Message at 37:30
We Can’t, but God Can
Dave Riddle - 8/7/22
Key Passage: Mark 10:17-31
“Good teacher, what just I do to inherit eternal life?”
Mark 10:17
Jesus’ curious response
Jesus tailors his answer for the question asker
Mark 10:18
Jesus starts by redefining “good”
Mark 10:19
You know the commandments…
He lists five of the six commandments that talk about our relationships with others.
He leaves out “do not covet”
Jesus knows this man’s heart and sets him up a little bit.
Really!? Wow.
Mark 10:20 - “I have kept all these commandments from my youth”
He saw himself as a good person.
Jesus being Jesus
Mark 10:21
Looking at him, Jesus loved him…
emblepō: to observe fixedly, or to discern clearly
agapaō: divine, unconditional, perfect love
“You lack one thing”
Sell all you have… and follow me!
Take up your cross and follow me.
Jesus knew what one thing stood between this man and his ability to surrender to Jesus.
Jesus see each of us clearly and sees OUR one thing that stands between us and our ability to surrender to Him.
A Poignant Moment
Mark 10:22
He was dismayed by this demand and he went away grieving because he had many possessions.
Jesus offered him a choice and he chose his own desires over following Jesus.
The Hard Truth
Mark 10:23
What stands between YOU and a full surrender to following Jesus?
Mark 10:24-25
The disciples were astonished.
It went against their cultural understanding of blessing and favor.
The original question revisited
Jesus’ set up pays off
Mark 10:26
“Then who can be saved!?”
“With people it is impossible, but not with God. All things are possible with God”
Romans 8:3
What the law was powerless to do, God did.