Jesus came to save the lost. The preparation for Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, as the prophesied King of the Jews, is nearly complete. The plan of salvation for mankind is coming to culmination. God the Father made the plan of salvation and Jesus...
Jesus, the prince of peace. We continue watching Jesus as He prepares for His triumphal entry into Jerusalem. During the series we will see that Jesus’ coming as King, didn’t match the expectation the people had for the king. Jesus came in peace to...
Jesus and His disciples head to Jerusalem. Jesus is orchestrating His travel and entry into Jerusalem. He is displaying His authority over everything involved. His characteristics of humility, tenderness, and love are being displayed. On His way to...
Jesus’s coronation preparation. What leads up to Jesus’ death on the cross, starts with His royal entry into Jerusalem. The triumphal entry does what it’s designed to do. It draws attention to truth, to meaning, to significance of a divinely...
Who’s God’s kingdom for? The religious leaders of the time, and even Jesus’s own disciples, had some ideas about who the kingdom was for, and who it wasn’t for. What do we bring to God for entrance into God’s kingdom? Jesus encourages us, as...
Become like children. How can one enter the kingdom of heaven? “Unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Jesus uses some of the culture’s misunderstanding about how we ought to think about children to...
"What must I do to inherit eternal life?" That's the famous question from the rich young ruler. Just before this question was asked, all three synoptic gospels record the attempt of the disciples to prevent children from coming to him. How are these...
Luke 18:24-30 This series has shown us two responses to Jesus’s call to forsake everything and place our trust in Him. The Rich Young Ruler walked away – lost! The disciples, in contrast, gave up everything to follow Him. We’ve seen that it is in...
Luke 18:24-30
Today’s lesson turns from the Rich Young Ruler – as he has chosen to walk away from Jesus, from eternal life – to the follow-up conversation between Jesus and His disciples.
Luke 18:22-23 Our focus, again today, is on the rich, young ruler and his question for Jesus about gaining eternal life. The teaching will stress the importance of giving up everything in this life to gain eternal life. How do we reconcile this...