The Required Sacrifice

Selective Parables: Lessons from Jesus

Message Eleven

Luke 18:18-30.

ETS: Jesus taught that only those willing to sacrifice everything to follow Him enter into eternal life.

ESS: We need to yield everything for the sake of following Christ.

OSS: [Evangelistic] {I want the hearers to understand the required sacrifice to inherit eternal life.}

PQ: What does it take to inherit eternal life?

[Inductive Sermon Structure]

Intro.:

Does it take obedience to or performance of the law? [vv. 18-21]

TR: One’s obedience to or the performance of the law cannot grant eternal life.

Does it take possessions or wealth? [vv. 22-25]

TR: One’s possessions cannot grant eternal life.

FR: Surrender and submission are the ways one is granted eternal life. [vv. 26-30]

CONCLUSION:

[1] Have you clung to religious boxes or obligations to try to earn your way to Heaven?

[2] Have you found great security in your wealth thinking that because you have a lot and are perhaps of the elite, higher class God will accept you?

[3] The only way to eternal life is faith in Jesus Christ- this involves surrender and submission to Him. The required sacrifice is your life, your possessions, your rituals, your ability, etc.

Consulted Resources:

[1] Leon Morris, Luke: An Introduction and Commentary, vol. 3, Tyndale New Testament Commentaries (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1988).

[2] Thomas R. Schreiner, “Luke,” in Evangelical Commentary on the Bible, vol. 3, Baker Reference Library (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1995).

[3]Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament, Second Edition. (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic: An Imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2014).

[4] Thabiti Anyabwile, Exalting Jesus in Luke, Christ-Centered Exposition Commentary (Nashville, TN: Holman Reference, 2018).

[5]A. Boyd Luter, “Luke,” in CSB Study Bible: Notes, ed. Edwin A. Blum and Trevin Wax (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2017).