WEBVTT 00:00:00.920 --> 00:00:05.400 Well, we can turn back to our reading in the Gospel of Mark, chapter 10. 00:00:06.280 --> 00:00:12.179 ! Our main focus is on this encounter of Jesus with the rich young man, as he's called. 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:15.800 We can read verse 18 and verse 21. 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:20.900 In verse 18, we see the question that the rich young man had. 00:00:21.780 --> 00:00:27.379 And in verse 21, we see part, at least, of the response that Jesus gave. 00:00:27.379 --> 00:00:34.839 So verse 18, Jesus said to him, sorry, verse 17, we see the question. 00:00:35.420 --> 00:00:40.219 Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:00:40.259 --> 00:00:43.000 So there we see the question of the rich young man. 00:00:43.060 --> 00:00:47.659 Then verse 21, Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, 00:00:48.120 --> 00:00:53.500 You lack one thing. Go sell all that you have and give to the poor, 00:00:53.500 --> 00:00:58.119 and you will have treasure in heaven and come, follow me. 00:00:58.780 --> 00:01:02.000 You lack one thing. 00:01:03.820 --> 00:01:12.000 Imagine you had this opportunity to be before Jesus and to ask a question of him. 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:15.159 What question would you ask? 00:01:15.740 --> 00:01:19.120 One opportunity with Jesus before you. 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:22.240 What question would you ask? 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:26.700 Well, that's the opportunity that this rich young man had. 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:31.580 As he came here this day, he met Jesus. 00:01:32.320 --> 00:01:35.580 And he had an opportunity to ask him a question. 00:01:36.600 --> 00:01:39.219 And what a great question he asked. 00:01:40.060 --> 00:01:44.800 What must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:50.039 This man is described as a rich man. 00:01:50.620 --> 00:01:54.959 And you might think, well, being rich, he had everything that he needed in life. 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:57.739 And in some ways, perhaps he did. 00:01:58.599 --> 00:02:05.079 But the problem is, like him, we too can think, well, all our answers to all our problems 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:08.879 is found in being rich, in finding wealth. 00:02:09.620 --> 00:02:13.319 That's what the world strives after so much. 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:20.019 And you often hear so many people pinning their hopes on winning the lottery. 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:24.539 And you hear people who win big in the lottery. 00:02:25.259 --> 00:02:31.500 Just a week ago, a man in the UK won 26 million pounds on the Euro millions. 00:02:32.459 --> 00:02:35.479 And you think to yourself, I'm sure there's a little envy in you. 00:02:35.939 --> 00:02:39.699 Oh, what would it be like to have that much money? 00:02:39.699 --> 00:02:43.419 It would answer maybe so many of my problems. 00:02:43.939 --> 00:02:47.280 It would help me in so many ways. 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:50.579 What you could do with that kind of money. 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:54.539 But would it answer all your problems? 00:02:55.659 --> 00:02:58.299 You see it time and time again. 00:02:58.839 --> 00:03:03.000 Wealth in whatever amount so often leads to tragedy. 00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:06.240 We find it throughout the scriptures. 00:03:06.479 --> 00:03:08.280 You find it in the Gospel of Mark. 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:13.599 You find it earlier on in this Gospel in chapter 6, where you see King Herod. 00:03:14.580 --> 00:03:16.479 And he had great wealth. 00:03:17.860 --> 00:03:24.139 But he allowed pride and wrong decisions to come between him and knowing Christ. 00:03:24.139 --> 00:03:27.479 And left, as far as we can see, without hope. 00:03:28.359 --> 00:03:35.199 And here in chapter 10, we have these trappings of riches again before us, but in a slightly different way. 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:42.159 In this chapter, we see a man with a great and an eager desire to meet with Jesus. 00:03:42.899 --> 00:03:45.560 But he too is rich. 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:49.879 But he comes to Jesus with this question. 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:58.460 Now, just before we come to look at the man, I want you to see in verse 13 to 16 the contrast that we see there. 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:05.080 Because in verse 13 to 16, we see many people bringing young children to Jesus. 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:08.560 And the disciples are rebuking them to say, 00:04:08.920 --> 00:04:10.860 Don't trouble the teacher. 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:12.920 Don't trouble Jesus with these children. 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:17.300 But Jesus rebukes them and says, Let the children come to me. 00:04:17.839 --> 00:04:20.959 Because to them belongs the kingdom of God. 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:24.360 So there were those who were eager to bring their children to Jesus. 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:25.740 They were being turned away. 00:04:25.860 --> 00:04:28.539 But Jesus says, Let them come. 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:32.360 And you find that then, later on, 00:04:34.399 --> 00:04:37.639 in what we're looking at with the rich young man, 00:04:37.639 --> 00:04:45.060 we're told there that you must be like a little child to come into the kingdom of God. 00:04:45.699 --> 00:04:47.899 And so you see a link here. 00:04:48.339 --> 00:04:52.199 And what you find is, as you come into the rich young man account, 00:04:52.719 --> 00:04:56.000 and him coming to Jesus, no one rebukes him. 00:04:56.519 --> 00:04:58.639 No one tells him, You can't come. 00:04:59.740 --> 00:05:00.519 He's rich. 00:05:00.579 --> 00:05:02.539 And maybe they're thinking, Well, if we get this man alongside, 00:05:02.540 --> 00:05:05.720 that might help answer some of our problems. 00:05:06.260 --> 00:05:10.340 We could do so much more if this man shares his wealth with us. 00:05:10.400 --> 00:05:12.800 He's not turned away in any way. 00:05:13.500 --> 00:05:18.379 But he's told, too, that he must find the kingdom of God. 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:23.360 And that is what there should be a desire in us all to know. 00:05:23.920 --> 00:05:25.259 The kingdom of God. 00:05:25.939 --> 00:05:29.879 And what it is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:05:29.879 --> 00:05:35.180 And this man, he comes with an earnest desire. 00:05:36.579 --> 00:05:40.040 He maybe had everything in terms of wealth. 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:45.480 A good home, plenty food, and plenty comforts in life. 00:05:45.620 --> 00:05:49.939 Probably plenty friends who are eager to be around him if he's got so much money. 00:05:50.459 --> 00:05:55.879 People willing to help him out in any way they could in hope of benefiting from him. 00:05:55.879 --> 00:06:02.519 Yet Jesus says to him, One thing you lack. 00:06:03.180 --> 00:06:06.939 Perhaps this man had never been told these words before. 00:06:07.040 --> 00:06:07.980 He was lacking in nothing. 00:06:08.060 --> 00:06:12.579 But he's told here by Jesus, You lack one thing. 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:20.339 And how easy it is to think that we have everything we need in life. 00:06:20.339 --> 00:06:23.919 How easy it is to feel comfortable. 00:06:24.679 --> 00:06:32.379 Or how easy it is to think that, Well, if only I can find an answer in life through gaining in this world, 00:06:32.779 --> 00:06:34.560 everything will be fine. 00:06:35.739 --> 00:06:39.519 And yet we, too, lack this one thing. 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:44.939 We lack the most important thing when we don't have Jesus. 00:06:44.939 --> 00:06:50.300 And if we lack him, we have nothing. 00:06:51.459 --> 00:06:56.680 And so the question this rich young man asked is a question for ourselves today. 00:06:57.160 --> 00:07:04.600 To ask of ourselves, What must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:07:05.959 --> 00:07:10.360 And we're going to see three things from this passage as we look at it. 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:13.879 We're going to look at it firstly under the question itself. 00:07:15.139 --> 00:07:19.340 Then secondly, we're going to see the answer that Jesus gives. 00:07:20.139 --> 00:07:28.939 And then thirdly, we'll see the response of both the rich young man, but also the disciples' response as well. 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:33.560 So we've got a question, an answer, and a response. 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:41.879 And under it all, we're asking, Is there something missing in my life today? 00:07:42.519 --> 00:07:46.399 Am I lacking in this sense as well? 00:07:46.980 --> 00:07:49.100 So firstly, we see the question. 00:07:50.040 --> 00:07:56.860 As you go through the Gospel of Mark, and as we maybe say often, it's a fast-moving Gospel. 00:07:57.319 --> 00:08:00.199 In the sense that you're just moving from one incident to another. 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:04.860 Jesus is among many different people in many different situations. 00:08:05.659 --> 00:08:10.680 He's helping people, looking out for people, teaching people. 00:08:11.180 --> 00:08:15.019 People are coming to him, large crowds or individuals. 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:18.419 They're gathering around him in many different situations. 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:22.000 Last week, we were looking at Mark chapter 4. 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:26.279 We saw Jesus with the disciples in the storm, crying out, 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:28.079 Do you not care that we perish? 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:34.519 And Jesus showing them the power that he had when he's able to speak a word that brings calm. 00:08:35.059 --> 00:08:38.819 And you find that throughout this Gospel, up to this point, 00:08:39.340 --> 00:08:44.679 Jesus encountering with many different people, helping in many different situations. 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:52.779 But perhaps this is the point where you come to see a real great earnest desire 00:08:52.779 --> 00:08:57.100 for the things of God when this rich young man comes. 00:08:57.100 --> 00:09:01.300 He comes with these powerful questions. 00:09:02.180 --> 00:09:07.560 And you could almost say that not even his disciples up to this point had had this earnest desire 00:09:07.560 --> 00:09:09.300 that we can see in this Gospel. 00:09:10.180 --> 00:09:15.800 And the question he comes with is a great place to start with Jesus. 00:09:16.980 --> 00:09:21.639 But the important thing isn't how we start with Jesus, 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:24.000 but how it ends. 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:28.120 And that's what we'll see as we go through this passage. 00:09:28.340 --> 00:09:32.500 But it starts in a great place with this great question. 00:09:33.580 --> 00:09:37.799 And I'd love to be a teacher at this point and to say to everyone here, 00:09:38.519 --> 00:09:40.879 pick up your pen and paper at this point 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:45.319 and write down the answer to this question right now. 00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:50.180 What must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:09:50.980 --> 00:09:52.540 How do you answer it? 00:09:52.660 --> 00:09:55.480 You've got two minutes to write down your answer. 00:09:55.980 --> 00:09:57.360 What do you write? 00:09:57.520 --> 00:09:59.260 What do you say to this question? 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:04.600 What must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:10:04.600 --> 00:10:12.060 Well, you can think about that question and we'll come back to it at the end as well 00:10:12.060 --> 00:10:13.960 with another challenge to you. 00:10:14.700 --> 00:10:17.879 What must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:10:17.940 --> 00:10:22.519 This rich young man is coming, as we would call today, as a seeker. 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:25.360 He is seeking Jesus. 00:10:26.379 --> 00:10:29.860 He is looking for some meaning in his life. 00:10:29.860 --> 00:10:36.460 He may have everything materially, but there's something still nagging away at him. 00:10:37.180 --> 00:10:40.659 Perhaps he's one who has inherited his wealth. 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:43.120 And that's why he's got this question. 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:46.740 Well, what can I do to inherit eternal life? 00:10:46.820 --> 00:10:49.779 The thing I hear so many people speaking about, 00:10:49.899 --> 00:10:52.860 the things maybe he's heard Jesus teach about, 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:55.560 this idea of eternal life. 00:10:57.460 --> 00:10:59.440 How can I get it? 00:10:59.860 --> 00:11:01.519 So he is seeking. 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:06.000 And he is seeking after an answer to this question. 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:10.700 Everyone in life is seeking for something. 00:11:10.860 --> 00:11:13.899 Everyone here, we're all seeking for something. 00:11:14.100 --> 00:11:18.019 Every day we're looking for something more in our life. 00:11:18.060 --> 00:11:20.500 But the important thing to ask ourselves is, 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:23.340 are we seeking for what is right? 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:26.860 Are we seeking for what is good? 00:11:26.860 --> 00:11:33.100 The world grabs our attention in so many different ways and tells us, 00:11:33.379 --> 00:11:34.240 this is what you need. 00:11:34.620 --> 00:11:36.259 This is what you must have. 00:11:36.659 --> 00:11:39.700 There's so many temptations put around us. 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:42.060 And some things we do need. 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:43.120 Of course we do. 00:11:43.800 --> 00:11:47.159 But it's asking, what is the most important thing? 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:50.399 Jesus taught that in the Sermon on the Mount. 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:55.120 You read in Matthew chapter 6, verse 31, he said, 00:11:55.620 --> 00:11:56.159 Jesus said, 00:11:56.159 --> 00:12:20.819 It's about what is important. 00:12:20.820 --> 00:12:22.820 What is our priority? 00:12:22.820 --> 00:12:28.900 What is it that we're lacking in that sense at the moment? 00:12:29.420 --> 00:12:34.200 The rich young man is seeking after the kingdom of God. 00:12:35.180 --> 00:12:38.040 And in the truest sense of what faith is, 00:12:38.460 --> 00:12:42.320 that is what we are seeking, should be seeking after. 00:12:42.460 --> 00:12:44.640 The kingdom of God. 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:47.199 All that belongs to God. 00:12:47.299 --> 00:12:50.139 All that God is giving to his people. 00:12:50.319 --> 00:12:55.480 And that includes eternal life, salvation, forgiveness of sin. 00:12:55.539 --> 00:12:56.620 All of these things. 00:12:56.740 --> 00:12:59.199 The kingdom of God is powerful. 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:00.039 It is mighty. 00:13:01.139 --> 00:13:05.279 And so we are to seek first the kingdom of God. 00:13:06.100 --> 00:13:08.319 And if you're looking for something, 00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:11.519 you've got to be looking for it in the right place. 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:17.139 There's no point going looking for petrol at the butcher. 00:13:18.079 --> 00:13:21.199 You've got to go looking in the right place. 00:13:22.379 --> 00:13:24.539 You've got to know where to go. 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:29.639 And this rich young man, it's as if he knows where to go. 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:33.159 He knows to come to Jesus. 00:13:34.539 --> 00:13:36.679 But it's not just coming to Jesus, 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:40.340 but how we come and how we go away. 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:45.759 And we think of church in that sense as well. 00:13:46.079 --> 00:13:47.799 When you're coming to church, 00:13:48.079 --> 00:13:49.919 what are you looking for? 00:13:51.139 --> 00:13:53.960 What is it that's drawing you here today? 00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:59.539 We pray it is to find and know more of Jesus. 00:14:00.620 --> 00:14:03.240 So there's not just coming to meet with others. 00:14:03.759 --> 00:14:08.840 Not just coming to be here for the sense of being here. 00:14:08.840 --> 00:14:15.519 But coming because you know this is where we can find Jesus. 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:21.340 Because we find Jesus in God's word. 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:24.420 Under his truth. 00:14:24.580 --> 00:14:28.000 Romans 10 verse 14 makes that clear for us. 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:33.659 How then can they call on the one they have not believed in? 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:37.980 How can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? 00:14:38.460 --> 00:14:42.080 And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 00:14:43.220 --> 00:14:44.700 Faith comes by hearing. 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:48.019 And hearing the word of God. 00:14:48.019 --> 00:14:52.720 And so this man, rich young man, he comes to Jesus. 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:55.779 He comes to the very source of life. 00:14:56.340 --> 00:14:57.480 But there's a problem. 00:14:58.699 --> 00:15:02.199 And although his question was a great place to start, 00:15:02.299 --> 00:15:05.079 the emphasis he had was all wrong. 00:15:06.100 --> 00:15:10.419 He says, what must I do to be saved? 00:15:11.419 --> 00:15:14.019 Now there's a sense that's a good question. 00:15:14.019 --> 00:15:18.120 Because we know, well, we are told to seek the Lord. 00:15:18.199 --> 00:15:19.559 That's something that we are to do. 00:15:20.179 --> 00:15:22.259 But what must I do here? 00:15:22.379 --> 00:15:24.059 There's more to it than that. 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:27.000 He's thinking, what can I do myself? 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:30.019 And you see that in how Jesus responds 00:15:30.539 --> 00:15:33.159 when he starts answering about the commandments. 00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:37.379 You can see that Jesus is seeing this man's heart. 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:38.879 And he's seeing deeper. 00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:41.259 And he knows the thoughts that he's got. 00:15:41.259 --> 00:15:43.899 He's probably been able to do things in his life 00:15:43.899 --> 00:15:46.259 just by his money and his power. 00:15:46.580 --> 00:15:48.439 His wealth gives him so much. 00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:52.439 And so he thinks, I can sort this problem myself. 00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:59.019 But immediately Jesus points him away from that kind of attitude. 00:15:59.179 --> 00:16:01.299 And he points him towards God. 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:04.080 In verse 18, Jesus said to him, 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:05.340 Why do you call me good? 00:16:05.439 --> 00:16:08.379 No one is good except God alone. 00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:10.939 And so in his question, 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:14.919 Jesus is immediately starting to point him away from himself 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:17.519 and towards God. 00:16:19.059 --> 00:16:21.439 And that's the kind of question 00:16:21.439 --> 00:16:24.120 that we need to have as well. 00:16:24.460 --> 00:16:26.500 To see that what we need is not, 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:28.000 what can I do? 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:30.720 But where can I find the answers 00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:33.320 to the things that I have no power over? 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:35.519 The things I cannot do. 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:39.539 And these answers are found in God. 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:44.439 And so this rich young man comes with a question. 00:16:45.699 --> 00:16:48.819 But his knowledge of God isn't there. 00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:53.059 Because he thinks he can do it himself. 00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:55.699 And so what's our view of God as we come? 00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:59.799 We believe in God in some way. 00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:02.199 We have our own gods. 00:17:02.299 --> 00:17:05.440 But is it the true God that we read of in the Bible? 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:08.839 Or is it an idol of our own making? 00:17:09.879 --> 00:17:13.240 In Psalm 135 that we sang in verse 15, 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:17.460 The idols of the nation made of silver and of gold 00:17:17.460 --> 00:17:21.680 are by human hands created with a hammer or a mole. 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:24.740 We have so many idols, so many gods in this world 00:17:24.740 --> 00:17:26.659 that are of our own making. 00:17:26.660 --> 00:17:32.000 But we have to see that when we're thinking of eternal life 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:33.519 and this burning question, 00:17:34.340 --> 00:17:37.700 the answer is to be found in coming to the source 00:17:37.700 --> 00:17:40.759 and coming to God. 00:17:41.600 --> 00:17:43.060 And so we've got this great question, 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:46.920 what must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:49.220 But then we want to see, secondly, Jesus' answer. 00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:54.120 When Jesus looks at this man, 00:17:55.120 --> 00:17:56.740 he sees something in him. 00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:58.539 It says he loved him. 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:01.120 There was something about him. 00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:04.920 And so he starts to probe into this man's heart. 00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:08.839 And he uses the word to probe. 00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:10.600 And that's what the word of God does. 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:13.759 It probes deep into our hearts to see, 00:18:14.180 --> 00:18:15.960 well, what is important? 00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:18.980 And so the answer to this question, 00:18:19.420 --> 00:18:21.799 what must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:25.240 Immediately, Jesus, in bringing an answer to him, 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:28.059 is showing him the word of God. 00:18:28.120 --> 00:18:30.920 And it's almost initially like he challenges his heart 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:33.740 and thinks, well, you say that you can do. 00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:35.960 Let's see, what have you done? 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:40.960 And he names the commandments to him in verse 19. 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:42.680 You know the commandments, 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:45.480 do not murder, do not commit adultery, 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:48.559 do not steal, do not bear false witness, 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:52.660 do not defraud, honor your father and your mother. 00:18:52.840 --> 00:18:54.340 Now, if you know the 10 commandments, 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:56.640 you realize they're not all there. 00:18:57.960 --> 00:18:59.900 Jesus begins with the commandments, 00:19:00.819 --> 00:19:05.480 but it's all the ones that focus on ourselves in one sense. 00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:07.480 Do not do this. 00:19:07.579 --> 00:19:10.120 And the rich young man, it's almost like he has hope. 00:19:10.119 --> 00:19:15.299 He says, all these I have kept from my youth. 00:19:16.379 --> 00:19:18.139 Perfect in this. 00:19:19.219 --> 00:19:22.259 All these laws I have kept, none of them have I broken. 00:19:22.399 --> 00:19:24.099 Whether that's true or not, I doubt. 00:19:24.719 --> 00:19:28.759 But in himself, he's feeling, I have kept all of these. 00:19:30.099 --> 00:19:33.000 And so he's able to see, I'm sure for a moment, 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:35.019 he's thinking, all this I have done, 00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:38.679 does that mean I have eternal life? 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:44.779 How easy it would be for us to justify ourselves 00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:47.279 in just keeping these laws. 00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:49.900 And to say, I'm a good person. 00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:53.480 Is that enough for eternal life? 00:19:53.580 --> 00:19:54.759 I have not sinned. 00:19:55.900 --> 00:19:57.820 Well, none of us can say that. 00:19:58.700 --> 00:20:01.380 A minister went to visit an old lady once. 00:20:01.380 --> 00:20:03.720 She wasn't a believer. 00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:07.500 And as they were talking back and forth, 00:20:07.600 --> 00:20:09.840 the minister raised the subject of sin 00:20:09.840 --> 00:20:12.160 and how we are all sinners. 00:20:13.020 --> 00:20:14.860 And the lady's response was this, 00:20:14.940 --> 00:20:18.780 my dear, how can I possibly sin? 00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:21.180 I never leave this house. 00:20:22.940 --> 00:20:26.379 And there's this sense, well, I can't possibly sin. 00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:28.740 I'm not able to do anything. 00:20:29.139 --> 00:20:31.639 Therefore, I cannot break the law of God. 00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:35.460 But that's not the way it is. 00:20:36.339 --> 00:20:40.680 We sin in thought, word, and deed. 00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:46.120 In what we do and what we don't do. 00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:49.740 And so, we are sinners. 00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:54.620 And what you realize here is that Jesus, 00:20:54.820 --> 00:20:56.279 as he's getting to the answer, 00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:59.539 is putting these commandments before him. 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:02.940 And he's saying, well, these have I kept. 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:05.420 But then Jesus goes further, 00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:08.400 and he says, there's more. 00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:12.519 Because he's getting to the heart, 00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:16.980 and he's going to show him now the first commandments. 00:21:18.600 --> 00:21:21.640 And he reveals it to him in this way by saying to him, 00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:24.480 you lack one thing. 00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:28.680 Sell all that you have and give to the poor, 00:21:29.040 --> 00:21:30.560 and you will have treasure in heaven, 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:32.460 and come, follow me. 00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:35.740 In his response there, 00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:38.259 he's getting to the first four commandments. 00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:40.779 He doesn't name them, 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:43.620 but he gets to the heart there by saying, 00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:46.079 well, who is your God? 00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:50.859 Because the first four commandments about who God is, 00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:53.980 and you will have no other gods before me. 00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:57.960 And so, the challenge of the rich young man here is, 00:21:58.240 --> 00:22:00.279 who is your God? 00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:03.319 Who is your idol? 00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:06.360 And this is the tipping point for this young man. 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:09.940 Because look at the way that he responds. 00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:12.980 Disheartened by the saying, 00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:14.839 he went away sorrowful, 00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:17.460 for he had great possession. 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:18.440 It's heartbreaking. 00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:22.759 The rich young man is there before Jesus, 00:22:23.120 --> 00:22:26.539 who has the answer to the question of eternal life, 00:22:27.080 --> 00:22:28.840 but he goes away sorrowful, 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:30.860 for he had great possessions. 00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:35.640 Jesus probes deep. 00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:38.279 That's what he does to you and to me today. 00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.640 He probes deep, 00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:40.180 and he says, 00:22:40.320 --> 00:22:42.519 you lack one thing. 00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:47.460 And what is that one thing in your life? 00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:52.779 What is it that is keeping you from God, 00:22:53.379 --> 00:22:55.039 and from faith in Jesus? 00:22:56.379 --> 00:22:58.019 And you may go away sorrowful, 00:22:58.079 --> 00:23:00.639 because you just cannot let it go. 00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:05.660 But there is a cost to following Jesus. 00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:08.920 We think of what Jesus has done 00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:11.299 to redeem our life is costly, 00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:13.919 none sufficient price can pay. 00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:16.759 Where is the answer for that price being paid? 00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:18.759 It is in what Jesus did at the cross. 00:23:19.639 --> 00:23:21.639 He gave his life, 00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:24.779 that we might have life through him. 00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:29.680 So is there one thing you lack today? 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:33.559 Is there one thing that keeps you 00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:35.960 from coming to follow Jesus? 00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:38.819 Well, it's got to go. 00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:42.359 That's what Jesus is making clear here. 00:23:42.439 --> 00:23:43.619 You want to follow me? 00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:46.119 Then give your treasure up. 00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:50.539 But you will have treasure in heaven. 00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:54.859 But blinded by the riches of this world, 00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:57.379 he goes away sorrowful. 00:23:57.500 --> 00:24:00.159 So don't go away sad. 00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:02.639 Don't go away sorrowful. 00:24:03.159 --> 00:24:05.879 Think about what needs to go. 00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:10.360 And if there's something that's coming between you, 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:10.720 you ask, 00:24:10.800 --> 00:24:12.140 is it more important? 00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:14.980 So important like the young man 00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:17.840 who went up Mount Fuji a second time 00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:19.540 to get his mobile phone 00:24:19.540 --> 00:24:22.300 and nearly perished a second time. 00:24:23.580 --> 00:24:27.060 There are things that we just have to let go. 00:24:28.520 --> 00:24:31.300 One thing you lack. 00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:35.200 That's Jesus' answer. 00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:40.220 So then we finally see the decision. 00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:42.359 The decision. 00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:46.659 There's a sense of a turning point here. 00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:49.579 But it's both for the rich young man 00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:51.240 and for the disciples. 00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:54.619 Because they come in at this point too. 00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.700 The rich young man, 00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:57.799 he shows which way he's going. 00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:59.279 He's going away from Jesus. 00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:00.879 He goes away sorrowful, 00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:02.660 for he had great possessions. 00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:05.139 But what about the disciples? 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:08.220 Well, they were amazed 00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:09.899 by what they heard as well. 00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:12.940 In verse 23 downwards as well, 00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:15.539 Jesus looked around and said to the disciples, 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:17.180 how difficult it will be 00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:18.899 for those who have wealth 00:25:18.899 --> 00:25:20.599 to enter the kingdom of God. 00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:22.480 Disciples were amazed. 00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:26.579 It's easier for a camel 00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.920 to go through of the iron needle 00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.960 than the rich person 00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:30.819 to enter the kingdom of God. 00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.839 Jesus then says 00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:33.019 that we're astonished. 00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:35.339 And their question then is, 00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:37.579 then who can be saved? 00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:41.160 But there's also a response. 00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.900 He says, 00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:48.620 with man it is impossible, 00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:52.239 but not with God. 00:25:53.179 --> 00:25:57.419 For all things are possible with God. 00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:03.179 And so we are to come 00:26:03.179 --> 00:26:05.719 like little children to him. 00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:08.759 To come and follow him. 00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:11.479 Because Jesus assures 00:26:11.479 --> 00:26:14.279 that the cost of following him 00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:16.639 might seem great in our eyes. 00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:19.480 to give up on many things 00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.340 in this world. 00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:23.320 But the cost of naught 00:26:23.320 --> 00:26:25.120 is even greater. 00:26:26.020 --> 00:26:28.440 To perish for eternity. 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:30.920 To be lost for eternity 00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:33.180 is the price to be paid 00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:35.160 for rejecting Jesus. 00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:39.120 But if we come to him, 00:26:39.540 --> 00:26:43.140 we find there eternal life. 00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:47.800 Go back to the question, 00:26:49.600 --> 00:26:50.860 what must I do 00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:54.420 to inherit eternal life? 00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:58.440 How do you answer? 00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:04.800 Do you love Jesus enough 00:27:04.800 --> 00:27:07.460 to give up anything else 00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.660 that's keeping you away 00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:11.860 and come follow him? 00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:15.240 The disciples were told, 00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:17.519 no one who gives up everything 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.380 to follow me 00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:19.440 will be disappointed. 00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:22.380 And no one who ever has 00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:24.800 has ever been left disappointed. 00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:27.259 And it's not to expect 00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:29.460 great wealth in return. 00:27:29.580 --> 00:27:31.300 It seems like it might be 00:27:31.300 --> 00:27:32.240 when you read there 00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:33.759 in verse 29, 00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:45.900 And you think, 00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.279 well, 00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:48.200 where is all the blessings? 00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:50.160 Where is all the wealth? 00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:53.160 But that's thinking about it 00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.980 in the wrong way. 00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:55.680 You see, 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.440 we gain 00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:57.680 when we come into 00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:59.059 the family of God. 00:27:59.059 --> 00:28:00.759 We gain 00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:02.519 sisters 00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.740 and brothers 00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.619 in the Lord, 00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:06.019 fathers and mothers 00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:07.000 in the Lord. 00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:08.039 We gain homes 00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.940 in the Lord 00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:09.559 that are ours 00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.839 to come and go from. 00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.879 And to make it clear 00:28:12.879 --> 00:28:13.839 that it's not just 00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.539 about wealth, 00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.480 he says here, 00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:17.740 with persecutions. 00:28:19.159 --> 00:28:20.299 There's a challenge. 00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:21.460 Will you come 00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.940 and follow Jesus 00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.659 through even 00:28:23.659 --> 00:28:24.819 the persecutions? 00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.000 There's lots 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.720 to be gained, 00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:27.639 there's lots 00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:28.339 to suffer, 00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:30.299 but then he says, 00:28:30.399 --> 00:28:31.059 and in the age 00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.779 to come, 00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.679 eternal life. 00:28:34.899 --> 00:28:35.839 Because it will 00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:38.059 all be worth it. 00:28:39.659 --> 00:28:40.980 Give up anything 00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:42.179 that is keeping 00:28:42.179 --> 00:28:42.740 your way 00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.419 and come 00:28:43.419 --> 00:28:44.919 and follow him. 00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.679 The question, 00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.879 what must I do 00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:50.139 to inherit 00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:52.099 eternal life? 00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.259 Go home today, 00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:56.159 take out a piece 00:28:56.159 --> 00:28:56.779 of paper 00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:58.579 and start 00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:59.399 to write down 00:28:59.399 --> 00:28:59.960 the answers 00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:01.119 to these questions. 00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.139 What must I do 00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:03.680 to inherit 00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.700 eternal life? 00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:07.200 What am I doing 00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:09.319 to inherit 00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:11.000 eternal life? 00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:13.240 And a third question, 00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:15.240 what needs 00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:16.500 to go? 00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:19.220 One thing 00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:20.420 you lack. 00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:22.500 One thing 00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:24.379 kept this man 00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:25.600 from the kingdom 00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:26.300 of God. 00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:28.600 Don't let one 00:29:28.600 --> 00:29:30.380 thing keep you. 00:29:31.340 --> 00:29:32.220 Let us pray. 00:29:35.800 --> 00:29:36.360 Lord, 00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:37.700 our gracious God, 00:29:37.760 --> 00:29:38.760 we do thank you 00:29:38.760 --> 00:29:40.500 that your word 00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.920 is what we need 00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:43.540 and what we are given. 00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:45.040 We thank you 00:29:45.040 --> 00:29:46.120 that it always 00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:47.060 brings us 00:29:47.060 --> 00:29:48.120 closer to you 00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:50.060 to recognize you 00:29:50.060 --> 00:29:51.540 as a holy God, 00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:53.220 a just God, 00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:54.779 and yet a God 00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.960 who is mighty 00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.860 and powerful. 00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.380 And we pray 00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:59.120 today, Lord, 00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.880 that your word 00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:00.680 would be applied 00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:02.140 to all our hearts, 00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.819 even as we think 00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.559 of this man 00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.620 who came to Jesus 00:30:05.620 --> 00:30:06.299 with such 00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:08.079 a great question, 00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.600 what must I do 00:30:09.600 --> 00:30:10.319 to inherit 00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:11.880 eternal life? 00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.400 It's not just 00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:13.180 about coming 00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:14.759 in that first instance, 00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.279 but it's about 00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:16.120 how we go. 00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.559 And he went 00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:18.640 away sorrowful, 00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.740 for he had 00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.640 great wealth. 00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.299 We pray, Lord, 00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:23.000 that you will help 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.680 none of us 00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:25.099 to go away sorrowful, 00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.359 but to find 00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:27.039 our joy 00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.919 and our delight 00:30:27.919 --> 00:30:28.619 in the one 00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:30.339 who is the hope 00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:31.819 of eternal life, 00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:33.099 your Son, 00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:34.180 Jesus Christ. 00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:35.659 May he become 00:30:35.659 --> 00:30:36.379 more precious 00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:37.079 to us 00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:38.139 each and every day. 00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:39.519 So hear us, 00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.419 pardon us, 00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:41.919 and go before us 00:30:41.919 --> 00:30:42.899 in Jesus' name. 00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.639 Amen. 00:30:43.639 --> 00:30:43.799 Amen. 00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:48.460 We're going to conclude 00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.099 by singing 00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:49.980 to God's praise 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:51.380 in Psalm 27. 00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:53.339 Sing Psalm's version 00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:54.799 on page 32. 00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.640 We'll sing 00:30:58.640 --> 00:31:01.500 verse 4 to 5, 00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:02.839 these three stanzas. 00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:05.200 The great desire 00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:06.599 of the psalmist 00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.480 that we see here, 00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.640 one thing I'll plead 00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:09.680 before the Lord, 00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.779 and this I'll seek 00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.400 always, 00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.880 that I may come 00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:14.039 within God's house 00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:15.039 and dwell there 00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:16.440 all my days, 00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:16.839 that I, 00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:18.099 the beauty of the Lord, 00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:18.980 that on the beauty 00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.539 of the Lord 00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:21.199 I constantly may gaze 00:31:21.199 --> 00:31:22.439 and in his house 00:31:22.439 --> 00:31:23.339 may seek to know 00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:25.119 direction in his ways. 00:31:25.199 --> 00:31:25.539 We'll sing 00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:26.819 from verse 4 to 5 00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:28.039 to God's praise. 00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:29.240 We stand to sing. 00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.740 Amen. 00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.240 Amen. 00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.740 Amen. 00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.240 Amen. 00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.240 00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.240 00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:33.240 Amen. 00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:35.240 Amen. 00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.240 00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:37.240 Amen. 00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:38.539 I'll seek 00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:41.240 before 00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:44.439 the Lord 00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:52.740 God's praise 00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.500 and holy 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:52.740 God's praise 00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.500 and holy 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:53.500 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Amen. 00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:20.529 And there's no idea why you find holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy holy