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Jack Graham - Rich Man, Poor Man

December 1, 2024 | S

Jack Graham - Rich Man, Poor Man
Dr. Jack Graham's mission is to glorify God by introducing Jesus Christ as Lord to all people.
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Power Point with Jack Graham | Jack Graham - Rich Man, Poor Man | December 1, 2024
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  • There is no person that god cannot save!
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  • There is no promise that god will not keep!
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  • There is nothing that our god cannot do!
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  • I want you to take your bibles and turn with me to mark
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  • Chapter 10... the tenth chapter of the gospel of mark.
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  • We are talking about conversations that jesus had
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  • With individuals. sort of like facetime with jesus. and today
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  • The title of the message is: “rich man, poor man.”
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  • And it is the story... the dramatic story... one of the
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  • Most dramatic scenes in all of the bible. so vivid that
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  • Both... all matthew, mark and luke told the story of the rich
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  • Young ruler. the rich man who met the poor man. but the poor
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  • Man was really the rich man and the rich man was really the
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  • Poor man. and you'll see what i mean by that as we go.
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  • But what we have here in the gospel of mark is the account
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  • That describes what happened when this young man came
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  • Running to jesus. beginning in verse 17:
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  • 17) and as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up
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  • And knelt before him and asked him, "good teacher, what must i
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  • Do to inherit eternal life?" 18) and jesus said to him, "why
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  • Do you call me good? no one is good except god alone. 19) you
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  • Know the commandments: 'do not murder, do not commit adultery,
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  • Do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor
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  • Your father and mother.'" 20) and he said to him, teacher,
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  • All these i have kept from my youth." 21) and jesus, looking
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  • At him (watch this), loved him, and said to him, "you lack one
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  • Thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and
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  • You will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."
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  • 22) disheartened by the saying, he went away... he went away
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  • Sorrowful, for he had great possessions. 23) and jesus
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  • Looked around and said to his disciples, "how difficult it
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  • Will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of
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  • Heaven... or the kingdom of god!" 24) and the disciples
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  • Were amazed at his words. but jesus said to them again,
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  • Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of god!
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  • 25) it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle
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  • Than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of god." 26) and
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  • They were exceedingly astonished, and said to him,
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  • "then who can be saved?" 27) jesus looked at them and said,
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  • "with man it is impossible, but not with god. for all things
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  • Are possible with god.
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  • Does that sound familiar? “all things are possible with god.”?
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  • There was a young woman by the name of mary, betrothed to
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  • Joseph. the angel of the lord came to her and said, “you will
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  • Bear the child, the savior into the world.” she said, “how is
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  • That possible? i've never known a man physically.” and the
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  • Angel said, “with god all things are possible.” and here
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  • Again, jesus is saying the same thing. “with god all things are
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  • Possible.” who can be saved? all who trust in christ! it's
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  • The miracle of salvation.
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  • Here is a young man. it's matthew who tells us that he
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  • Was a young man. and we're told not only is he a young man, but
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  • He's a very eager, excited young man as he comes running
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  • To jesus. he's literally, i think, out of breath. and when
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  • He gets in the presence of jesus, he falls on his knees.
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  • He's humble, he is winsome and he in some way attracted to
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  • Jesus. was it the messages that jesus had been delivering? the
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  • Miracles that jesus performed? just the very presence... the
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  • Man himself, jesus. he is... he is attracted to him.
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  • And in his youthfulness that is just so much potential. this
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  • Story starts off so well, doesn't it? here's a young man
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  • Who comes to jesus, gets on his knees, and says, "what must i
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  • Do to have eternal life?" he comes with the right questions
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  • To the right person. he's not there seeking earthly things;
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  • He wants eternal things. and though he was wealthy... and
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  • The bible says that he was rich... and so this young man
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  • Is successful, he's significant. he is a ruler, a
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  • Community leader, perhaps a civil magistrate, perhaps a
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  • Ruler in the synagogue, a teacher in the synagogue. we
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  • Know that he was a community leader. and so here he is
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  • Young, vibrant, wealthy, well-known in the community.
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  • What a contrast this is between this young man who may have
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  • Been a contemporary with jesus in terms of age. jesus was
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  • Young. jesus was in his early thirties. and so you have this
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  • Contrast between a young man who is wealthy, aristocratic,
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  • Powerful, a leader and jesus of nazareth, a galilean who grew
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  • Up in the carpenter shop of joseph, a contract laborer, if
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  • You will, who in terms of worldly good, born in a stable.
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  • He never had.... he's a nomad kind of preacher, an itinerant
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  • Preacher. what a contrast between this poor man, jesus
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  • And this rich man, this young ruler.
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  • It says... and i stopped just a moment, i paused just a moment
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  • When i read the words of scripture that jesus loved this
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  • Young man. there was just something about him. jesus
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  • Looked at him and he loved him. not because he was wealthy, not
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  • Because he was rich, not because he was so religious,
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  • But jesus saw in him someone that he loved. and you know
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  • When jesus looks at you, he loves you... he loves you. "for
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  • God so loved the world, that he gave his only son...."
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  • So the young man walks up and he's on a quest... a spiritual
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  • Quest. so he comes with a question, and the question...
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  • We noted it, "how can i inherit... or how can i have
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  • Eternal life?" well, he's certainly talking to the right
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  • Person about eternal life because life... jesus is
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  • Standing right in front of him. he says, "how can i obtain
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  • This? how can i have eternal life?" now, that is the quest
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  • And question of every life. and surely, it's the question of
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  • Your own life. how can i know that i'm going to heaven?
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  • If i were to ask you that question today, wherever you
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  • Are, watching on a screen, right here in this room, do you
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  • Know that you know that you have eternal life? you say, "is
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  • It even possible to know?" yes! "these things are written (the
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  • Bible) that you may know... (k-n-o-w, not think so, hope
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  • So, maybe so... that you would know so) eternal life."
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  • Now what is eternal life? eternal life is not endless
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  • Life. people without god have an endless life. you will be
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  • Somewhere in eternity, either in heaven or in hell, living
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  • Endlessly. so eternal life is different than endless life.
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  • Eternal life in the bible is always the life of god.
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  • He is the author and giver of life,
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  • The creator and the sustainer of life.
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  • So eternal life is the life that god and only god can give.
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  • Jesus talked about this eternal life. he prayed concerning
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  • Eternal life in john 17 and verse 3. “this is eternal life,
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  • That they may know you, the only true god, and jesus christ
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  • Whom you have sent.” love that phrase! “jesus christ who you
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  • Have sent.” the father sent the son to be the savior of the
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  • World. so he came that we might have this eternal life.
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  • We've been asking and answering the question: who is jesus?
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  • This young man, when he approaches christ,
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  • Breathlessly, on his knees, says to him: "good teacher...
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  • Or good master, what must i do to have this eternal life?" he
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  • Said, "jesus, good teacher, how can i have eternal life? and
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  • Jesus pushes the pause button before he goes forward and
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  • Called this young man out and he's calling every one of us
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  • Out, because if we are calling jesus good, jesus himself said,
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  • "look, there's only one who is good and that is god."
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  • One of the great attributes of our god is his goodness. the
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  • Goodness of god. and so when he uses that phrase good, that's a
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  • Title of deity. when he says good teacher, notably they
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  • Would normally say teacher or rabbi, but this young man says
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  • Good teacher... good rabbi. he believed that jesus was a
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  • Teacher. and jesus wasn't going to let him get away with just
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  • That.
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  • And he says, “why are you calling me good? because if
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  • You're calling me good, you must be calling me god.” jesus
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  • Is not in any way diminishing his deity or certainly not
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  • Denying his deity; he's making the point that he is god. we
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  • Must get this right! jesus is not the man who is good, but he
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  • Is the man who is god! jesus is lord!
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  • And you must confess him as lord.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • With all the chaos of this world, global culture, law and
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  • Ethics have all been shaped by the bible and our culture is
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  • Always searching for a trustworthy source for morality
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  • And justice. and that source, that truth has always been
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  • God's word. and i want to help you see god's word with brand
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  • New, fresh eyes.
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  • In my new book, the jesus book - reading and understanding the
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  • Bible for yourself, i provide you with all the tools for
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  • Understanding and the mindset to read the bible for yourself
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  • And apply it to your life to improve and develop a deeper
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  • Relationship with god, the god who made you.
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  • Through its pages from beginning to end.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • C.s. lewis in his classic book mere christianity took on this
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  • Issue. jesus saying don't call me good if i'm not god. don't
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  • Call me good if i'm not god. and lewis said this: “a man who
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  • Is merely a man and said the sort of things that jesus said,
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  • Would not be a great moral teacher. he would either be a
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  • Lunatic on the level of a man who says he's a poached egg, or
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  • Else the devil of hell. you must make your choice. either
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  • This man was and is the son of god or else a mad man or
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  • Something worse. you can shut him up for a fool, you can spit
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  • At him and kill him as a demon or you can fall at his feet and
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  • Call him lord and god. but let us not come with any
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  • Patronizing non sense about his being a great moral teacher. he
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  • Has not left that open to us. he did not intend to!”
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  • So there you have what some would call the horns of a
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  • Trilemma... that christ is lord, or he's liar or he's a
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  • Lunatic. you have to make up your decision. you have to
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  • Decide. you have to believe. jesus is in a category of one!
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  • Just one! he's not just good; he is jehovah god! that was the
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  • Infinite who became an infant; majesty was laid in that
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  • Manger; and now the man christ jesus, the messiah is saying...
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  • Don't miss this) tell me who i am? i'm not a philosopher, i'm
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  • Not a politician, i'm not a psychologist, i'm not just a
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  • Teacher or a leader, or a model or an example! i am the lord
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  • Your god! that's who jesus is.
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  • It's the meaning of christmas. the meaning of everything. that
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  • Christ was prophesied and fulfilled the predictions of
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  • He's coming the first time, that he was born through the
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  • Portals of a virgin's womb, that he lived a pure and
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  • Perfect and sinless life, that he voluntarily, vicariously
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  • (that is, substituting) laid down his life on the cross for
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  • You and for me. he took our sins... our savior, mary's
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  • Little lamb. the lamb of god that takes away the sin of the
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  • World, died on the cross; he rose again on the third day; he
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  • Ascended; he is at the right hand, ever praying, every
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  • Interceding for his own, and one day there will be christmas
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  • Phase two when jesus comes back in all of his glory when christ
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  • Comes again! [applause]
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  • Now this is the claim of christ and christianity! anything
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  • Else... are you listen? anything else is not
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  • Christianity! christianity is christ! who he is and what he
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  • Did for us! we have a savior! you either believe it or you
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  • Don't. you either believe it or you don't believe it. i believe
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  • It!
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  • Jesus responds to this man's question about how to have
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  • Eternal life and says, "well, okay. keep the commandments;
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  • And jesus summarized the ten commandments
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  • With the great commandment and he said,
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  • "you shall love the lord your god with all your heart, your
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  • Mind, your soul, your strength, and the second is like it, your
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  • Neighbor as yourself." so that's the summary of the law.
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  • Jesus said, "love god with everything you are, with
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  • Everything you have and then love your neighbor." so jesus
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  • Is telling him keep the commandments. and if you keep
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  • The commandments perfectly, you'll go to heaven.
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  • Now think about this. there are three ways to go to heaven.
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  • (stay with me.) you can die before you reach an age of
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  • Accountability. you say,
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  • "what is the age of accountability? have i passed
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  • It?" well, just looking around the room, everybody in here has
  • 00:18:45.113 --> 00:18:47.216
  • Passed that one! [laughter]
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  • So it's like... it's like baseball...
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  • You get three strikes.
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  • The second way... the second pitch, if you will, is keep the
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  • Law perfectly, never sin, never break a commandment, whether
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  • You're breaking a commandment in substance, actually
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  • Committing a murder, actually committing a crime or actually
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  • Committing adultery, or jesus took it to the next level,
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  • Doing these things in your heart in spirit. so, keep all
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  • Of the law of god perfectly! never sin! and you'll go to
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  • Heaven. looking around again... [laughter] that's strike two!
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  • Because "we've all sinned and come short of the glory of
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  • God." there's only one who never sinned and that is god
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  • Himself, jesus the lord.
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  • So you got one more shot! you got one more pitch and that is
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  • To receive and believe and trust in the lord jesus christ.
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  • And if you miss him, it's three strikes and you're out.
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  • So catch up with me here. what's... what's happening?
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  • He's saying to this young man, this rich young ruler, "keep
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  • The law." the young man says, "well, i've kept it since i was
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  • A youth." so jesus to show him that he had broken the
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  • Commandments, that he didn't love god like he ought to love
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  • God, that he didn't love people like he ought to love people,
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  • He said... and this is the only time jesus said this to any
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  • Other person in the new testament. he said, "go, sell
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  • Everything you have and give it to the poor, and come and
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  • Follow me." jesus was getting right to heart of this young
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  • Man's sin and his problem. and you know what it was? it was
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  • His idols; it was his idols of possessions and money and stuff
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  • And success. and so he was breaking the very first
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  • Commandment. the bible says that "there is one god"; and
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  • Then, "have no graven images, no graven idols." he said,
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  • "well at least i haven't broke... he said, "i haven't
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  • Broken that one. i haven't made any graven images lately!"
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  • The bible talks about idols in the heart. and an idol...
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  • Here's how you find an idol; here's how you find an idol in
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  • Your heart. you know how? follow the money. we're about
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  • The have a hard conversation here. the same hard
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  • Conversation that jesus was having with this young man.
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  • Possessions can become idols. people can become idols. and
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  • Jesus said in luke's gospel chapter 9, "what does it profit
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  • A man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?"
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  • And the pursuit of possession... possessions,
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  • Desire to acquire.
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  • In america we are rich. you say, “well, i'm not rich.” go
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  • To a third-world country. we have so much and many worship
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  • Their money. worship their work in making money.
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  • That's why the apostle paul said in 1 timothy... timothy
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  • Chapter 6, verse 17: "command those who are rich..." and
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  • Remember that's you if you live in america. ninety eight
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  • Percent of americans... compared to the rest of the
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  • World are wealthy. so he says, "command those who are rich in
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  • This present world not to be arrogant, nor to put their hope
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  • In wealth!" you cannot buy your way into heaven. this young man
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  • Couldn't do it, and neither can you; neither can i.
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  • And so every one of us have to get our priorities straight.
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  • That's what this amounts to. because i noted that jesus
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  • Didn't tell everyone... in fact, this is the only one in
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  • The new testament that he told to go and sell everything you
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  • Have and come. he's not advocating for asceticism here.
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  • He's dealing with this one individual who had an idol of
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  • Materialism, commercialism, ascetic and success. this guy
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  • Was a dude! he had everything! but he had a hole in his soul
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  • Because he didn't have god.
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  • Where do you find your satisfaction? is it what you
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  • Drink? what you drive? what you desire? what you deposit? jesus
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  • Said, “keep the commandments.” and in keeping the
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  • Commandments, love god and love people. don't live for
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  • Yourself; live for me.”
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  • This guy couldn't do it. he couldn't walk with jesus. so
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  • The scripture says that he became discouraged. a very
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  • Strong word. when mark tells us, and the other gospel
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  • Writers, that he was discouraged. it's really a word
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  • That... it means he clouded over. he's looking at a
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  • Screen-saver now. he's saying... he clouds over and
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  • The tears begin to flow. because it says he went away
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  • Sad because he just couldn't do it. he just wouldn't do it. so
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  • He walked away without the lord. and as far as we know it
  • 00:25:09.264 --> 00:25:16.137
  • Was three strikes and you're out. he never came back.
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  • And here's something to note. jesus let him go. you see that?
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  • I'm sure simon peter's saying, "we got a big fish on the hook,
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  • Jesus! this guy can help the cause! this guy's got money.
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  • Renegotiate!" no, jesus let him go, and he walked away sad. and
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  • The bible said that jesus was sad when this happened. why?
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  • Because "god is not willing that any would perish but that
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  • All would come to repentance." and so he... god is grieved
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  • That anyone... someone walks away without eternal life. he's
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  • Standing right in front of life... the way, the truth, the
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  • Life! and he walks away.
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  • So i want to ask you: is there anything in your life that is
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  • Keeping you from becoming a follower of jesus christ? what
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  • Is it that's between you and jesus? is it some habit or
  • 00:26:39.421 --> 00:26:44.859
  • Addiction that you need to walk away? achievement, status,
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  • Health, wealth, not enough to satisfy the longing... the
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  • Deepest longing in your heart.
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  • Don't go away without jesus. don't let anything... is there
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  • Some sin that you need to renounce? is there so
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  • Relationship that you need to release? is there some treasure
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  • That you need to relinquish in order to follow jesus christ
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  • And receive eternal life?
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  • ♪♪♪
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