PatrickRobinson
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Mark 10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
Mark 10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
Mark 10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
Mark 10:20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
Mark 10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
Mark 10:22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
Mark 10:23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Mark 10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
Read the above scripture careful and what comes to mind? Notice that the person who came to Jesus was young, rich, and he was religious. The person was more religious than any of us I would dare to say. Notice that the young man had great possessions in his life. Does this not sound like a life that many of us dream of having? Notice that the young man had something missing in his life that possessions could not buy and nor fill that void in his life. Many of us today have this same void and people search everywhere to attempt to fill this need. I gurantee you that Wal-Mart doesn't have it, bass pro doesn't stock it, and you want find it on the classified section on your favorite website. The same answer the young man was searching for is the same answer to this problem today and that is JESUS. Notice that Jesus immediately directed the young man's mind set to be on God. What is anything in this world without our Father in heaven? We are nothing without him and there would be nothing without him and we owe all we have to him, Praise God for that. Notice that Jesus loved the young man. Jesus didn't turn him away for being rich but rather the young man turned from Jesus because of his riches. How many of us today are guilty of this, we have plenty of excuses and if we don't have enough on our own I gurantee the world will help us find more reasons to turn away from Jesus. Now Jesus didn't tell the young man that he could not enter into heaven, but the young couldn't part with the worldly items that he had. Being rich and having money isn't a sin, but when you let the money and riches be ruler in your life then it is a sin. The last thing that I want to talk about is how the young man came to Jesus. He came running and kneeled at Jesus. Now I don't know about any of you but when you are running and kneel it is more like falling our at least I believe the young man just fell his knees at Jesus's feet. Today we need to go to Jesus the same way. We need to run to him and just fall own our knees at his feet. I have heard people say well I don't know how to find Jesus, let me tell you something when you run to Jesus and fall at his feet on your knees you'll find him. Jesus is going to love you just like he loved this young man no matter what. Let me summarize something for you. Just like Jesus tells the young man to sell all that he has so to will you have to sell out of Jesus. You must sell out for Jesus, he will not be second in your life to anything, person, or place. God bless and be in prayer about the elections.
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