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The Joy of Treasure
Introduction
When we look at the cross and the punishment that christ bore it is easy to look around us and see a world full of evil in need of a savoir.
We can look at maybe a murder, a thief, Someone who sleeps on the streets, or even someone who just seems angry all the time and think “ wow these people really need jesus.”
But it's a little trickier when we start thinking of people who seem like they are doing great in life.
Maybe they are wealthy, famous, have a lot of power, or even seem to be morally upright.
Or even often times when we look at ourselves we think “come on i'm not a bad person, do i really need christ, i've never hurt anyone.”
What are some ways we would measure someone's success or being right before God today?
Would we imagine a homeless man more successful than a rich man?
Often times we would judge someone's success by their wealth, fame, or even how they act in public.
Right?
Who are the people we seem to idolize the most?
Some of them may be who we see on TV, in movies, or in music.
When people see them they act crazy and out of hand running up to them and screaming.
So we often think they are amazing and perfect because of their status.
So While we may look at these signs of success as a stepping stone to being right before God the scripture we are going to look at today actually says its a stumbling block.
The young man's quest
Point out a question or a problem from the text - what is this guy really after?
Show in the text - eternal life So right away what can we tell about this guy.
The author of this book says that he had great possessions, and if we look at Matthew and Luke we will see that he was also young and a ruler.
Notice this man tries his best to cling closely to the Ten Commandments.
So he is young, rich, powerful, and morally upright.
In that time the jews thought that if you had all these things then you were blessed by God.
They also thought that eternal life was a reward for our own righteousness.
This man runs up to jesus and he kneels before him.
People in israel would typically not run because of the heat and they did not have air conditioning like we do.
This says alot about his earnestness to speak with jesus and his hopes to become a disciple.
So he comes to jesus and he asks him what he can do to inherit eternal life.
Now this eternal life isn't living forever here on earth.
This type of eternal life is spending forever in the presence of God.
Many people even christians think of heaven as this paradice where you will just be really happy for ever.
But the eternal life the bible talks about is spent with God.
As we all know who you are with is more important than what you are doing.
He asks this also because he doesn't take it for granted and feels that there is a chance he might not make it.
Many of us do the opposite we believe in heaven and we take it for granted that we are going there.
How does jesus answer this guys questions?
He answers him with another question, what is good but God alone.
Why do you think he does this?
This means there is something wrong with his question when he asked it.
Jesus is trying to get the man to think about the word good and how he is using it.
The pharisees and religious leaders would almost never let anyone call them good because they didn't want to be a blasphemer.
Good was typically a name only given to God.
The man thought jesus was good.
Jesus says you haven't thought it through what that word means, or how good God is or high is standard is.
Then he goes to show him God's high standard.
He asks him about the ten commandments.
The ten commandments were a summary for God's will for his people.
Jesus quotes from them because he basically says im not gonna give you a different answer than what's already written.
This guy feels like he has kept them all but he still sinses that he doesn't measure up.
So he says i have done all those things but i feel its not enough.
He uses these commandments because he knows of a deeper problem with this mans heart and that is that he is lacking something in his relationship with God.
What's interesting is that Jesus doesn't quote all the ten commandments he quotes from the second half the parts that have to do with other people.
He does not mention the first commandments that have to do with our relationship with God. this implies that this is where the problem is.
Tho he looks like a good person to other people there is a problem with his relationship to God. this view of God is very common this is the view that says God will save the good people.
There are good people and bad people in the world and that God is going to save and take care of the good people.
That's clearly what this young guy thought and it is what most people in the world think today.
But jesus will show us that's wrong and if you hold on to that idea you will become like this young man.
Never sure you are good enough for God no matter how much you do.
what's interesting about this man's original question is that he doesn't ask what can be done or what Christ can do for his eternal life, he asks what can I do.
He is probably thinking that he will be a great asset to Christs work.
He thinks he can provide all the money and power they need and with his zeal for morality it will help him to have eternal life.
See jesus never says that he is a lier or that he didn't keep those commandments he told him with love that he still lacks one thing.
So what we see first of all is what this young man's quest is, he wants to be good enough for God. and notice he feels confident that whatever it is, he can do it.
His attitude is that he just needs jesus to tell him what it is and he can go do it.
Christs invitation- His invitation was to choose him over everything else and to follow him
What is jesus getting at here by saying that he lacks one thing?
What could this man possibly lack?
He seems to have everything: Money, power, and his morality.
But jesus tells him that he is still lacking one thing.
Finally the guy gets to hear what he came for.
How exciting it would have been to hear that.
Only one thing.
He probably thought how hard can one thing be.
I have everything I need, there is nothing I won't be able to accomplish.
But he didn't expect what Jesus tells him.
That that one thing is to sell everything and follow him.
Sounds like two things.
But it is actually one.
This thing that he lacks has two parts the first one is the obstacle to the second part.
The main thing is that jesus is saying follow me, but what is the main reason this guy can't follow jesus?
Hes tied to his money.
Probably to his entire life as a rich person.
He would have been familiar with jesus and his disciples and their lifestyle and he knew he didn't want that.
He didn't want to live day by day trusting in jesus.
He liked the comfort of all he had.
Jesus invitation to this guy is risky, get rid of all of your stuff and follow me.
Basically get rid of all of your safety and trust in me.
His invitation reveals this mans attachment to money. it shows that his heart is actually divided.
Something he wants besides God. he doesn't want God supremely he wants God and his money.
What this man doesn't realize is that he has not surrendered his heart fully to God.
His devotion is split between God and his possessions.When he is forced into this decision we see where his heart truly is.
He can do alot of stuff but walk away from his money.
We all have a master we can't say no too.
Whether its sex, money, what people think of us, so on.
And if God were to let this guy have eternal life in the way that he was right now it would not be good for him.
He would actually be the eternal slave of his money.
He would never learn to fully lean on Christ and trust in him.
A Lot of people think the main teaching of jesus is to do good.
Most people think jesus wouldn't have cared if people would follow him.
All he wants is for everyone to love each other.
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