WEBVTT 00:00:00.460 --> 00:00:07.500 If you have your Bibles, look with me to Mark chapter 10, and we're going to read verses 17 through 22. 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:10.839 And I'm going to preach about the attitude of a true believer. 00:00:11.019 --> 00:00:15.140 Before we get into that, let me just say next Sunday, I hope you'll be here. 00:00:15.220 --> 00:00:16.300 I think you'll want to be here. 00:00:16.620 --> 00:00:19.120 I'm going to preach on heaven, and I always love doing that. 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:23.140 It's just one of those messages that leaves you feeling great. 00:00:23.480 --> 00:00:28.320 And so I hope you'll come and be with us as we think about heaven next Sunday morning. 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:32.700 And while you're thinking about that, next Sunday is Friend Day. 00:00:32.820 --> 00:00:34.960 We're going to invite our friends this week. 00:00:35.079 --> 00:00:37.240 We've had an emphasis every week for the last four weeks. 00:00:37.380 --> 00:00:43.020 And this coming week, the emphasis is on calling a friend, phoning a friend, and asking them to come to be with you. 00:00:43.060 --> 00:00:46.859 That can be a family member, a neighbor, somebody you work with. 00:00:46.900 --> 00:00:49.679 But just try to bring someone with you to church next week. 00:00:50.039 --> 00:00:56.740 I don't have a lot of friends in this area that I know, you know, other than you folk who are already coming here. 00:00:56.740 --> 00:01:01.140 And so it's going to be hard for me, but I'm going to try to bring a friend next week as well. 00:01:01.260 --> 00:01:07.519 So I hope you'll get on the phone and call some folk, and we'll have a good crowd next week as we come to think about heaven. 00:01:07.859 --> 00:01:11.260 I want to talk this morning about the attitude of a true believer. 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:14.180 And let me tell you what I mean by that. 00:01:14.180 --> 00:01:26.980 I'm thinking about when a person comes to know Christ, what does their attitude regarding the gospel have to be in order for them to truly believe on the Lord Jesus Christ? 00:01:27.340 --> 00:01:30.820 I see folks who have this notion in mind, well, you know what? 00:01:31.300 --> 00:01:33.300 This is just totally on me. 00:01:33.540 --> 00:01:35.820 And so I can understand the gospels. 00:01:35.900 --> 00:01:36.719 I hear the gospels. 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:38.000 I kind of believe them. 00:01:38.240 --> 00:01:39.719 I believe there was a Jesus. 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:42.760 I believe he came and he died on the cross and he rose from the dead. 00:01:42.960 --> 00:01:44.140 Don't have any problem with that. 00:01:44.440 --> 00:01:46.480 And I kind of believe that there's life after death. 00:01:46.540 --> 00:01:48.700 Not altogether sure, but I kind of think there is. 00:01:49.100 --> 00:01:53.240 But, you know, right now I'm in the middle of life and I'm having a great time. 00:01:53.540 --> 00:01:56.160 And I'm just not ready to settle down and become a believer. 00:01:56.280 --> 00:01:57.240 So what I'm going to do is this. 00:01:57.500 --> 00:02:00.900 I'm going to file all that stuff away in the back of my mind. 00:02:01.080 --> 00:02:08.300 And then when I get closer to the end, when I get out of that time where I'm going to sow my wild oats and I'm ready to settle down, 00:02:08.300 --> 00:02:11.879 I've got kids and grandkids maybe, and maybe I'm even near death. 00:02:12.180 --> 00:02:16.979 I'll just at that point when it's more convenient and more in keeping what I want to do in my life, 00:02:17.379 --> 00:02:18.979 I'll give my life to Jesus. 00:02:19.139 --> 00:02:20.699 But I'm not ready to do it today. 00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:22.819 I'm just going to put all that stuff on the back burner. 00:02:23.099 --> 00:02:29.120 And they kind of have this notion, I can just come to Christ anytime I jolly well feel like coming to Christ. 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:34.819 So, man, if they tell me I've got cancer and I've got two months to live, that'll be a good time to get saved, right? 00:02:35.060 --> 00:02:39.659 I want you to know I think there are folk who genuinely, genuinely, I'm not just saying this, 00:02:40.200 --> 00:02:44.659 genuinely come to Christ in the last moments of their life on their deathbed. 00:02:44.860 --> 00:02:48.480 They come to the Lord Jesus and they're sincerely saved. 00:02:49.020 --> 00:02:49.700 But I want to tell you something. 00:02:49.699 --> 00:02:56.039 I've got a problem with a person who knows about Jesus all their life and thinks, you know, 00:02:56.159 --> 00:02:59.079 I can just put this off until it's convenient time. 00:02:59.459 --> 00:03:06.399 I don't think that's the kind of attitude someone has who genuinely trusts Jesus. 00:03:07.179 --> 00:03:08.120 And I want to show you that. 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:12.060 It's not a matter of what I think, what my feelings are, what my opinion is. 00:03:12.420 --> 00:03:14.199 It's a matter of what the Scripture tells us. 00:03:14.500 --> 00:03:17.039 And so I'm going to show you two stories this morning. 00:03:17.140 --> 00:03:20.879 One of these stories, everybody, virtually everybody here, 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:23.979 unless you've not had a chance to read the Scripture much, 00:03:24.500 --> 00:03:28.599 virtually everybody here knows this one story, the story we're going to begin with. 00:03:28.780 --> 00:03:31.319 The second story is just a single verse. 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:34.000 It's a story wrapped up in just one verse. 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:35.599 It's a parable that Jesus gives. 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:39.199 And to be honest with you, it's one of those parables that preachers often overlook. 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:42.899 We don't often turn to that and say, I'm going to preach a whole message on this. 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:47.159 We usually just throw it in at some point in a sermon, okay? 00:03:47.639 --> 00:03:52.479 But this morning, I want you to know, it's the real focus of our message today. 00:03:52.819 --> 00:03:57.699 So go with me to Mark chapter 10, and let's begin our reading in verse 17. 00:03:58.219 --> 00:04:01.739 And I'm just going to read this story and then make some comments, 00:04:01.839 --> 00:04:05.019 and then we'll look at that other one, and we'll be done. 00:04:05.019 --> 00:04:06.780 Look with me to verse 17. 00:04:06.780 --> 00:04:28.139 Now, you may or may not know this story right off the get-go. 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:31.040 If you look down at the heading above where we just read, 00:04:31.139 --> 00:04:35.180 probably your Bible has something like this, the rich young ruler. 00:04:35.180 --> 00:04:40.100 And you don't read that he's a ruler in this particular passage, 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:42.740 but if you look at all the synoptic Gospels, 00:04:42.819 --> 00:04:46.400 you'll find that one Gospel writer says he was a ruler, 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:49.819 and then Luke says he had great wealth, 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:53.600 and here we're going to see he had great possessions as well. 00:04:53.819 --> 00:04:56.040 So here's what we know about this guy right out of the gate. 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:57.420 He's a young fellow. 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:02.480 He's a guy who's a ruler, which means he enjoyed a certain fair amount of popularity. 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:05.420 He has some status in the community, no doubt. 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:08.420 And he's a guy who's got a lot of money. 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:11.600 So when you think of all those things, 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:14.360 and you picture this guy coming running up to Jesus, 00:05:14.460 --> 00:05:15.960 here's Jesus and his disciples, 00:05:16.220 --> 00:05:17.540 and they're going on this journey, 00:05:17.740 --> 00:05:20.980 and right in the middle of their leaving to go on this journey, 00:05:21.300 --> 00:05:23.520 this guy comes running up out of the crowd, 00:05:24.020 --> 00:05:26.420 and he just kneels right there at Jesus' feet, 00:05:26.420 --> 00:05:28.160 and he looks up and he says, 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:32.240 what must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:05:33.140 --> 00:05:35.840 You've got to kind of say, man, didn't see that coming. 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:40.939 It's not the kind of person you typically even read about in the Gospels 00:05:40.939 --> 00:05:43.920 who comes running up to Jesus and kneels 00:05:43.920 --> 00:05:48.780 and asks such a question, especially as directly as this man asked it. 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:52.420 You find on another occasion a guy by the name of Jairus, 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:53.259 he's a big shot. 00:05:53.660 --> 00:05:55.580 He's the leader of the synagogue in Capernaum. 00:05:55.579 --> 00:05:58.620 He comes up, he runs, he kneels, does the same thing, 00:05:58.879 --> 00:06:02.259 but you find out there he's an older guy who has a daughter 00:06:02.259 --> 00:06:04.240 who's at death's door. 00:06:05.060 --> 00:06:06.659 And so he's, I get it. 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:07.959 I understand why. 00:06:08.259 --> 00:06:10.919 He'd come and beg Jesus for a miracle. 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:14.259 We see of others who come, and they ask Jesus, 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:16.000 but always they've got in the back of their mind, 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:17.860 there's something they need. 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:22.299 This man's not asking for any kind of physical miracle. 00:06:22.300 --> 00:06:26.620 He's not asking for any kind of help in the physical realm. 00:06:26.819 --> 00:06:28.439 He's got that covered. 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:29.160 You understand? 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:32.000 He doesn't need financial help. 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:34.699 He doesn't need a physical miracle. 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:36.680 He doesn't need anything from anybody else. 00:06:36.860 --> 00:06:39.080 He's wanting spiritual help. 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:41.759 So it makes it all the more unusual. 00:06:42.620 --> 00:06:44.160 And look at the question he asked Jesus. 00:06:44.160 --> 00:06:50.880 Master, tell me, what must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:06:51.620 --> 00:06:53.439 Well, that's a great question, right? 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:56.240 Can I tell you, for years and years and years, 00:06:56.760 --> 00:07:00.040 in fact, even to this day, but especially when I pastored, 00:07:00.400 --> 00:07:01.320 every day I'd pray. 00:07:01.420 --> 00:07:03.180 When I'd get in my office, I'd begin the day, 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:04.540 and I'd ask the Lord. 00:07:04.740 --> 00:07:05.740 I'd look over my calendar and say, 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:07.200 Lord, would you help me with this and this and this? 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:10.719 And I'd always say, Lord, would you lead somebody here today 00:07:10.719 --> 00:07:12.319 just right off the streets? 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:14.000 They'll just pass by our buildings, 00:07:14.099 --> 00:07:15.379 and they'll just see our sign out front, 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:16.560 and they'll just come in here, 00:07:16.719 --> 00:07:19.839 and they'll just want to know how can they be saved? 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:22.379 Would you just lead somebody to me today 00:07:22.379 --> 00:07:24.399 who's looking to know Christ? 00:07:24.899 --> 00:07:27.159 I'm sure lots of you in this room have prayed 00:07:27.159 --> 00:07:27.980 that kind of prayer as well. 00:07:28.060 --> 00:07:31.339 Lord, just lead me to somebody who's looking to be saved. 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:33.639 I want to tell you, in the evangelical world, 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:37.819 this guy lobs Jesus a softball, right? 00:07:38.379 --> 00:07:41.180 I mean, it's the evangelical softball of the year. 00:07:41.819 --> 00:07:44.939 Could you tell me, Son of God, who better? 00:07:45.419 --> 00:07:49.779 Could you tell me, how could I inherit the kingdom of God? 00:07:50.019 --> 00:07:51.500 What can I do? 00:07:52.279 --> 00:07:54.939 So you know what you would expect, don't you? 00:07:55.539 --> 00:07:57.839 That Jesus just kind of goes in the wind up 00:07:57.839 --> 00:08:01.860 and all right and pow, knocks it right out of the stadium. 00:08:01.860 --> 00:08:02.959 That's what you would anticipate. 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:05.779 But that's not what Jesus does. 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:10.459 I mean, I'd have been on him, to be honest, like ugly on an ape. 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:11.779 If he had said that to me, 00:08:12.500 --> 00:08:15.039 I'd have just jumped in, gone right to the Roman road, 00:08:15.219 --> 00:08:16.659 or I'm not going to get him lost again 00:08:16.659 --> 00:08:17.759 because he already knows he's lost. 00:08:17.819 --> 00:08:18.800 He wants to be saved. 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:20.060 He wouldn't have come to me 00:08:20.060 --> 00:08:22.419 unless he knew something was lacking in his life. 00:08:22.579 --> 00:08:24.319 He would have never raised that kind of question. 00:08:25.180 --> 00:08:28.199 So I'm just going to go jump right in and say, 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:30.279 here's how you can come to know God. 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:33.340 But that's not what Jesus does. 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:35.220 I've got to be honest with you. 00:08:35.220 --> 00:08:37.820 If you didn't already read this story, 00:08:37.899 --> 00:08:39.860 you'd never guess what he says. 00:08:40.860 --> 00:08:43.720 Look at Jesus' response, if you will, to that question. 00:08:44.779 --> 00:08:45.580 Verse 18. 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:48.540 Why do you call me good? 00:08:50.139 --> 00:08:50.460 Why? 00:08:50.460 --> 00:08:53.500 I mean, if I'd been one of his disciples, 00:08:53.639 --> 00:08:55.100 and I'd been standing there, and I'd heard that. 00:08:55.540 --> 00:08:57.360 I mean, this is what we've been looking for all the time, 00:08:57.400 --> 00:08:59.080 somebody to come, and they want to have their hearts right, 00:08:59.120 --> 00:08:59.820 and they want to go to heaven. 00:09:00.139 --> 00:09:01.460 They want to inherit the kingdom of God. 00:09:01.700 --> 00:09:04.580 And he says, good teacher, good master. 00:09:04.800 --> 00:09:05.540 It's not an insult. 00:09:05.680 --> 00:09:06.540 It's a good thing, right? 00:09:07.220 --> 00:09:10.320 And Jesus says, well, now, tell me. 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:12.420 Why do you call me good? 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:14.400 I'd be going, huh? 00:09:14.500 --> 00:09:14.820 What? 00:09:15.340 --> 00:09:16.240 What are you doing, Jesus? 00:09:16.540 --> 00:09:17.700 Don't let him get away. 00:09:17.900 --> 00:09:20.040 I mean, give him the gospel. 00:09:21.060 --> 00:09:23.260 Jesus says, why do you call me good? 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:23.860 Can I tell you? 00:09:24.680 --> 00:09:26.500 It was a wonderful thing to say, 00:09:26.560 --> 00:09:29.140 because Jesus knew what's going on in this guy's mind, 00:09:29.220 --> 00:09:31.080 and in his heart, and how he's thinking. 00:09:31.080 --> 00:09:35.340 Did he think that Jesus was God? 00:09:36.040 --> 00:09:37.220 Absolutely not. 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:39.040 There's not a question in my mind. 00:09:39.520 --> 00:09:42.720 He believed that this man, Jesus, was God. 00:09:43.180 --> 00:09:44.800 He thought just what he said. 00:09:44.860 --> 00:09:46.920 He was a good teacher. 00:09:47.900 --> 00:09:50.240 He was a good man. 00:09:51.840 --> 00:09:53.940 And Jesus wants to capitalize on that 00:09:53.940 --> 00:09:57.879 and send him a message about what's going on in his own life, 00:09:57.940 --> 00:09:59.020 in the man's life. 00:09:59.019 --> 00:10:01.899 We all use that expression, don't we? 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:03.840 We say, he's a good guy. 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:05.639 She's a good guy. 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:07.860 You go to a funeral, you always hear the preacher say, 00:10:08.019 --> 00:10:09.100 he was a good man. 00:10:09.799 --> 00:10:11.460 She was a good woman. 00:10:11.579 --> 00:10:12.639 And they're not lying about that. 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:15.059 They mean that compared to a lot of folk, 00:10:15.379 --> 00:10:17.319 they're really a good, good, good person. 00:10:17.620 --> 00:10:19.639 Or even if you look at them individually, 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:23.220 he treated his family well, she treated her family well. 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:25.039 They were good citizens. 00:10:25.460 --> 00:10:27.139 They were good members of First Baptist Church. 00:10:27.139 --> 00:10:29.580 They're good people. 00:10:31.019 --> 00:10:34.460 But notice what Jesus says in response to that. 00:10:35.500 --> 00:10:38.319 Why do you call me good, Jesus asked him. 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:43.220 No one is good but one, and that is God. 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:47.460 No one is good but God. 00:10:47.460 --> 00:10:53.379 And you may be wondering, well, why did Jesus pick that apart? 00:10:53.580 --> 00:10:55.820 Why did Jesus make a point of that? 00:10:56.700 --> 00:11:00.820 Because he knows what this guy's thinking, not about him, Jesus, 00:11:01.400 --> 00:11:03.160 but about himself. 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:09.440 When he calls Jesus good, he's not saying you're good as in perfect, as in God. 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:13.640 He's saying you're good as in I'm good. 00:11:14.260 --> 00:11:15.100 You're good. 00:11:15.740 --> 00:11:16.500 You're good. 00:11:16.980 --> 00:11:18.540 We're all pretty good. 00:11:18.640 --> 00:11:20.320 We have our good moments. 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:25.480 But Jesus is going to show this man something about himself from this point going forward 00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:29.360 that he's not prepared to see, and I don't know that he ever saw. 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:31.120 I don't know that he got it, to be honest. 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:35.180 I think he walked off, and he never understood what Jesus was saying. 00:11:35.179 --> 00:11:37.179 And here's the point Jesus is making. 00:11:37.539 --> 00:11:39.120 Look at what he says next. 00:11:40.819 --> 00:11:41.939 You know the commandments. 00:11:43.019 --> 00:11:43.739 Do not murder. 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:45.079 Do not commit adultery. 00:11:45.419 --> 00:11:46.279 Do not steal. 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:48.319 Do not bear false witness. 00:11:48.479 --> 00:11:49.500 Do not defraud. 00:11:50.219 --> 00:11:52.459 Honor your father and your mother. 00:11:52.579 --> 00:11:53.379 You know what he's done? 00:11:54.359 --> 00:11:56.859 Jesus has now skipped to the Ten Commandments. 00:11:57.659 --> 00:12:03.579 He's gone to Exodus chapter 20 and verse 12 and following. 00:12:03.580 --> 00:12:07.200 And he cited six of the Ten Commandments. 00:12:07.300 --> 00:12:07.940 And get this now. 00:12:08.060 --> 00:12:14.400 These six he cited are the six that theologians call commandments on the horizontal plane. 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:19.259 He's omitted the first four, which are commandments on the vertical plane. 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:21.020 And by vertical plane, I mean this. 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:24.660 They're the ones that relate to our relationship with God. 00:12:24.800 --> 00:12:27.500 Keep the Sabbath day and keep it holy. 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:28.640 He says, 00:12:28.640 --> 00:12:32.240 Worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:33.779 Don't have any graven. 00:12:33.940 --> 00:12:35.320 He skipped all those. 00:12:35.680 --> 00:12:40.440 And he's gone to these that are on the horizontal plane that deal with man's relationship with other men. 00:12:40.779 --> 00:12:41.759 And so Jesus says, 00:12:42.139 --> 00:12:44.299 Well, you call me good. 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:45.659 There's no one good but God. 00:12:46.379 --> 00:12:47.519 You know what you need to do. 00:12:47.580 --> 00:12:49.399 You need to keep the Ten Commandments. 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:51.799 And he says, 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:53.799 How you relate to men. 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:55.019 Is that okay? 00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:58.960 Have you been keeping those about how you relate to men? 00:12:58.960 --> 00:13:01.259 And you know what the man says? 00:13:01.379 --> 00:13:02.480 Look at his response. 00:13:04.100 --> 00:13:04.820 The man says, 00:13:05.320 --> 00:13:10.139 Teacher, I have kept all these from my youth. 00:13:12.040 --> 00:13:13.560 Well, yes, Master. 00:13:14.139 --> 00:13:14.600 Of course. 00:13:14.660 --> 00:13:15.700 I'm a good Jewish boy. 00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:20.019 I've maintained all these commandments. 00:13:21.139 --> 00:13:22.460 Now, I want to just show you something. 00:13:22.460 --> 00:13:26.080 Most of us in this room, 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:27.879 if you say to them, 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:28.980 say to folk, 00:13:29.820 --> 00:13:31.160 You been keeping the Ten Commandments? 00:13:32.900 --> 00:13:33.600 What do you think? 00:13:33.700 --> 00:13:34.700 We think to ourselves. 00:13:35.560 --> 00:13:35.920 Well, sure. 00:13:36.139 --> 00:13:36.300 Yeah. 00:13:36.620 --> 00:13:36.840 Right. 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:37.180 Right. 00:13:38.540 --> 00:13:39.420 But have you? 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:42.660 Have you? 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:45.100 You ever gossiped? 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:47.660 You broke that one. 00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:49.720 Ever lied? 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:49.780 Ever lied? 00:13:52.460 --> 00:13:56.080 Ever failed to report some cash you got? 00:13:57.940 --> 00:13:59.360 On your income tax? 00:14:00.139 --> 00:14:00.860 Nobody knew about? 00:14:03.340 --> 00:14:05.100 Ever hurt somebody? 00:14:07.379 --> 00:14:08.460 Ever stole anything? 00:14:11.139 --> 00:14:12.360 And on and on and on. 00:14:12.540 --> 00:14:13.420 You see, we think, 00:14:13.580 --> 00:14:15.060 Well, if I just don't break it all the time, 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:16.320 I'm not guilty of breaking it. 00:14:17.100 --> 00:14:18.220 But you know what James says? 00:14:18.280 --> 00:14:18.780 James says, 00:14:18.860 --> 00:14:20.240 If you break it in one point, 00:14:20.300 --> 00:14:22.240 you're guilty of breaking it all. 00:14:23.400 --> 00:14:24.220 You get that? 00:14:25.660 --> 00:14:26.759 If you're guilty at one point, 00:14:26.820 --> 00:14:29.000 you're guilty of breaking all of them. 00:14:30.660 --> 00:14:31.639 And Jesus knew, 00:14:32.379 --> 00:14:34.160 and that's the reason he makes such a big deal 00:14:34.160 --> 00:14:35.180 about this thing of being good. 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:36.379 Buddy, 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:38.840 you're delusional. 00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:42.080 You're not as good as you think you are. 00:14:42.740 --> 00:14:43.100 Right? 00:14:43.100 --> 00:14:45.480 And none of us are. 00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:48.840 We convince ourselves, 00:14:48.920 --> 00:14:49.779 try to convince ourselves 00:14:49.779 --> 00:14:52.019 that we really are great, good people, 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:52.460 and we just, 00:14:52.680 --> 00:14:53.680 we're not that bad. 00:14:53.940 --> 00:14:54.600 I mean, I'm not, 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:56.320 I'm not the worst guy in the world, 00:14:56.500 --> 00:14:57.800 and so I'm pretty good, right? 00:14:58.440 --> 00:14:59.000 Jesus says, 00:14:59.080 --> 00:15:00.200 No, truth is, 00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:01.139 you're not. 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:02.940 You're a sinner, 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:05.440 just like everybody else. 00:15:06.260 --> 00:15:06.740 And so, 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:08.960 you're not that good. 00:15:09.920 --> 00:15:10.260 Well, 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:13.200 Jesus is going to tell him what he needs to do. 00:15:14.060 --> 00:15:15.460 Look at what he tells him he needs to do. 00:15:15.540 --> 00:15:16.540 Look at the very next verse. 00:15:16.620 --> 00:15:17.720 This is going to shock some of you. 00:15:18.380 --> 00:15:20.280 Then looking at him, 00:15:20.420 --> 00:15:21.440 Jesus loved him. 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:22.620 He's not angry with him. 00:15:22.700 --> 00:15:23.680 He's not put out with him. 00:15:24.260 --> 00:15:25.000 He loves him. 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:27.379 You lack one thing. 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:29.620 Go sell all you have 00:15:29.620 --> 00:15:30.580 and give to the poor, 00:15:30.860 --> 00:15:32.220 and you will have treasure. 00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:33.840 Look at that word. 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:35.179 Treasure. 00:15:35.299 --> 00:15:36.779 I want you just to remember it for a minute. 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:39.720 You will have treasure in heaven. 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:42.600 Then come follow me. 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:47.480 Now, this guy wants eternal life. 00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:50.360 He wants eternal life. 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:52.159 You know why he's coming to Jesus? 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:54.059 Because he knows he doesn't have it. 00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:56.759 He knows deep in his heart 00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:57.740 when he looks at his life, 00:15:57.799 --> 00:15:58.799 he's got a lot of stuff. 00:15:59.139 --> 00:16:00.120 He's got material things. 00:16:00.220 --> 00:16:01.200 He's got popularity. 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:02.659 He's got status. 00:16:03.179 --> 00:16:04.659 He's got the respect of the community. 00:16:05.659 --> 00:16:07.039 But what I don't have is God. 00:16:08.059 --> 00:16:09.740 And I believe this all over my heart. 00:16:10.340 --> 00:16:11.700 God has given us an ability 00:16:11.700 --> 00:16:13.519 when we'll get real honest with ourselves 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:14.700 and stop being delusional 00:16:14.700 --> 00:16:15.399 and look inward, 00:16:15.940 --> 00:16:18.360 we know if we're right with God or not. 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:21.080 Doesn't matter what our parents think, 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:22.259 what our pastor thinks, 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:23.240 what our deacons think, 00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:24.639 what our wife or husband thinks, 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:27.480 we know if we're really right with God. 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:30.139 I think most every one of you, 00:16:30.179 --> 00:16:31.240 if not every one of you, 00:16:31.340 --> 00:16:32.740 right now under the sound of my voice, 00:16:33.379 --> 00:16:34.120 you know today, 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:36.840 regardless what anybody else in this room thinks, 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:38.580 you know whether or not 00:16:38.580 --> 00:16:40.519 you are really right with God, 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:42.379 whether or not you're really ready to die 00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:43.539 and stand before God in judgment 00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:45.679 this very moment. 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:49.099 And that young man took inventory of his life 00:16:49.099 --> 00:16:49.919 and even though he says, 00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:51.079 I'm keeping all these commandments 00:16:51.079 --> 00:16:52.159 and I want you to know, 00:16:52.239 --> 00:16:53.539 I think he is a moral guy. 00:16:54.099 --> 00:16:55.379 And I think for the most part, 00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:57.000 he did keep all those commandments. 00:16:57.879 --> 00:16:58.879 I'm not saying he, 00:16:58.959 --> 00:16:59.259 you know, 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:00.179 he was a rotten sinner. 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:00.939 I'm just saying, 00:17:01.219 --> 00:17:01.859 he was a sinner. 00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:04.400 But I believe this, 00:17:04.460 --> 00:17:05.460 when he looked at his life, 00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:06.000 he knew this, 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:06.839 there's something missing 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:08.019 or he would never have come 00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:08.940 and knelt before Jesus 00:17:08.940 --> 00:17:09.319 and said, 00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:09.720 tell me, 00:17:09.940 --> 00:17:11.779 what must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:12.940 And I want to tell you, 00:17:13.180 --> 00:17:14.799 that's where some of you in this room today, 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:16.660 even though your name's on the roll of this church, 00:17:16.819 --> 00:17:17.900 that's where you are. 00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:20.599 You're perfectly honest, 00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:21.339 you know that's where, 00:17:21.339 --> 00:17:23.599 because I'm not ready to meet God. 00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:25.679 When I was a young man, 00:17:26.619 --> 00:17:27.339 living in Anderson, 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:30.619 another young guy who was my age at that time 00:17:30.619 --> 00:17:31.819 and good friend, 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:34.759 he went on to be a pastor of church here in South Carolina, 00:17:34.859 --> 00:17:37.559 a large church and just a good, good guy. 00:17:37.639 --> 00:17:38.579 But he looked at me one day, 00:17:38.659 --> 00:17:40.220 we were in a locker room and he said, 00:17:40.679 --> 00:17:42.379 Ralph, do you think we're ready to meet God? 00:17:43.439 --> 00:17:44.619 And it shocked me when he said, 00:17:44.679 --> 00:17:45.619 and I turned to him and I said, 00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:47.599 I know I'm not. 00:17:49.019 --> 00:17:50.419 I was in church every Sunday. 00:17:50.420 --> 00:17:51.420 I'd been baptized. 00:17:51.860 --> 00:17:52.779 My name was on the roll. 00:17:53.259 --> 00:17:54.440 I was a leader among the youth. 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:56.820 And I knew I wasn't ready to meet God. 00:17:56.880 --> 00:17:58.720 I knew I'm not right with God. 00:17:59.740 --> 00:18:00.920 And I just knew that. 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:02.259 Innately, I knew that. 00:18:02.840 --> 00:18:03.840 And I think this young man, 00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:05.980 he knows that I'm not right with God. 00:18:07.060 --> 00:18:10.640 So Jesus wants him to see where he really, 00:18:10.820 --> 00:18:12.060 but he don't think he's that bad. 00:18:12.580 --> 00:18:13.740 He's just not right with God. 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:15.000 So Jesus says, 00:18:15.180 --> 00:18:15.980 here's what I want you to do. 00:18:16.980 --> 00:18:18.060 If you want to be right with me, 00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:20.799 go sell everything. 00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:23.899 Every last thing. 00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:26.139 And give it to the poor 00:18:26.139 --> 00:18:27.679 and come take up the cross 00:18:27.679 --> 00:18:29.379 and follow me. 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:31.319 And you will find treasure in heaven. 00:18:32.419 --> 00:18:33.379 The young man's thinking to himself, 00:18:33.539 --> 00:18:34.740 I got treasure right now. 00:18:35.579 --> 00:18:36.579 I got lots of treasure. 00:18:37.299 --> 00:18:38.179 I'm not hurting for money. 00:18:39.180 --> 00:18:40.759 And this is what I know. 00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:44.340 And that thing you talk about, 00:18:44.380 --> 00:18:45.920 eternal life that I've asked you about, 00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:48.019 I'm wanting to hedge my bets 00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:49.740 in case it really is so, 00:18:49.840 --> 00:18:51.220 but I'm not certain it's so. 00:18:52.460 --> 00:18:53.160 And you see, 00:18:53.340 --> 00:18:54.519 that's the problem with some of us 00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:55.340 in this room again today. 00:18:55.420 --> 00:18:57.320 We're never going to say that out loud in church. 00:18:57.799 --> 00:18:58.720 We're just all going to say, 00:18:58.779 --> 00:19:00.200 yeah, we believe that the heaven's out there 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:01.580 after this life is over. 00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:02.819 But the truth of the matter is, 00:19:03.379 --> 00:19:04.220 we're not so sure. 00:19:05.699 --> 00:19:07.379 And that's why we hedge our bets 00:19:07.379 --> 00:19:10.859 by making sure we keep holding on to this life. 00:19:11.699 --> 00:19:12.839 Because we know this, 00:19:12.939 --> 00:19:14.059 I know what I got here. 00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:15.919 I can see my car, 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:16.779 I can see my house, 00:19:16.859 --> 00:19:17.679 I can see my family, 00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:18.679 I can see my relationships, 00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:19.139 my friends, 00:19:19.379 --> 00:19:21.559 I can see my money in the bank account, 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.639 and I can breathe, 00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:24.019 I'm alive now. 00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:26.019 But once I breathe my last 00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:27.579 and the doctor says he's dead, 00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:29.199 and he put me in the cash, 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:31.160 I don't know if I'm going to live then or not. 00:19:31.340 --> 00:19:32.259 I hope so. 00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:33.180 I think so. 00:19:33.259 --> 00:19:33.940 Maybe so. 00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:35.960 But that's uncertain. 00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:39.740 So Jesus wanted to point out 00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.799 how uncertain it is to him, 00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:41.200 and he says, 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:42.160 here's what you do. 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:43.940 You go sell everything you have 00:19:43.940 --> 00:19:44.960 and come take up the cross, 00:19:45.019 --> 00:19:46.120 and you'll find treasure in heaven, 00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:47.299 and you follow me, 00:19:47.360 --> 00:19:49.120 and you'll get eternal life. 00:19:50.340 --> 00:19:50.720 Now, 00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:52.019 we're just going to get eternal life 00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:53.180 because he sold what he had? 00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:53.559 No. 00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:56.039 Because it doesn't come to us by works. 00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:58.940 But by his selling everything, 00:19:58.940 --> 00:20:00.240 he was indicating Jesus, 00:20:00.620 --> 00:20:02.880 I have complete confidence in you 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:04.539 and in God, 00:20:04.600 --> 00:20:06.259 and I believe there's life after death, 00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:07.180 and I want that. 00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:09.259 And that was the importance 00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:10.100 of his selling everything. 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:10.880 Now, I want to tell you, 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:12.380 I've heard some preachers and lay people 00:20:12.380 --> 00:20:14.000 get this all mixed up and all wrong. 00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:15.779 I've heard preachers even say, 00:20:16.360 --> 00:20:16.900 well, you see, 00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:19.320 he really didn't have to sell everything. 00:20:19.860 --> 00:20:20.860 Jesus just wanted to see 00:20:20.860 --> 00:20:22.720 if he was willing to sell everything. 00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:24.880 There's not a shred of evidence 00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:26.440 to hold to that idea. 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:28.559 I believe Jesus meant 00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:29.920 go sell everything 00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:31.279 and come take up the cross 00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:31.860 and follow me, 00:20:32.100 --> 00:20:34.059 and you'll have life in heaven. 00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:36.460 And I'm going to show you 00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.160 why I believe that 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:39.420 because of what Jesus said 00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:41.360 on yet another occasion. 00:20:41.820 --> 00:20:42.799 Before we see that, 00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:42.980 though, 00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:44.059 look at the man's reaction. 00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:45.140 Look at verse 22. 00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.440 But he was stunned 00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:48.440 at this demand. 00:20:48.580 --> 00:20:49.140 I love 00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:51.200 how the Holman translates that. 00:20:51.259 --> 00:20:53.000 I don't know what your translation says, 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.900 but the Holman says, 00:20:54.380 --> 00:20:55.900 but he was stunned 00:20:55.900 --> 00:20:57.319 at that demand. 00:20:58.559 --> 00:20:59.460 You know what it is 00:20:59.460 --> 00:21:00.279 to be stunned, right? 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:01.839 You're not anticipating something. 00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:03.660 It takes you back. 00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.599 It takes your breath away. 00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:04.920 You just, 00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:05.319 what? 00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:06.740 I mean, 00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.740 usually when we're stunned, 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.579 what? 00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:10.779 We're stunned by news. 00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:11.880 We're stunned by something 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:12.859 that happens in our life. 00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:14.180 It's not what we thought 00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:15.059 was going to happen. 00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.640 This young man, 00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:17.980 what was he thinking 00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.700 when he said, 00:21:19.140 --> 00:21:20.000 tell me, 00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:21.180 how can I have eternal life? 00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.819 I'll tell you what 00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.720 I think he was thinking. 00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:24.279 He was saying, 00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:24.940 Jesus would say, 00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:25.680 get more faithful 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.500 to the Son of God. 00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.819 You got to stop 00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:30.380 doing those few bad things 00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:30.740 you're doing. 00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:32.680 You got to give some money. 00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.960 You got to give 10%, 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.700 20%, 00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:35.819 25%. 00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:37.859 Got to make a huge donation. 00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:38.940 Got to start a ministry. 00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:40.839 Got to get involved in something. 00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:42.240 And I believe with all my heart 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:43.900 that man would have done that. 00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:45.059 Whatever Jesus asked him 00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:46.460 that seemed reasonable to him, 00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:47.420 okay, 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:49.200 that's what I'll do. 00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:51.200 But when Jesus said, 00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:52.980 sell everything, 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.140 everything. 00:21:55.859 --> 00:21:57.000 What did you say? 00:21:59.660 --> 00:22:00.140 Huh? 00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:01.819 Everything? 00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.380 That's stunning. 00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.640 Just as stunning 00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.279 as it would be 00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.799 to any of you 00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.339 in this room. 00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.559 If Jesus looked at you 00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:09.819 and said, 00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:10.539 you want eternal life? 00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:10.940 Here's what? 00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.380 Give it all up. 00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.059 Your house, 00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.640 your cars, 00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:16.319 your family, 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.180 your job, 00:22:19.140 --> 00:22:20.140 your 401k, 00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:22.740 give it all away. 00:22:25.040 --> 00:22:26.280 He's stunned by it. 00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:29.120 And so here's what he does. 00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:31.740 Look at the last verse 00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.380 in this passage. 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.759 He was stunned at this demand 00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:35.860 and he went away grieving 00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:37.440 because he had many 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:39.120 possessions. 00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.500 Simply say, 00:22:41.560 --> 00:22:42.120 here's what he does. 00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:43.340 He just looked at the ledger sheet 00:22:43.340 --> 00:22:43.640 and says, 00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.500 here's all I got 00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.599 and here's what Jesus 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:46.200 is offering. 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:49.440 I wanted that 00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:51.220 as a backup plan 00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:54.140 but I got this 00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:54.980 and this is real. 00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:55.779 I know it's real 00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.759 because I'm seeing it right now. 00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.619 I'm living this. 00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.119 Yeah, 00:22:59.160 --> 00:23:00.359 can't give up this 00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:00.839 for that. 00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.559 I wanted it. 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:04.359 I don't want it that bad. 00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.159 You follow what I'm saying? 00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:08.079 Now go with me 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:08.700 to one other verse 00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.200 and work through. 00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.399 Look with me 00:23:10.399 --> 00:23:12.059 to Matthew chapter 13 00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.919 and verse 44. 00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:17.619 And here's what it says 00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:18.440 and I'm going to read it 00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.659 just a phrase at a time 00:23:19.659 --> 00:23:20.659 so just hang with me. 00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:22.039 Don't jump ahead too much. 00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:24.839 The kingdom of heaven. 00:23:27.179 --> 00:23:28.059 Jesus is going to give us 00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.500 a parable. 00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:31.279 The kingdom of heaven. 00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.000 And then he's going to say 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:33.319 here's what it's like 00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:34.500 because he does that a lot 00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.460 in the Gospel of Matthew. 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.859 Now look up and listen. 00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.920 This is really important. 00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.799 You'll get this 00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:40.259 if you don't hear 00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.779 what I'm saying. 00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.940 The kingdom of heaven 00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:44.240 in the Gospel of Matthew 00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:46.279 is not talking about 00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:47.119 a physical kingdom. 00:23:47.899 --> 00:23:48.940 Geographical barriers 00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.899 and limitations 00:23:49.899 --> 00:23:50.599 and boundaries. 00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.619 He's not talking about 00:23:52.619 --> 00:23:53.379 that kind of kingdom. 00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:54.559 When he says 00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:55.759 the kingdom of heaven 00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:57.299 in the Gospel of Matthew 00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.460 or the kingdom of God 00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.680 you'll read that as well. 00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:01.259 He's saying to us 00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.500 here's the manner 00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:04.220 in which God rules. 00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:06.379 Here's how God rules. 00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.720 That's what he's saying to us. 00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:09.440 Here's how God operates. 00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:10.480 Here's how God rules. 00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:12.519 Here's how God reigns. 00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:13.859 He says 00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:16.519 the kingdom of heaven 00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.619 is like 00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:19.099 a treasure. 00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.599 You like that word? 00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.700 Like a treasure. 00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:27.059 Jesus told this other man 00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:28.559 this same man 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:30.880 in the story we just read 00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:33.019 you go sell everything 00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:34.720 and come take up the cross 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.220 and follow me 00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:36.100 and you'll have treasure 00:24:36.100 --> 00:24:36.559 in heaven. 00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:38.340 So now he talks 00:24:38.340 --> 00:24:38.819 about treasure. 00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.220 He says 00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:40.279 the kingdom of heaven 00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:41.140 the way God rules 00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:41.960 is like 00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:43.420 a treasure. 00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:45.880 You ever wonder 00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.480 what it'd be like 00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.200 to find a treasure? 00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.640 Don't you like movies 00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:50.500 where they're searching 00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:52.059 for a treasure? 00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.720 I like this. 00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.799 Indiana Jones. 00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.380 Didn't y'all see 00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:56.039 Indiana Jones 00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.819 100 years ago 00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.480 when it came out? 00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:59.059 Didn't you love that movie? 00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.380 I mean 00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:02.119 he's searching 00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:02.779 so hard 00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.680 for the Ark of the Covenant 00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.460 in one of those movies. 00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:05.839 I mean 00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.779 he's willing 00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.660 to go through 00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.099 anything 00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:09.079 through fire 00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:09.960 and snakes 00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:11.799 and near death experiences 00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.700 to put his life 00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.019 on the line 00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.920 because he wants 00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.880 that treasure 00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:15.920 that no one else 00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.539 has found. 00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.980 Well that's what 00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.600 treasure is. 00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:20.480 It's what floats 00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.100 your boat. 00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:22.740 It's whatever 00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:24.299 you prize 00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.180 more than anything 00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:26.059 else in the world. 00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.600 And Jesus says 00:25:27.600 --> 00:25:29.100 the kingdom of God 00:25:29.100 --> 00:25:29.840 is like a 00:25:29.840 --> 00:25:31.039 treasure. 00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.819 Then he says 00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:34.420 buried in 00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:35.620 a field. 00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:37.700 You see that movie 00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.700 The Pirates of the Caribbean? 00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.799 They're looking for 00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.360 treasure 00:25:40.360 --> 00:25:41.779 and it's 00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.839 buried out in the Caribbean 00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:44.539 and they're searching 00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.019 for it. 00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.599 Well this 00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:47.559 treasure is buried 00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.799 in a field. 00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.000 Let me just take 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.420 the time out 00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:51.799 and tell you about 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.519 my little nephew. 00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:53.720 My nephew 00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.339 David 00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:56.019 my sister's boy 00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.980 she's got two boys 00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.839 they're both preachers 00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.579 Daniel and David 00:25:58.579 --> 00:26:00.180 one of them's in Texas 00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.660 at Waco 00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.559 one of them's in 00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.899 Wichita, Kansas 00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:04.720 David's in Wichita, Kansas 00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.440 he's the younger 00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:07.099 when he was always 00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:08.399 short for his age 00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:09.759 and just full of energy 00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.680 wild imagination 00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.359 brilliant 00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:11.759 brilliant 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.119 kid 00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:14.000 and when he was 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.400 in that 00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:15.180 five, six 00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.579 and seven 00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:16.379 year old stage 00:26:16.379 --> 00:26:17.359 he went through 00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:18.440 about three years 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.680 of living in 00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.480 a fantasy world 00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.859 where he was 00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:22.619 this character 00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:23.200 at one time 00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.879 and this character 00:26:23.879 --> 00:26:24.359 another time 00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:24.980 he went through 00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.940 about six characters 00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.579 I'm not kidding 00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.440 my wife could tell you 00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:28.019 my whole family 00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.400 could tell you 00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:28.859 this story 00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:30.160 and not one word 00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:31.000 I'm going to tell you 00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.660 is made up 00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.579 this is all truth 00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:32.940 okay 00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:34.339 he would stay 00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:35.119 in character 00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:36.819 24 hours a day 00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.720 seven days a week 00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.460 until he got out 00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.039 of that character 00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:41.059 he did it for 00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.759 months 00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.519 on end 00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:44.619 he was Clint Eastwood 00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:45.279 at one time 00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:46.920 got him in some trouble 00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.480 he used a little 00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.039 profanity 00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.559 one time 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.180 his mom about 00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:49.639 killed him 00:26:49.639 --> 00:26:50.279 over it 00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:51.859 but he became 00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:53.779 he became Clint Eastwood 00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:55.879 he'd wear the guns 00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:56.700 he'd have the hat 00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:57.579 he'd talk like him 00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.319 he'd look like him 00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:58.920 he'd put the straw 00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.399 in his mouth 00:26:59.399 --> 00:26:59.759 like him 00:26:59.759 --> 00:26:59.980 right 00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.220 yeah 00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:01.700 he was Clint Eastwood 00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.440 in his mind 00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:04.259 he was a farmer 00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.779 at one time 00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:06.360 wore bib overalls 00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:07.180 straw hat 00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:08.059 he went through 00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.960 a farmer phase 00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:10.340 he was a military 00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:11.580 officer at one time 00:27:11.580 --> 00:27:12.660 went through all that 00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.940 he had a bunch 00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.460 of these different 00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:14.820 characters 00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:16.080 one of his characters 00:27:16.080 --> 00:27:16.920 was a pirate 00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:18.000 he had a little patch 00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.539 over his eye 00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:19.559 had a pirate's hat 00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:21.559 and he'd just do this 00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.700 I mean they couldn't 00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.240 get him out of it 00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.759 he'd go to school 00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.740 he was a pirate at school 00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.539 he was just 00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:26.820 wherever he was 00:27:26.820 --> 00:27:27.519 wherever he was 00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.620 that's how he was 00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:29.059 you know 00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:30.420 well when he was 00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.220 in the pirate phase 00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:32.839 my dad lived 00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.380 across the street 00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:33.960 from my sister 00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:35.539 and so my dad 00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.180 just loves 00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:37.180 adores this boy 00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.860 because he's so much 00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:38.440 like my dad 00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:39.360 and so 00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:41.140 my dad would 00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:42.220 at night 00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.940 draw up these 00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.680 little maps 00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.779 he'd get out 00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.160 in the yard 00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.559 in the dark 00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.240 my dad would 00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:47.100 and he'd count 00:27:47.100 --> 00:27:48.160 off so many steps 00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:49.460 to the back 00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:49.940 of the house 00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.460 and then he'd 00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.940 turn right 00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.819 and go so many steps 00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.700 then he'd come 00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.420 to this tree 00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:54.160 and he'd see 00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:54.940 something about the tree 00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.339 and he'd go 00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:56.079 in another direction 00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.960 toward a neighbor's house 00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:58.039 and then he would 00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:59.200 come to a doghouse 00:27:59.200 --> 00:28:00.079 and turn left there 00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:01.480 and then he'd dig 00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.199 a hole about 00:28:02.199 --> 00:28:03.240 a foot and a half deep 00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:04.399 and he'd get a shoebox 00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:05.240 and put my mama's 00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:06.319 costume jewelry 00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:07.799 in that shoebox 00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:09.240 and he'd bury it 00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:10.220 then he'd go 00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:10.980 across the street 00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:12.720 to my nephew's house 00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.299 and he'd put 00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:14.720 a thing on the door 00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.579 like a pirate 00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.539 we'd expect to find 00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.460 and he'd come out 00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:17.980 the next morning 00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.960 and there'd be a map 00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.939 with hidden treasure 00:28:19.939 --> 00:28:20.299 in it 00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:21.500 the promise of hidden treasure 00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.799 so my nephew 00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.579 would spend the whole 00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.779 morning or afternoon 00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.679 out there 00:28:25.679 --> 00:28:26.619 traipsing through 00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:27.519 these different steps 00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.379 and he'd find that 00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:29.320 shoebox 00:28:29.320 --> 00:28:30.160 and he'd dig holes 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:31.180 he'd miss it sometimes 00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:31.860 and he'd dig a hole 00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:32.600 and then he'd just 00:28:32.600 --> 00:28:32.960 leave that 00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.760 and go dig another 00:28:33.760 --> 00:28:34.200 hole somewhere 00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.580 right 00:28:34.580 --> 00:28:36.000 until he'd find 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.540 that shoebox 00:28:36.540 --> 00:28:37.100 it was the coolest 00:28:37.100 --> 00:28:37.840 thing you ever saw 00:28:37.840 --> 00:28:38.620 so 00:28:38.620 --> 00:28:40.600 Jesus says 00:28:40.600 --> 00:28:41.800 the way God rules 00:28:41.800 --> 00:28:42.400 is like this 00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:43.480 it's like a treasure 00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:45.080 that 00:28:45.080 --> 00:28:46.780 is buried 00:28:46.780 --> 00:28:47.380 in a field 00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:49.300 that a man 00:28:49.300 --> 00:28:51.020 has found 00:28:51.020 --> 00:28:52.920 that really 00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:54.300 gets intriguing 00:28:54.300 --> 00:28:55.300 I mean 00:28:55.300 --> 00:28:55.900 he's found 00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.780 this treasure 00:28:56.780 --> 00:28:58.080 he spent 00:28:58.080 --> 00:28:58.740 all this time 00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.460 looking for it 00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.780 and finally 00:29:00.780 --> 00:29:01.660 he's found it 00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.940 and then he says 00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.900 a startling thing 00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.480 and 00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:06.100 reburied it 00:29:06.100 --> 00:29:08.019 what 00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:10.060 who goes 00:29:10.060 --> 00:29:11.080 looking for a treasure 00:29:11.080 --> 00:29:11.960 and once they 00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.440 find it 00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:13.040 they rebury 00:29:13.040 --> 00:29:13.620 it's like the 00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:14.560 pirates of the Caribbean 00:29:14.560 --> 00:29:15.460 they come up with this 00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.240 gold and silver 00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.720 and rings 00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.140 and all this 00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.740 and they say 00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.620 okay we found it 00:29:18.620 --> 00:29:19.019 and they throw it 00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.660 back in the ocean 00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:21.340 can't imagine that 00:29:21.340 --> 00:29:21.640 right 00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:23.700 or in Raiders of the Lost Ark 00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.660 that they find the ark 00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.420 and suddenly say 00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.220 well we found it 00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:27.220 let's just leave 00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:28.920 they don't do that 00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.640 but that's what 00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:30.360 Jesus says 00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:31.100 this guy does 00:29:31.100 --> 00:29:32.320 he looks and looks 00:29:32.320 --> 00:29:33.160 and looks for this treasure 00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:34.220 and he finds it 00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:35.100 and when he finds it 00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:36.900 he reburies it 00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:38.400 wait a second 00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:39.180 story's not over 00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:40.440 then 00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.880 in his joy 00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:43.700 he's so tickled 00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:45.660 he goes and sells 00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:47.480 everything he has 00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:50.259 well that's weird too 00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.840 isn't it 00:29:50.840 --> 00:29:52.540 he's found this treasure 00:29:52.540 --> 00:29:54.080 he reburies the treasure 00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:55.279 now he says 00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.379 I need to go home 00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:56.980 and sell everything 00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.619 I've got 00:29:57.619 --> 00:30:00.099 and he goes home 00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:01.519 and he gets out 00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.539 the deeds to his house 00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.699 and the deeds to his land 00:30:03.699 --> 00:30:05.799 and if he'd had a title 00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:07.019 to his car in those days 00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.819 he'd have got his title 00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.079 to his car 00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:09.259 and he sells everything 00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:10.019 he has so that 00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:11.119 he's liquidated 00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:13.240 his entire estate 00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:15.460 what in the world 00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:16.119 is he thinking 00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:17.419 well 00:30:17.419 --> 00:30:19.720 next verse tells us 00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:22.319 and he goes 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.079 and buys 00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.799 that 00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:25.100 field 00:30:25.100 --> 00:30:28.000 boy now 00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:29.660 I get it 00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:31.880 now I get it 00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:33.259 you see 00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:34.480 he knows 00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:36.000 if he takes this treasure 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.819 and he goes 00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.740 and talks about it 00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:39.059 somebody's going to come 00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.299 and say 00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:39.839 where'd you find 00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.339 that treasure 00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:41.920 well it's out here 00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:42.740 on highway 9 00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:42.980 and 00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:44.860 wait a second 00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:46.140 you don't own any land 00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:46.720 on highway 9 00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:48.019 that belongs to so and so 00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:50.139 and so what he does 00:30:50.139 --> 00:30:52.039 he knows he wants 00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.579 that field 00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.940 he sells everything 00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.440 he has 00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.319 so he'll be prepared 00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:56.599 to pay the ultimate price 00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:58.000 and he goes to this man 00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.980 who owns the field 00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.559 and he says 00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.740 what would you take 00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.700 for your piece of property 00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:03.660 and the guy says 00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:04.720 I don't know what you got 00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.720 he says 00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.539 well I got this much 00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:06.980 he says 00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:08.720 that's what I'll sell it for 00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:11.279 and he buys this field 00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:13.099 it cost him everything 00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:15.519 when he's through 00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.639 he doesn't own a thing 00:31:16.639 --> 00:31:17.879 except the treasure 00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:21.060 but he's so elated 00:31:21.060 --> 00:31:22.140 over his purchase 00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:25.300 it doesn't matter 00:31:25.300 --> 00:31:27.200 because he's found 00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.740 his treasure 00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.580 he's gotten 00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:30.180 what he wants 00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:32.800 you get that? 00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:36.360 do you get that? 00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:41.760 the apostle Paul says 00:31:41.760 --> 00:31:42.840 this in Philippians 3 00:31:42.840 --> 00:31:43.220 8 00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:45.500 what is more 00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:47.140 I consider 00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:48.360 everything a loss 00:31:48.360 --> 00:31:50.279 because of the surpassing worth 00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:52.079 of knowing Christ Jesus 00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:52.920 my Lord 00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:54.620 for whose sake 00:31:54.620 --> 00:31:55.339 I have lost 00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:56.680 all things 00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:58.559 I consider 00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:00.660 them garbage 00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:03.380 that I may gain 00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:04.960 Christ 00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:07.680 I'm going to tell you 00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.279 I'm going to tell you something folks 00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:11.440 a lot of evangelists 00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.140 and preachers 00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:13.680 and people 00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:15.460 got this notion 00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.579 of how you come to Jesus 00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:18.000 all wrong 00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:21.539 we almost act like 00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.519 you're doing God a favor 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.980 would you please come 00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.900 and receive Christ 00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:27.200 well what do I have to do 00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.420 well 00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:28.600 just pray this prayer 00:32:28.600 --> 00:32:30.279 okay 00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.059 I can do that 00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.460 I'll pray 00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:32.519 would you be baptized 00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:32.839 yeah 00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:33.819 I'll be baptized 00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.559 maybe 00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:37.000 and you've got 00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.759 eternal life 00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:41.019 and Jesus tells about 00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.799 this man who comes 00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.639 and he's kind of like 00:32:42.639 --> 00:32:43.019 he says 00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:44.059 I want eternal life 00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:45.259 but I want it on my terms 00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:48.000 he walks away sad 00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.639 because he's not willing 00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:49.379 to pay the price 00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:51.680 but here's this guy 00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:53.000 Jesus tells this parable 00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.299 he says 00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:54.579 here's how it really is 00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:55.639 when somebody comes 00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:56.960 to the kingdom of God 00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:58.259 and how God 00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:59.180 expects it to be 00:32:59.180 --> 00:33:00.740 it's like a guy 00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.940 who wanders into a field 00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:03.559 and he finds this treasure 00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:04.600 and when he finds it 00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:06.720 he's so enthralled 00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.580 by this treasure 00:33:07.580 --> 00:33:08.940 he so wants 00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:10.080 what this treasure is 00:33:10.080 --> 00:33:12.059 that everything else 00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:13.720 is of no consequence 00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.779 he doesn't care about 00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:14.940 anything 00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:15.779 he doesn't care about 00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.200 his cars 00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.900 doesn't care about 00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:17.519 his money in the bank 00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.400 he doesn't care about 00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:18.820 his house 00:33:18.820 --> 00:33:19.480 he doesn't care about 00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.720 I want that 00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:21.700 I want that above 00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:23.100 everything else 00:33:23.100 --> 00:33:25.440 and so what does he do 00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.100 to get it 00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:27.420 means he has to rid 00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:28.380 himself of everything else 00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:29.200 and he takes his money 00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:30.160 from that which he's 00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:30.820 liquidated 00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.980 he goes 00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.679 he buys that field 00:33:32.679 --> 00:33:33.700 because that's all 00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:34.379 that matters 00:33:34.379 --> 00:33:34.960 anymore 00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:36.319 to him 00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:38.720 you see I'm telling you 00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.799 coming to Christ 00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:41.399 doesn't do God a favor 00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:44.000 it gives you the gift 00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:45.099 of eternal life 00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:47.559 and you should be so 00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.399 enthralled by that 00:33:48.399 --> 00:33:49.779 that nothing else 00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.419 matters 00:33:50.419 --> 00:33:52.559 just nothing else 00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:53.000 matters 00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:54.559 but that I'll live 00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:55.639 eternally with God 00:33:55.639 --> 00:33:56.939 when this is over 00:33:56.939 --> 00:33:59.179 that's what's real 00:33:59.179 --> 00:33:59.819 this is illusionary 00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:00.480 illusionary 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:02.000 this just 00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:03.099 is here today 00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.859 but it may be gone 00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.139 tomorrow 00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:04.720 it could be gone 00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.220 before we get out 00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.759 of this service 00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.119 today 00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:08.779 but that's what's real 00:34:08.779 --> 00:34:11.159 when I was 14 years old 00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.619 I was in 00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.179 Varenas Heights 00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:13.219 Baptist Church 00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:14.960 my name was on 00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.619 the roll of the church 00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.139 I was leader 00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:16.880 among the youth 00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:19.239 but I knew 00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:20.059 I wasn't right 00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.539 with God 00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:21.659 I knew that all along 00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:23.799 I knew I wasn't a real 00:34:23.799 --> 00:34:24.340 believer 00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:26.460 I'd pray the prayer 00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:27.259 the preacher led me 00:34:27.259 --> 00:34:27.840 to pray when I was 00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.380 nine years old 00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:29.180 he'd baptize me 00:34:29.180 --> 00:34:29.619 dunk me 00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:31.920 but I knew some folk 00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.780 who had a relationship 00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:33.140 with him 00:34:33.140 --> 00:34:33.760 and I knew I didn't 00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.360 have that 00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:37.160 and at 14 00:34:37.160 --> 00:34:38.519 I sat on the next 00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.099 last row 00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:40.059 of Varenas Heights 00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.880 Baptist Church 00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:42.599 and heard a gospel 00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:43.140 message 00:34:43.140 --> 00:34:44.780 and I knew that 00:34:44.780 --> 00:34:46.019 God wanted to save me 00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:48.240 and I was resistant 00:34:48.240 --> 00:34:49.980 because you see 00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:51.019 I want to tell you 00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:52.720 I'm unusual 00:34:52.720 --> 00:34:54.140 I know this about myself 00:34:54.140 --> 00:34:56.059 unusual in this sense 00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:57.200 nothing special about me 00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:58.679 but all my life 00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:59.059 I've known 00:34:59.059 --> 00:35:00.219 what I wanted to do 00:35:00.219 --> 00:35:01.679 all my life 00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:03.599 from the time 00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:04.019 I was 00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.939 eight 00:35:04.939 --> 00:35:05.679 nine years old 00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:07.099 I had a plan 00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:09.699 and that plan 00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:10.379 was I was going 00:35:10.379 --> 00:35:10.939 to West Point 00:35:10.939 --> 00:35:11.919 my dad was a career 00:35:11.919 --> 00:35:12.299 soldier 00:35:12.299 --> 00:35:13.279 and that's all 00:35:13.279 --> 00:35:14.059 I ever talked about 00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:15.839 anything about 00:35:15.839 --> 00:35:16.279 West Point 00:35:16.279 --> 00:35:16.679 I read 00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:17.379 I just wanted 00:35:17.379 --> 00:35:18.119 to go to West Point 00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.659 I just wanted 00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.279 to be a soldier 00:35:19.279 --> 00:35:21.059 I just wanted 00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:22.199 to be an officer 00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:23.139 in the army 00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.919 that was going 00:35:23.919 --> 00:35:24.619 to be my life 00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:26.900 and so 00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.960 what held me back 00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.480 was this 00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:29.519 and I can't explain 00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.500 this but I just knew 00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.699 I somehow knew this 00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:33.319 that if I ever got 00:35:33.319 --> 00:35:34.480 truly right with God 00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.219 he would call me 00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:35.819 to preach 00:35:35.819 --> 00:35:37.819 I just knew that 00:35:37.819 --> 00:35:39.279 and I didn't want 00:35:39.279 --> 00:35:39.779 to do that 00:35:39.779 --> 00:35:40.679 this is the last 00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:41.500 thing I wanted to do 00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:43.339 I didn't even 00:35:43.339 --> 00:35:43.980 particularly like 00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.839 preachers to be honest 00:35:44.839 --> 00:35:45.139 with you 00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:45.980 even as a kid 00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:47.940 I thought 00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:48.259 they were a bunch 00:35:48.259 --> 00:35:48.839 of sissies 00:35:48.839 --> 00:35:50.099 the last thing 00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:50.819 I wanted to do 00:35:50.819 --> 00:35:51.480 was be a preacher 00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:53.400 and so 00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:54.360 I can remember 00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:55.099 sitting right back 00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.719 at the very 00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:56.639 next last row 00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:57.199 and just struggling 00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:57.960 and all I could 00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.639 think about was 00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.960 I want this 00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:02.380 but I want my life 00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:02.840 too 00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:05.539 I want to fulfill 00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.380 this dream 00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:07.960 and I knew 00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.800 I can't have both 00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.460 I'm either going 00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:10.619 to take the one 00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:11.440 or lose the other 00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.260 or lose the one 00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:13.000 and take the other 00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:15.360 and at 14 years 00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:15.780 of age 00:36:15.780 --> 00:36:16.619 I did exactly 00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.260 what that 00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:18.619 man in the parable 00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:18.920 did 00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:20.760 I sold everything 00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:21.480 I had 00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:23.800 and took that 00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.280 treasure 00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:26.240 and embraced 00:36:26.240 --> 00:36:27.120 that treasure 00:36:27.120 --> 00:36:29.140 because it 00:36:29.140 --> 00:36:29.820 in the moment 00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:31.740 was all that 00:36:31.740 --> 00:36:32.180 mattered 00:36:32.180 --> 00:36:35.180 and that's how 00:36:35.180 --> 00:36:35.760 you come to 00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:36.120 Jesus 00:36:36.120 --> 00:36:37.560 you don't come 00:36:37.560 --> 00:36:38.500 on your terms 00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:40.360 you come on 00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:41.140 his terms 00:36:41.140 --> 00:36:43.780 that's why 00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:44.160 some of you 00:36:44.160 --> 00:36:45.040 never had it 00:36:45.040 --> 00:36:46.800 because you've 00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:48.120 you've tried 00:36:48.120 --> 00:36:48.820 to come on 00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:49.900 your terms 00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:50.820 okay God 00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.280 I'll give you 00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:51.720 this much 00:36:51.720 --> 00:36:52.280 of my life 00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:53.420 if I can have it 00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:53.980 it won't cost me 00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.440 too much 00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:55.980 it'll cost you 00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:56.539 everything 00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:58.119 everything 00:36:58.119 --> 00:37:00.160 there's no other 00:37:00.160 --> 00:37:00.840 way to get it 00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:01.740 than to give 00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:02.240 everything 00:37:02.240 --> 00:37:03.460 you just got to 00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:03.800 recognize 00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:05.200 I'm going to put 00:37:05.200 --> 00:37:05.940 all my chips 00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:07.039 in that pot 00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:07.400 I'm going to 00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:07.860 believe that 00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.539 that's the only 00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:09.400 thing that matters 00:37:09.400 --> 00:37:11.260 and that's what 00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:11.760 I want 00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:13.420 do you want it 00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:13.800 like that 00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:14.300 this morning 00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:15.619 have you ever 00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:16.220 had it 00:37:16.219 --> 00:37:18.119 if not 00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:20.619 I want to tell 00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:20.799 you 00:37:20.799 --> 00:37:22.259 it's the treasure 00:37:22.259 --> 00:37:22.879 to end all 00:37:22.879 --> 00:37:23.480 treasures 00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:26.419 would you take 00:37:26.419 --> 00:37:26.859 it this morning 00:37:26.859 --> 00:37:27.199 would you 00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:28.639 just receive 00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:29.179 it this morning 00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:31.480 let's see 00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:33.420 Salz Werk�� 00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:34.199 doing 00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:35.440 another 00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:35.480 thing 00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:36.340 to die 00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:36.400 Bei 00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:40.880 l 00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:41.599 have you 00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:42.619 to say 00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:42.900 to die 00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:44.880 entrée 00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:45.280 megaphone