Spiritual Gifts part 214: I am the Rich Young Man.
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John Farley Thursday, January 12, 2012 Spiritual Gifts Part 214: I am the Rich Young Man.And Luke tells us that he was a “ruler”, so he was some kind of Jewish official, probably a member of the Sanhedrin. Luke also tells us that this ruler was extremely rich.
Matthew tells us that he was a “young man”. neaniskos =
Mat 19:16
Joh 15:5
“Follow Me”. That is discipleship.
Mat 19:17
Mat 19:20-21
Mat 19:21 Jesus spoke to jar him from his misplaced confidence in himself. Instead He gave the young man an impossible assignment that would make the point far more powerfully. Our Lord purposely set out the challenge to reveal the deceitfulness and self-centered nature of the human heart. Stop here and this encounter with the Rich Young Man looks an awful lot like the basis for a moral injunction. At that moment, in my inner chaos, I recognize that I am the rich young man. But rather than stay in that fit of moral crisis, this story invites us to go somewhere else. This story invites us to go into the death of the cross. And as they walk, Jesus begins to tell them about His death and His rising again.
I am the rich young man.
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