normally in a hospital. 00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.320 And they say. 00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.519 Well I know I'm going to have him. 00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:58.719 Because I've not done anything wrong. 00:34:58.779 --> 00:34:59.579 And I'm a good person. 00:34:59.579 --> 00:35:03.480 To that we generally want to say. 00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:03.980 So don't be right. 00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:04.380 I want to say. 00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:04.539 00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:06.420 Jesus says. 00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:07.279 No one is good. 00:35:07.299 --> 00:35:08.219 Except God alone. 00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:09.219 Quick as a flash. 00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:10.019 How do they reply? 00:35:11.319 --> 00:35:12.319 They reply in this way. 00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:12.739 They say. 00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:14.099 I know God will forgive me. 00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:14.420 Don't they? 00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:19.400 And I've not said it. 00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:21.940 But I do need to say it. 00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.400 At some point. 00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:22.840 I need to say. 00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.460 Well which is it? 00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:26.159 If you're a good person. 00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:26.920 You don't need to be forgiven. 00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:30.460 And if you're a forgiving person. 00:35:30.680 --> 00:35:31.400 Well then you're admitting. 00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.119 That you're not good. 00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:34.420 So which is it? 00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.200 Is that clear to you? 00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.680 If you're a good person. 00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:38.559 You don't need to be forgiven. 00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:41.200 And if you're a forgiving person. 00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:41.559 You don't. 00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:42.639 You need to. 00:35:43.200 --> 00:35:44.619 By the very nature of that. 00:35:44.700 --> 00:35:45.539 You're admitting you're not good. 00:35:48.220 --> 00:35:48.940 And Jesus says. 00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:50.019 There isn't any one of us here. 00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:56.280 The very act of asking for forgiveness. 00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:57.100 Is a testimony. 00:35:57.640 --> 00:35:58.180 To that fact. 00:35:58.260 --> 00:35:58.820 That you're not good. 00:36:01.100 --> 00:36:01.840 And so do you think. 00:36:02.140 --> 00:36:03.280 Isn't it time this morning. 00:36:03.380 --> 00:36:05.600 To stop walking away from Jesus. 00:36:06.200 --> 00:36:07.320 And admit to Jesus. 00:36:08.040 --> 00:36:09.180 I'm not good. 00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:12.320 And I know that I'm wealthy. 00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:13.920 Because I'm a person. 00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:15.280 Living in a wealthy land. 00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:16.960 Surrounded by other wealthy people. 00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:19.440 And I enjoy the things God. 00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:20.900 That you have given to me. 00:36:22.120 --> 00:36:23.460 But I need to understand. 00:36:23.620 --> 00:36:25.320 That I need to love you Lord. 00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:27.059 More than all of these things. 00:36:27.140 --> 00:36:28.500 And I have to put you first. 00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:30.220 Before my loved ones. 00:36:31.160 --> 00:36:32.420 And my things. 00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:36.000 Because if I put you first. 00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:38.320 Then I can actually love my loved ones. 00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:40.039 And the things that you've abundantly given. 00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:41.220 To me properly. 00:36:43.620 --> 00:36:44.840 And I understand Lord. 00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:45.680 That I can't do it. 00:36:47.640 --> 00:36:49.280 And I need you to do it for me. 00:36:49.280 --> 00:36:53.800 And when you do that. 00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:55.480 You allow the impossible. 00:36:57.260 --> 00:36:58.480 To become possible. 00:37:01.040 --> 00:37:01.660 Let's pray.