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A Very Costly Decision (A Place You Can’t Afford)
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Prayer
Introduction
They said he could have been the best ever.
That’s what they said...
They said he was going to change the game.
They said he could have been the best ever.
That’s what they said...
He was drafted with the second overall pick in the 86 draft on June 17th.
Two days later he was pronounced dead of a cocaine overdose.
What was supposed to be a celebratory night, turned into a fatal morning.
A life with so much promise and potential, gone—just like that (snap).
It was a very costly decision.
It has been estimated that the average person makes nearly 900 million conscious decisions in a 70 year lifespan.
It has been estimated that the average person makes nearly 900 million conscious decisions in a 70 year lifespan.
Many of these decisions come as a response to questions we’ve asked ourselves
What’s the weather like today?
What clothes do I wear today?
Who is going to win the game tonight?
But some of the deepest questions have nothing to do with the weather, your wardrobe, or winning a game.
The deepest questions usually revolve around life and death.
How did we get here?
Where did we come from?
Where are we going?
How do we get there?
Many religions and philosophies have tried to answer these very weighty questions.
The answers to these questions often result in certain decisions as it pertains to how we live.
Yet, in all life’s searching, one thing remains constant, death is certain.
Where we go after death--is not.
People who believe in the afterlife, heaven and hell have sought for centuries to give reason for how one gets there.
It’s been said, “Eternity is too long, to be wrong.”
If I was to walk down your aisle this morning and interview every person in the room and give a survey on where you want to end up after you die, 100% of the people surveyed would answer, “heaven.”
Many will hear these stories and say, “A hat isn’t worth the risk” or “if I got drafted I definitely wouldn't risk it by using cocaine” to which I would agree with you.
But what if I told you that many of us treat our lives this way in a spiritual sense?
That we are often more willing than we realize to take the spiritual risk, deciding to live our lives the way we please, as opposed to what Jesus is calling us to.
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In our text today we are introduced to a man who had it all.
He had achieved so much so early in his young life.
He was on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
He had millions of dollars.
A prestigious education.
A position that most people only dream of obtaining in life.
He was, Young, Gifted, & (maybe he was Black) but he was Empty.
He truly had it all yet really possessing nothing at all.
[Transition]
This encounter with Jesus in Luke teaches us a few different lessons about eternity and how it is we come to obtain eternal life
I think this young man was used to getting what he wanted in his business transactions because he knew how to build rapport with people.
Jesus’ response always gets me here.
Look how he addresses Jesus, “Good teacher”
Jesus spots motive and disarms his flattery
V18
The Gospels reveal that he is young, he’s a ruler, and he’s very rich.
“ruler” (a.k.a.
Mr. Big Stuff ) = status, influence, standing, prestige, baller, shot caller
“asked him” - what kind of question did he ask?
A question of eternal significance, a loaded question, a heavy question
A question that has been asked for centuries since
Asked gk.
= interrogate or demand
People with money tend to think they can get what they want when they want it.
So the interrogation of Jesus begins (but not for long...Jesus is going to flip the script on him)
“Good Teacher” - an address by an expert in the art of flattery
Words so plausible, this guy could have been a politician
Maybe he thinks he can talk his way into eternity (maybe he’s talked his way through everything else)
We know how to talk spiritual talk and have churchy language but our hearts haven’t been impacted by the Word of God.
So we can have words of men and angels, but we do not have love in our hearts; so we are nothing more than noisy cymbals, clanging gongs according to
“what must I do to inherit”
Had he figured out how to farm more efficiently and sold his ideas?
Maybe h
Could it be that his creativity and ingenuity had him invent a device that would solve practical problems in the ancient world (sandals)
Maybe he had amassed his riches through much hard work as opposed to an inheritance left by his father.
In the context of what he’s saying it appears he must have gotten it through hard work because his question
“what must I do...” This implies that he thought he had to do something to earn eternity.
We’re no different, In our flesh we have been conditioned by our sin to earn our wages.
So when we work, we expect to get paid.
This man was showing a natural understanding but the things of God are spiritually discerned.
You can’t earn your way in.
“Why do you call me good?
Why = gk.
Interrogative pronoun
Is Jesus saying he isn’t good?
No. What Jesus is saying is, “Mr.
Big Stuff, who do you think you are?” Jesus could no doubt see through his flattery..
Somehow we do this, we come to Jesus with all kinds of words and try and dress up our mess but Jesus sees through it.
THE IRONY: Jesus is good & Jesus is God but the young ruler doesn’t know who Jesus really is.
The “Rich Young Ruler” had no clue that he was talking to the “Rich Old Ruler.”
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Eternity Can’t Be Obtained by Works (vv.
20-21)
Jesus’s response always trips me out because it’s like he doesn’t fall for the flattery
Jesus is disarming him and showing that he is God in this very moment
it’s not our behavior modification that gains us eternal life it’s a relationship with Jesus
Commandment keeping (legalism)
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V20
“You know the commandments”
Jesus knew where to start…
Jesus lists 5 of the 10 commandments that this man knew
See this is a religious man.
He has everything going for him that one would consider successful.
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