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Last week, Pastor Autumn talked about idols and how we need to be actively
tearing down the things in our lives that keep us from fully pursuing Jesus.
The
Lord wants to be our highest priority, and as we follow Him first, He’ll make sure
we have everything we need.
This goes back to Exodus 20:3 NKJV “You shall
have no other gods before Me.
Today, I want to take us back to the story of the rich young ruler and talk a
little about the cost of following Jesus.
Next week or the week after, I will get into
specific idols we can have in our lives, but today I want to talk about what
following Jesus costs.
It does cost a lot, by the way, if you measure it by what this
world values; but life in God’s kingdom is totally worth it.
It doesn’t actually cost
that much if you view it in light of eternity.
LET'S PRAY.
As we look into this story, Jesus is traveling down the road to Jericho, and a
rich man runs up to Him and asks Him a question.
Mark tells us that he’s a young
man and that he kneels in the dirt before Jesus.
Luke leaves that part out.
Luke
does tell us that he’s a ‘ruler’ of some kind.
He was probably in his late teens or
early twenties, and most likely has some political position because he comes from
a wealthy family.
I imagine a young hotshot celebrity or businessman who comes
from old money.
Because he is young and rich, it’s most likely that his family has had the
money for quite some time.
He’s got the looks, he’s got the influence, and he’s got
the money.
Well, maybe not the looks - the bible doesn’t say that.
But this rich
young man asks Jesus a question.
Mark says he comes running up to Jesus.
I can
hear him panting now, out of breath as he tries to get his question out.
Mark 10:17 NKJV Now 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?”
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Most likely, he heard Jesus speak to the crowds and the Holy Spirit is
convicting him.
The Holy Spirit is moving on his heart and saying, ‘your eternal
soul, your salvation, your relationship with God is at stake here.
You need to listen
closely to Jesus and make some choices about who you’re going to be and where
you’re going to go.”
A few verses back, prior to this point and the rich young man’s question,
Jesus talks about eternal life and judgment.
I’ll bet that this kid heard Jesus and
started thinking about life, death, and purpose.
You know, the big questions we
humans tend to ask when we feel unfulfilled with life.
And He hears Jesus preach
what I guess is a fire & brimstone message.
I call it that because Jesus talks about
the fire and brimstone that destroys Sodom and Gomorrah.
This is what Jesus said: Luke 17:26-33 NLT “When the Son of Man
returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day.
27 In those days, the people enjoyed
banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat
and the flood came and destroyed them all.
28 “And the world will be as it was in
the days of Lot.
People went about their daily business—eating and drinking,
buying and selling, farming and building— 29 until the morning Lot left Sodom.
Then fire and burning sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
30 Yes, it will be ‘business as usual’ right up to the day when the Son of Man is
revealed.
31 On that day a person out on the deck of a roof must not go down
into the house to pack.
A person out in the field must not return home.
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Remember what happened to Lot’s wife! 33 If you cling to your life, you will lose
it, and if you let your life go, you will save it.
It’s not hard to imagine what kind of person would be enjoying banquets and
parties and weddings, eating, drinking, buying and selling, ‘doing business as
usual.’
It sounds like the party life of a rich, famous person, doesn’t it?
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I don’t know if this man was a big ‘party boy’ or not - he’s a ruler or a
supervisor over some area, so it’s possible that was a very responsible and
well-thought-of young man.
That actually makes more sense, considering he was
trying to get close to Jesus.
But he hears Jesus talk about God’s judgment.
God’s judgment is a big topic,
so I’m not going to get too deep into it today.
That sounds like a fun sermon series,
though, doesn’t it?
But God has to judge evil because He is righteous.
Genesis
18:25 AMP Far be it from You to do such a thing—to strike the righteous with
the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike.
Far be it from
You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right [by executing just and
righteous judgment]?”
Now the bible talks about multiple judgments (seven is one accepted
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