17Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”
18So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. 19You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ ”
20And he answered and said to Him, “Teacher, all these things I have kept from my youth.”
21Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.”
22But he was sad at this word, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
With God All Things Are Possible
23Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!” 24And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answered again and said to them, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God! 25It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
26And they were greatly astonished, saying among themselves, “Who then can be saved?”
27But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.”
Mark 10:17-27 (NKJV)
“Be not drunk with wine as dissipation, but be filled with the Holy Ghost.”
Ephesians 5:18 (NKJV)
3 thoughts about The Rich Young Ruler:
1. His
17Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”
Mark 10:17 (NKJV)
Desire flows out of our
2 types of appetites:
a. The
11“Dear friends,I urge you, as foreigners and exiles,to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.”
1 Peter 2:11 (NKJV)
16“I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.”
Galatians 5:16-17 (NKJV)
19“Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: [a]adultery, [b]fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,21 envy, [c]murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.”
Galatians 5:19-21 (NKJV)
8“So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.”
Romans 8:8 (NKJV)
b. The
22“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness,goodness faithfulness, 23 [d]gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”
Galatians 5:22-25 (NKJV)
6“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.”
Matthew 5:6 (NKJV)
5“For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.”
Romans 8:5 (NKJV)
14“The true children of God are those who let God’s Spirit lead them.”
Romans 8:14 (NCV)
We all have a desire for
3 truths about acceptance:
a. Not
b. Learn to accept
c. Believe what God says about
7“But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t look at how handsome Eliab is or how tall he is, because I have not chosen him. God does not se the same way people see. People look at the outside of a person, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
1 Samuel 16:7 (NCV)
8“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 5:8 (NKJV)
16“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”
John 3:16-17 (NKJV)
2. His
30“He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.”
Matthew 12:30 (NKJV)
“The heart is deceitful above all things, And [a]desperately wicked; Who can know it?
Jeremiah 17:9 (NKJV)
19“You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, do not Defraud, Honor your father and your mother. 20And he answered and said to Him, “Teacher, all these things I have kept from my youth.” 21Then Jesus looking at him, loved him, and said to him, one thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow me.”
Mark 10:19-21 (NKJV)
16“knowing that a man is not [a]justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.”
Galatians 2:16 (NKJV)
28Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, [a]perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the [b]first commandment of all?” 29Jesus answered him, “The [c]first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ [d]This is the first commandment. 31And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:28-31 (NKJV)
3. His
26“For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?”
Matthew 16:26 (NKJV)
35“For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.”
Mark 8:35 (NKJV)
51So, Jesus answered and said to him, “What do you want Me to do for you?” The blind man said to Him, [a]“Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.” 52 Then Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has [b]made you well.” And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road.
Mark 10:51-52 (NKJV)