2.12.16 3.17.2019 Mark 10.17-31 We. Have. Left. Everything

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Entice: I don't know, nor do I really want to know how much you have. How much property you own, how much wealth you have accumulated, or how much influence you can broker. The question is not "how much money do you have, but

• Entice: I don't know, nor do I really want to know how much you have. How much property you own, how much wealth you have

how much does your money have you?"

accumulated, or how much influence you can broker. The question is not "how much money do you have, but how much does

And all the people said "I'm poor!"

your money have you?" And all the people said "I'm poor!"

Engage: So, before you saddle up your high horse let's make sure that everyone is uncomfortable and each of us has our Ox gored. Every one of us has or had something in our life bigger than Jesus. It's easiest to look at the binary opposites.

• Engage: So, before you saddle up your high horse let's make sure that everyone is uncomfortable and each of us has our Ox

Wealth or Poverty.

gored. Every one of us has or had something in our life bigger than Jesus. It's easiest to look at the binary opposites. Wealth or

Sickness or Health.

Poverty. Sickness or health. Power or weakness. Success or failure. We all have something that we bring to Jesus. We offer Him

Power or weakness.

our full allegiance-except for that-because it is that that we cling to for significance.

Success or failure.

We all have something squirreled away. We come to Jesus. We offer Him our full allegiance-except for that-

because it is that that we cling to for significance.

• Expand:This passage of scripture is about that one thing that we cling to other than Jesus, instead of Jesus-and how to leave it

Expand:This passage of scripture is about that one thing that we cling to other than Jesus, instead of Jesus-and how to leave it behind.

Mark 10:17–31 ESV

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?” 18 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. 19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’ ” 20 And he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have kept from my youth.” 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.” 22 Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. 23 And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” 24 And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” 26 And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, “Then who can be saved?” 27 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.” 28 Peter began to say to him, “See, we have left everything and followed you.” 29 Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, 30 who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life. 31 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

behind.

Excite. : We try to justify ourselves by doing our best to do the un-doable; constantly crashing our camels into impassable needles. We cannot fully embrace His saving grace if we have one hand wrapped around anything else.

• Excite. : We try to justify ourselves by doing our best to do the un-doable; constantly crashing our camels into impassable

needles. We cannot fully embrace His saving grace if we have one hand wrapped around anything else.

Explore: God saves us by executing the impossible by doing the un-doable by saving the un-savable; delivering us from the good burdens and bad burdens which enslave us.

• Explore: God saves us by executing the impossible by doing the un-doable by saving the un-savable; delivering us from the good

burdens and bad burdens which enslave us.

Explain: Every one who considers Jesus passes through these three phases

• Explain: Every one who considers Jesus passes through these three phases…

First, We approach Him with

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1 A great request. vv. 17-21

1 A great request. vv. 17-21

▾ 1 A great request. vv. 17-21

1.1 He had proper motivation. 17-18

• 1.1 He had proper motivation. 17-18

1.2 He had a good start. 19-20

•1.2 He had a good start. 19-20

1.3 He had the right guidance. 21

• 1.3 He had the right guidance. 21

///we respond to Him with….///

we respond to Him with….

▾ 2A great regret. vv. 22-27

2A great regret. vv. 22-27

2 A great regret. vv. 22-27

• 2.1 We are filled with regret when what we want and what we ask are different. 22-23

2.1 We are filled with regret when what we

want and what we ask are different. 22-23

• 2.2 We are filled with regret when focus on our inabilities rather than God's ability. 24-27

2.2 We are filled with regret when we focus on our

when we focus on our inabilities rather than God's ability. 24-27

focus on our inabilities rather than God's ability. 24-27

inabilities rather than God's ability. 24-27

///We embrace///

We embrace

▾ 3 A great reversal. vv. 28-31

3 A great reversal. vv. 28-31

3 A great reversal. vv. 28-31

• 3.1 We have to acknowledge our emptiness.28

3.1 We have to acknowledge our emptiness.28

• 3.2 We have to accept our neediness. 29-30

3.2 We have to accept our neediness. 29-30

• 3.3 We have to allow God's reversal. 31

3.3 We have to allow God's reversal. 31

Give us empty hands...

• We, the impossibly lost are saved by an improbable Savior. We who focus on money, status, fame, fortune, ridiculous pecking

• We, the impossibly lost are saved by an improbable Savior. We who focus on money, status, fame, fortune, ridiculous pecking orders, insane standards of measurement all share the single characteristic of needing a Savior who can do what we cannot do ourselves.

orders, insane standards of measurement all share the single characteristic of needing a Savior who can do what we cannot do

ourselves.

• You need to stop trying to force camels through the eyes of needles. You need to leave it all behind and to place your entire self in the nail-scared hands of Jesus. Don't ask the right question only to be filled with eternal regret because you did not get the selfish answer you sought. Let God change your heart, transform your desires, reverse your eternity and bring you safely home.

• You need to stop trying to force camels through the eyes of needles. You need to leave it all behind and to place your entire self in

• I can sense the question is on the tip of your tongue. Ask now. Ask in faith and leave it all behind to follow after Him.

the nail-scared hands of Jesus. Don't ask the right question only to be filled with eternal regret because you did not get the selfish

answer you sought. Let God change your heart, transform your desires, reverse your eternity and bring you safely home.

• I can sense the questions are on the tip of your tongue. Ask now. Ask in faith and leave it all behind to follow after Him.