Jesus Saw, 5

~ Jesus Christ Desires for His Disciples to Follow Him ~ 

General Comment  ~  When Jesus saw there was always an appropriate reaction and in each case we can learn from the event.

Today’s Scripture  ~  “Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, ‘Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?’  So Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call Me good?  No one is good but One, that is, God.  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.”’  And he said, ‘All these things I have kept from my youth.’  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.’  But when he heard this, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich.  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!  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.’  And those who heard it said, ‘Who then can be saved?’  But He said, ‘The things which are impossible with men are possible with God’” (Luke 18:18-27).

“…And he answered and said to Him, ‘Teacher, all these things I have kept from my youth.’  Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, ‘One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.’  But he was sad at this word, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions” (Mark 10:20-22, see also Matthew 19:16-30).

Application  ~  It is a question of priority!  What is the most important thing in your life?  Your career?  Your wife?  Your children, or grandchildren?  Your hobby, Your possessions?  Jesus Christ wants to be your Lord.  He wants to be your first priority.  Is He?

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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