Living Waters Christian Fellowship - Lake Nacimiento - California

_18 Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

19 So Jesus said to him, Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.

20 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’

21 And he said, All these things I have kept from my youth.

22 So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and
come, follow Me.

23 But when he heard this, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich.

24 And when Jesus saw that he became very sorrowful, He said, How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!

25 For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

26 And those who heard it said, Who then can be saved?

27 But He said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

28 Then Peter said, See, we have left all and followed You.

29 So He said to them, Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

30 who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the age to come eternal life.

Introduction

1. Concerns of this life  v18

18 Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

2. Concerns of the life to come  v18

18 Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

3. The way we live this life affects the life to come  v19-20

19 So Jesus said to him, Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.

20 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’

4. Some people try to live right, yet they worry  v21, 18

21 And he said, All these things I have kept from my youth.

18 Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

5. We tend to ignore the requirements we don’t like, and hope we’re still OK

v20-22

20 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’

21 And he said, All these things I have kept from my youth.

22 So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and
come, follow Me.

6. Keeping all the Commandments is required for eternal life  v18-26

18 Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

19 So Jesus said to him, Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.

20 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’

21 And he said, All these things I have kept from my youth.

22 So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and
come, follow Me.

23 But when he heard this, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich.

24 And when Jesus saw that he became very sorrowful, He said, How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!

25 For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

26 And those who heard it said, Who then can be saved?

7.  Eternal life comes through the Gift of God  v26-27

26 And those who heard it said, Who then can be saved?

27 But He said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

8. When we are saved, He makes us givers  v28

28 Then Peter said, See, we have left all and followed You.

9. When we give, we also receive

28 Then Peter said, See, we have left all and followed You.

29 So He said to them, Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

30 who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the age to come eternal life.

10. We celebrate His Gift by giving and receiving, following Him

22 So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and
come, follow Me.

28 Then Peter said, See, we have left all and followed You.

Conclusion

Jesus Himself is the ultimate Treasure.

At Christmastime, we model the giving and receiving that God has instituted among us.

26 And those who heard it said, Who then can be saved?

27 But He said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

28 Then Peter said, See, we have left all and followed You.

29 So He said to them, Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,

30 who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the age to come eternal life.