The Rich Ruler
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Opening Illustration
Opening Illustration
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So, please turn your Bibles to the Gospel of Luke.
We will conduct our study in Chapter 18 and focus on verses 18 through 23.
Our message this morning is titled “The Rich Ruler.”
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As you are turning to our passage today, please keep in mind this fact:
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So, this morning we will cover three main points:
1) The Good
2) The Commands
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3) The Invitation
Opening Prayer
Opening Prayer
Before we consider our text, please join me in prayer...
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Heavenly Father...
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And it is in Jesus’ name we pray all these things...
Amen.
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Let’s turn to our text for today:
Reading of the Text
Reading of the Text
18 And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
19 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
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.’ ”
21 And he said, “All these I have kept from my youth.”
22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
23 But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.
So, let’s look at our first point...
1) The Good
1) The Good
Verses 18-19: And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
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xxxxxxxxxxxx Mark 10:17:
17 And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
xxxxxxxxxxxxx Matthew 19:16-17:
16 And behold, a man came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?”
17 And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.”
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xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Psalm 34:8:
8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
xxxxxxxxxxxxx Psalm 119:68:
68 You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.
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5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
xxxxxxxxxxxxx Psalm 25:7–8:
7 Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!
8 Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
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xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Romans 3:10-18:
10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;
11 no one understands; no one seeks for God.
12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”
13 “Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.”
14 “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 in their paths are ruin and misery,
17 and the way of peace they have not known.”
18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
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8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
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2) The Commands
2) The Commands
Verses 20-21: You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.’ ” And he said, “All these I have kept from my youth.”
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xxxxxxxxxxxxx Matthew 19:20:
20 The young man said to him, “All these I have kept. What do I still lack?”
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xxxxxxxxxxxxxx John 15:10:
10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx John 14:15-17:
15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,
17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx John 14:23:
23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1 John 2:3–4:
3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,
xxxxxxxxxxxxx 1 John 3:21–24:
21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;
22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
23 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
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3) The Invitation
3) The Invitation
Verses 22-23: When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.
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xxxxxxxxxxxxx Mark 10:21:
21 And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
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21 Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
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xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Ecclesiastes 5:10:
10 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1 Timothy 6:9–10:
9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Revelation 3:17:
17 For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
xxxxxxxxxxx Matthew 16:24-26:
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
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xxxxxxxxxxxx 1 Timothy 6:7:
7 for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Psalm 49:10–12:
10 For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others.
11 Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names.
12 Man in his pomp will not remain; he is like the beasts that perish.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Job 1:21:
21 And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
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xxxxxxxxxxx Hebrews 13:5:
5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
xxxxxxxxxxx Philippians 4:19:
19 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Matthew 6:20:
20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
xxxxxxxxxxxx Revelation 7:16–17:
16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat.
17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
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Closing Illustration
Closing Illustration
So, as this message comes to a close...
I would like you to consider this:
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Closing Prayer
Closing Prayer
Let’s pray...
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Heavenly Father...
If anyone hearing this message right now does not know You in a saving way:
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I appeal to Your Name’s sake!
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For those hearing this message who already know You:
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Again, I appeal to Your Name’s sake!
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It is in Jesus’ name we pray all these things...
To God be all the glory.
Amen.
