Entering The Kingdom
Luke 18:18-30
May 10, 2020
This morning we come across another famous story.
It is included in all 3 of the synoptic gospels.
• Matthew 19:20 calls him a “young man”
• Luke 18:18 calls him “a ruler”
• And all three accounts tell us he was “extremely rich”
So, because we’re really good at naming people,
We like to call him “The Rich Young Ruler”
Most likely he was a synagogue ruler
Which would also add to his mystique
Since that would speak volumes to his moral standing.
• He was a model citizen.
• He was a fine example of obedience and virtue.
He must’ve also been quite the example of financial success,
And of LEGITIMATE financial success as well.
By his own account he will conclude that he has kept commands like
Not stealing, not bearing false witness, and
Honoring his father and his mother all his life.
That means that unlike so many others his wealth did not come from
Theft, or bribes, or from extorting parents (like the prodigal son had done)
• His wealth was legitimately gained.
• His high position was legitimately earned.
• And the fact that he had obtained both at a young age speaks volumes about his diligence and focus.
This guy was the cream of the crop.
And yet, in all 3 synoptic gospels
He is held up to us as the GREATEST OF TRAGEDIES.
Because this man, despite all of his worldly success,
Failed to obtain eternal life.
What greater failure can a man commit than that?
Matthew 16:26 “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?”
How much is it worth to not go to hell?
Can we really call a man successful if he obtains every treasure this earth can offer, but fails to obtain eternal life?
Is that really success?
That is what makes this man’s life such a tragedy.
He had it all, except for salvation.
THIS MORNING we approach the day
That he continues to regret more than any other.
• This morning we look at the day where he chose his money over Jesus.
• This morning we look at the day when he would not deny himself.
• This morning we look at the day when he chose to keep his life and lose
eternity.
And that is where this story fits in the greater narrative of Luke.
If you’ve been with us the past few weeks
You know that Jesus has been talking a great deal about the KINGDOM.
IT BEGAN back in 17:20 when the Pharisees sort of mockingly asked where this “so-called” kingdom was.
Jesus announced that it “is in your midst”
• It is a spiritual kingdom.
• It is entered by all those who confess Jesus as their Lord and King.
• It is for all those who have submitted to Christ.
• It is a kingdom of salvation and spiritual life.
• It is here.
Jesus also then began to speak of the COMING PHYSICAL KINGDOM.
• First there would be a death (Christ’s death)
• Then there would be a departure (Christ’s ascension)
• Then there would be a time of deception (where we live now)
• And then finally Christ would return and there would be destruction.
When He comes to set up His physical earthly kingdom
It will be a time in which Christ will judge His enemies.
He will trample those who rejected Him under His feet.
JESUS HIMSELF COMPARED HIS COMING
To the days of Noah and the days of Sodom and Gomorrah
When people were living unaware and suddenly judgment fell upon them.
And when the disciples asked WHERE this judgment would occur,
Jesus answered and said:
Luke 17:37 “And answering they said to Him, “Where, Lord?” And He said to them, “Where the body is, there also the vultures will be gathered.”
That is to say, the coming of the Lord will be EASY TO SPOT
By all the dead bodies and by all the happy buzzards.
And because the Lord’s coming will be such a time of judgment,
The Lord gave a serious warning.
Luke 17:31-33 “On that day, the one who is on the housetop and whose goods are in the house must not go down to take them out; and likewise the one who is in the field must not turn back. “Remember Lot’s wife. “Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.”
It was the serious and sober warning.
If you are going to gain life in the kingdom,
Then you must forsake life in this world.
It is the call to DENY SELF.
And from there we entered CHAPTER 18 where Luke has provided us with 3 EXAMPLES of the type of people who enter the kingdom.
• We saw a persistent widow who walked in faith and waited patiently for justice.
• We saw a humble tax collector who cried out for mercy.
• We saw totally dependent children who had no power of their own.
AND EACH OF THESE PROVED TO BE AN EXAMPLE
OF WHAT TYPE OF PERSON ENTERS THE KINGDOM.
Regarding that persistent widow, Jesus asked:
Luke 18:8 “I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?”
Regarding that humble tax collector, Jesus said:
Luke 18:14 “I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Regarding those powerless children, Jesus declared:
Luke 18:16-17 “But Jesus called for them, saying, “Permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. “Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”
So you see that we have been discussing
The type of people who enter the kingdom.
This story of the Rich Young Ruler is now the 4th in that list.
Like the Pharisee in the second story,
• This young man also becomes for us a negative example of one who might have expected to enter the kingdom, but will not.
The positive example in this story
• Is of the self-sacrificing disciples who left everything to follow Jesus.
• They are the 4th example of those who enter the kingdom and gain eternal life.
So with that understanding, let’s look at our story this morning.
3 main points
#1 THE APPROACH
Luke 18:18-21
We read right off the bat an important QUESTION
That really SETS THE PARAMETERS for the story.
That is to say, we know what this conversation is primarily about.
It is A SALVATION QUESTION
“A ruler questioned Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
It is a question about salvation.
This young ruler has a burden; he has a problem.
He does not know if he has eternal life and he wants it.
And we have to say that he certainly come to the right person to ask.
John 6:27 “Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.”
Jesus is certainly the right person to ask about this.
We might also note that this is the 2nd time in Luke’s gospel that an important figure has approached Jesus with this same question.
You may remember in that story about the Good Samaritan:
Luke 10:25 “And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
IT IS THE SAME SETTING HERE.
This young man who has led others in the synagogue
Has now approached Jesus wanting to know how to obtain eternal life.
I know some have taken issue with the way he asked the question.
• Some have said that the fact that he asked, “what shall I do..?” indicates that he has “works-based” expectations.
But I don’t think he’s purposely being heretical,
I just think he’s asking the question the only way he knows how.
Incidentally, remember Pentecost?
Acts 2:37 “Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brethren, what shall we do?”
Rather, this is just a young man, who in sincerity
(we know that because of the grief he’ll have in a moment when he doesn’t receive it)
Is coming to the right place
To ask the most important question he’ll ever ask.
How can I be saved?
But to that question Jesus does give him A SOBERING REMINDER
(19) “And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.”
Now some occults have used this verse to say that
Jesus there denied His deity in this statement.
That is NOT what is happening.
Rather, Jesus is confronting this young man’s
NONCHALANT use of the word “good”.
According to Jesus, he throws that word around far too liberally.
In Matthew’s gospel the conversation is recorded a little differently.
Matthew 19:16-17 “And someone came to Him and said, “Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life?” And He said to him, “Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good…”
Perhaps that helps you understand Jesus’ point.
• It’s that this young man uses that word “good” far too easily without really
understanding the weight of it.
WE SEE THAT TODAY as well, as many people are more than willing to classify themselves as “a good person”.
When the reality is that “good” is a classification
That can only be applied to God.
Only God is actually good.
HUMANITY IS NOT.
Romans 3:10-12 “as it is written, “THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE; THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD; ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE.”
• “Good” was the word God used to describe creation before the Fall.
• After sin entered the world the word was never again truly appropriate.
AND JESUS CLARIFIES THAT HERE.
And that is just like Jesus to insist on a proper basis for a conversation.
We remember the conversation He had with Nicodemus:
John 3:1-3 “Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
• Jesus picked up on the fact that Nicodemus was interested in a teacher who
could perhaps help him “tweak” his life to be more acceptable to God.
• Jesus corrected the premise of the conversation right off the bat.
• “Tweaking” will never be enough.
• Nicodemus we need to scrap the whole thing and start over.
Jesus is doing the same thing here with this young man.
HE IS DEFINING THE TERMS.
“Good” is not an appropriate term to throw around so liberally.
THAT IS A SOBERING REMINDER.
But that wasn’t really the question.
The question had to do with eternal life.
So, from there Jesus gives A SIMPLE ANSWER
(20) “You know the commandments, ‘DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DO NOT MURDER, DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER.'”
As John MacArthur pointed out at Camp REGEN a couple of years ago when preaching this passage.
• Every evangelism professor in every seminary in the world would have failed Jesus for this answer.
• This young man wanted to know how to have eternal life and Jesus told him to keep the commandments.
• To those of us who know we are saved by grace and not works this comes to us as the absolute wrong answer.
But Jesus said it, and you can’t really fail Jesus in evangelism.
THAT’S BECAUSE IT’S NOT THE WRONG ANSWER.
IT’S THE RIGHT ANSWER!
WHY?
Jesus simply quoted the Law of God to this young man.
• If you want to please God and gain eternal life then the simple answer is that you must be righteous,
• And the Law is where God systematically laid out His righteous requirements.
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 “See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and adversity; in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you may live and multiply, and that the LORD your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it. “But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them, I declare to you today that you shall surely perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess it. “I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, by loving the LORD your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for this is your life and the length of your days, that you may live in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”
It was pretty clear.
• If you will obey all of God’s commands then you will get life.
• If you don’t obey all of God’s commands then you get death.
And this doesn’t change in the New Testament.
Listen to Jesus:
John 5:24-29 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. “For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man. “Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.”
People who do good deeds get a resurrection of life.
He just said it; good people go to heaven.
Paul would say the same:
Romans 2:3-11 “But do you suppose this, O man, when you pass judgment on those who practice such things and do the same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who WILL RENDER TO EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS: to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life; but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation. There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek, but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For there is no partiality with God.”
Paul said it too.
If you do good you get eternal life.
THAT IS TRUE.
NOW WHAT’S THE PROBLEM WITH THAT SCENARIO?
(No men are good, which we saw in Romans 3 earlier)
But this young man doesn’t know that.
Remember, he’s still liberally applying the word good to stuff.
So Jesus says, if you want eternal life
Then be good according to God’s Law.
Keep these commandments.
IT WAS A SIMPLE ANSWER.
And then we begin to see the problem.
This man gives A SELF-RIGHTEOUS RESPONSE
(21) “And he said, “All these things I have kept from my youth.”
There he is throwing that loose interpretation of “good” around again.
• He just said, “Check, I have done that. I am good.”
Obviously he has failed to rightly apply the Law.
We are all familiar with the infamous “You have heard, but I say…” sermons.
Matthew 5:21-22 “You have heard that the ancients were told, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.’ “But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.”
Matthew 5:27-28 “You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY’; but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
Obviously this young man has failed to rightly apply the Law to his heart,
But the point is that when he measures himself by the Law,
He thinks that he is good.
Now where have we seen that before?
Luke 18:9 “And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:”
• That’s right!
• Though this young man doesn’t seem to be quite so arrogant, in reality he
thinks of himself just like that Pharisee did.
Remember that Pharisee?
Luke 18:11-12 “The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. ‘I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’”
How is that answer much different from this young man’s answer here?
IT ISN’T.
This man is another example of one who wrongly evaluated his life.
• Instead of humility he has pride.
• Instead of dependence he is self-reliant
• Instead of faith he’s got works
You see that don’t you.
And that’s his approach to Jesus.
A young man, who has a distorted view of goodness and who lacks discernment in evaluating himself, has approached Jesus wanting eternal life.
The Approach
#2 THE ASSESSMENT
Luke 18:22-25
Notice the statement: “When Jesus heard this…”
Jesus immediately detected a flaw
In this young man’s theology and thought process.
This man thought himself to be complete.
Jesus is going to point out that he in fact has A DEFICIENCY
“When Jesus heard this, He said to him, “One thing you still lack; sell all your possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
Now, we need to process that verse for a second.
• Because Jesus said the man lacked “one thing”
• And then listed 3 things he needed to do.
• “sell” – “distribute” – “follow”
So which of those 3 is the “one thing” he lacked?
The answer is none of them.
Jesus didn’t say there is one thing you must do,
He said there is one thing you lack.
The one thing this young man lacked was DESPERATION
What do you mean?
1) This man wants eternal life and we know the answer to that question.
We’ve heard Jesus give it too many times.
Matthew 16:24 “Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.”
If you want life then you have to “follow” Jesus.
That is simple.
2) Now, in order to follow Jesus, you must count the cost.
3) And the reality is that following Jesus will cost you everything.
That is why He said you must “deny” yourself.
You can’t keep this life and follow Jesus.
If you follow Him:
• There are relationships you will lose
• There are possessions you will leave
• There are jobs you can’t have
• There is a reputation you must forfeit
All types of cost is involved in following Jesus.
Now, for this man the cost was going to be his possessions.
WHY?
Well, you can’t very well haul all your furniture, and rugs, and livestock, and bags of money with you when you travel with Jesus. THAT’S NOT EVEN PRACTICAL.
And Jesus certainly didn’t want the money.
So, since you need to get rid of it (because you can’t bring it)
And since the poor need it, well, just sell it all and give it to the poor
And then you’ll be free to follow Me.
IT REALLY IS THAT SIMPLE.
Just get rid of those things that hinder.
Hebrews 12:1-2 “Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
That is Following Jesus 101
And certainly know that Jesus will compensate you for all you’ve lost.
• If this young man would do that he would be rewarded in the kingdom.
• Jesus promised him “treasure in heaven”.
But you can’t drag a dinette set with you while you walk all over Galilee
So sell it, give away the money, and “follow Me”.
That is the answer to the question about how to gain eternal life.
Let go of your life and run to Jesus.
And it is worth remembering WHY this is salvation.
• Because only Jesus did fulfill the Law of God.
• Only Jesus is good and righteous.
• Only Jesus will satisfy God’s wrath on sin on the cross.
• And so, only Jesus can grant sinners eternal life.
Acts 4:12 “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”
So if you want eternal life then you have to run to Jesus.
• You have to follow Jesus.
• And if you’re going to follow Jesus, then you have to lose this world.
The problem is that this man didn’t have what it takes to follow Jesus.
HE WAS DEFICIENT IN THIS AREA.
And we see that because of HIS DESPAIR
(23) “But when he had heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.”
Both Matthew and Mark reveal that he “went away grieving.”
• He wanted Jesus, but not bad enough.
• He saw value in Jesus, but he wasn’t desperate enough for Jesus to let go of this world to follow Him.
• He saw salvation in Jesus, but he wasn’t humble enough to embrace the loss it would require.
The one thing he lacked was the desperation or humility
To let go of everything and latch on to Christ.
Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
Paul said:
Philippians 3:7-8 “But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ,”
This young man didn’t have that.
He lacked the necessary humility.
• The widow had it, but he didn’t.
• The tax collector had it, but he didn’t.
• Those children had it, but he didn’t.
For him the cost of Jesus was not worth the value.
And to that Jesus revealed HIS DILEMMA
(24-25) “And Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God! “For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
And I would remind you that “rich” there applies to more than just money.
Earlier we saw a Pharisee who had too rich a reputation to follow Christ.
It is people who have amassed too much value in anything in this life.
• Some won’t leave their money…
• Some won’t leave their relationships…
• Some won’t leave their position…
• Some won’t leave their inheritance…
• Some won’t leave their status or reputation…
And so Jesus says:
“it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
If you’re trying to figure out how to make that work you are missing the point.
IT’S IMPOSSIBLE.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE
WHO WILL NOT LEAVE THEIR LIFE TO BE SAVED.
The Approach, The Assessment
#3 THE ANNOUNCEMENT
Luke 18:26-30
You see here THE OBVIOUS ANXIETY of the disciples.
(26) “They who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”
They picked up on the problem.
If pushing a camel through the eye of a needle is easier,
Then is it even possible at all?
And the immediate answer is NO.
But Jesus gives them AN ENCOURAGING ANSWER
(27) “But He said, “The things that are impossible with people are possible with God.”
Now that DOESN’T MEANT that a rich man who won’t leave his riches can’t be saved, but God can save him anyway.
What it does mean is this.
• No one can save themselves by their own efforts or works or riches.
• No one can.
• From a human perspective salvation is impossible.
• There is none good
• You’d have better luck pushing a camel through a needle
But, God can save sinners who cannot save themselves.
Ephesians 2:8-9 “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
Sinners cannot save themselves by their works,
But God can save them by His grace.
He does so by imputing their sin to Christ
Who pays their debt on the cross
And then by imputing Christ’s righteousness to them
So that they are acceptable.
AND THAT IS AN ENCOURAGING ANSWER.
• God can do the impossible.
• God can save sinners.
• God can do it through Christ,
• And that is what makes following Christ essential, even if it costs you everything.
NOW, THE STORY COULD HAVE ENDED HERE.
We could tie it up with a reminder of God’s grace
And His ability to save sinners through Christ, BUT IT DOESN’T.
Because Luke doesn’t just give negative examples in this chapter,
He also gives positive ones.
• We already saw a persistent widow
• We already saw a humble tax collector
• We already saw dependent children
NOW WE SEE DESPERATE FOLLOWERS
Notice here that we now see A NEW APPROACH
We saw the rich young ruler’s approach, but look at the disciples approach.
(28) “Peter said, “Behold, we have left our own homes and followed You.”
Do you see the difference?
• The cost didn’t matter to them.
• They found Jesus
• They found salvation
• They were desperate.
We remember as the crowds abandoned Jesus in John 6:
John 6:66-69 “As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore. So Jesus said to the twelve, “You do not want to go away also, do you?” Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life. “We have believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God.”
Peter was desperate.
• He was desperate for eternal life and he couldn’t get that anywhere but Jesus.
• And so whatever the cost, Peter would pay it.
Do you see how different he is from the rich young ruler?
He wouldn’t part with his riches, but Peter would part with everything.
How desperate are you for eternal life?
How badly do you want to escape the judgment of hell?
Matthew 16:25-26 “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?”
Peter said, “I’ll give everything. I have given everything.”
And since Peter had a different approach, you’ll also see that Jesus had A DIFFERENT ASSESSMENT
(29-30) “And He said to them, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times as much at this time and in the age to come, eternal life.”
Didn’t Jesus promise to compensate the rich young ruler?
Yes, but the ruler didn’t trust Him.
Jesus also promised to compensate those who left everything for Him.
And by the way, He even included PRESENT compensation.
• Jesus said, “many times as much at this time”
Who in here who has lost anything for Jesus, can say that Jesus is cheating them, even now?
• No one can.
• Jesus is worth it.
• Certainly worth it for eternal life, but He’s even worth it in this life.
If you follow Him now so that you may enter His kingdom.
He will grant you eternal life
And He promises to compensate all that you lose.
These disciples did that.
They are the 4th positive example.
So do you want to know who will enter the kingdom?
Do you want to know who will be spared
When the Lord returns and dishes out judgment on the wicked?
It is those who left everything that they might latch on to Jesus.
• It is those who were had persistent faith like the widow.
• It is those who had genuine humility like the tax collector.
• It is those who were totally dependent like those children.
• It is those who were absolutely desperate like the disciples.
Those are the people who are saved because those are the people who want Jesus more than anything else.
And that is our encouragement this morning.
• Do you see that Jesus is your only hope of salvation?
• How badly do you want Him?
• Will you surrender this life to gain Him?
The Rich Young Ruler would not.
• And on this day, he made a decision that Jesus wasn’t worth as much as his riches.
• I can confidently say, he has regretted that day ever since and even more so after he died.
DON’T BE LIKE HIM.
If the Lord convicts your heart
And bids you to leave it behind and follow Him,
DO IT.
• Come in faith
• Come in humility
• Come in dependence
• Come in desperation
Luke 17:32-33 “Remember Lot’s wife. “Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.”
