WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.920 Let's do it guys. Welcome back to the way we got another Bible study for you guys today. Hey, if you've never joined us here at the way 2 00:00:08.920 --> 00:00:17.880 I'm Zach and I'm joined by my friend Zoe Zoe two Z's two Z's but I heard apparently you're not gonna be catching any 3 00:00:17.880 --> 00:00:18.720 Z's on this 4 00:00:18.720 --> 00:00:25.840 That is a classic that is a classic that's a classic when we host together. Yes. Hey, I'm really excited before we jump into it 5 00:00:26.120 --> 00:00:32.360 Get into the work. Hey, if you're listening on YouTube or on Instagram 6 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:37.800 Wait, no one's gonna be listening. 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Why don't you flip to Luke chapter 18 and fall along with us while the credits roll 15 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:26.680 Okay 16 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:32.440 Well, I thought we could just start with a just a read through as we usually do and then we'll go back through a 17 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:38.560 Couple of the verses and draw out some themes and some takeaways for this. That's not good 18 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:45.320 Do you want to read verse? What is it first 18 to 30? Yeah, yeah, I'm reading the NIV 19 00:01:45.720 --> 00:01:47.720 Super version. Okay 20 00:01:47.880 --> 00:01:53.240 A certain ruler asked him good teacher. What must I do to inherit internal life? 21 00:01:53.880 --> 00:01:58.880 Why do you call me good Jesus answered? No one is good except God alone 22 00:01:59.360 --> 00:02:05.200 You know the commandments you shall not commit adultery you shall not murder you shall not steal 23 00:02:05.480 --> 00:02:09.080 You shall not give false testimony honor your father and mother 24 00:02:09.680 --> 00:02:17.140 All these I have kept since I was a boy. He said when Jesus heard this he said to him you still lack one thing 25 00:02:17.760 --> 00:02:22.560 Sell everything you have and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven 26 00:02:23.320 --> 00:02:25.320 Then come follow me 27 00:02:26.320 --> 00:02:30.880 When he heard this he became very sad because he was very wealthy 28 00:02:31.720 --> 00:02:36.640 Jesus looked at him and said how hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God 29 00:02:37.160 --> 00:02:46.280 Indeed it is indeed it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God 30 00:02:46.880 --> 00:02:50.320 Those who heard this asked who then can be saved 31 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:55.240 Jesus replied what is impossible with man is possible with God 32 00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:59.640 Peter said to him we have left all we had to follow you 33 00:03:00.720 --> 00:03:06.880 Truly I tell you Jesus said to them no one who has left home or wife or 34 00:03:07.200 --> 00:03:16.160 Brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive many times as much in this age 35 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:19.080 And in the age to come eternal life 36 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:23.840 Okay, I'm excited to get to that eternal life stuff 37 00:03:24.480 --> 00:03:26.480 This is so rogue 38 00:03:35.480 --> 00:03:37.480 What I was gonna say is 39 00:03:37.480 --> 00:03:43.320 Have you seen those videos of people who are riding camels and the camels like stand up 40 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:48.560 Have you seen those videos and they like fall off 41 00:03:49.160 --> 00:03:58.400 Anyways, yeah, yeah, because they stand up with their back legs first and then people just like tip forward. Anyways, oh 42 00:03:59.480 --> 00:04:01.480 Random connection 43 00:04:02.840 --> 00:04:04.840 Hey before we jump into this passage 44 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:13.600 I just wanted to make a note that this kind of story is also into the other gospels. Yes, it is 45 00:04:13.760 --> 00:04:24.600 It's in Matthew chapter 19 and Mark chapter 10 and I think if you really want to dive into this a bit more like we'll draw out some of the things that come from those other stories, but 46 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:32.840 You can read those and get a slightly different perspective on the same events, which I think it's kind of cool. Yeah, for sure 47 00:04:33.440 --> 00:04:39.240 Okay, should we jump in let's jump in okay? I thought we could just look at the first two verses there 48 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:45.000 Let me read from the ESV verse 18 and 19. It says and the ruler asked him good teacher 49 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:48.600 What must I do to inherit eternal life? 50 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:52.360 Jesus said to him why do you call me good? 51 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:56.080 No one is good except God alone 52 00:04:57.600 --> 00:05:00.080 I read that apparently 53 00:05:00.840 --> 00:05:03.360 Calling someone good teacher rather than teacher 54 00:05:04.200 --> 00:05:06.680 was like kind of a no-no 55 00:05:07.440 --> 00:05:12.400 For specifically the Pharisees at the time. I don't know if you know I didn't read that why? 56 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:17.760 Well, apparently because the Old Testament is very adamant that only God is good 57 00:05:18.320 --> 00:05:24.560 That you wouldn't then give that label to someone who is merely a teacher or a prophet 58 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:33.480 You would just call them teacher and that was like a respectful greeting. Yeah, so I guess maybe this guy's trying to be super respectful of Jesus 59 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:38.640 But he basically says to Jesus like I'm comparing you to God 60 00:05:38.640 --> 00:05:44.280 But he doesn't as we'll see in the story like seem to actually think that Jesus is God, which is kind of interesting 61 00:05:44.280 --> 00:05:47.320 Yeah, it's a bit of a does it really make sense? 62 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:54.880 Hmm, but I don't know maybe it was flattery. Yeah, I've Jesus just said or sarcasm of cam 63 00:05:55.200 --> 00:05:59.560 Maybe it was a cam it could have been sarcasm. We don't know neither 64 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:03.840 We actually don't know what tone this guy was taking when he was speaking to Jesus 65 00:06:04.360 --> 00:06:10.920 Which is interesting. What how do you think he's coming into this when I read it? I thought he was just 66 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:20.440 Like asking asking Jesus genuinely like what do I need to do and like it seems obviously 67 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:29.040 People want to be saved. I don't think people want to go to hell and especially in like in 68 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:39.160 The Jewish culture back then like of course you want to have salvation and be right but I just I feel like he was genuinely asking 69 00:06:39.400 --> 00:06:42.920 But it is just a bit interesting that he's decided to say good teacher 70 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:45.800 Especially if he is 71 00:06:47.400 --> 00:06:50.200 As will realize as we go further on into the 72 00:06:51.080 --> 00:06:55.320 Passage although obviously I already read it is that this guy is like 73 00:06:56.280 --> 00:07:00.760 Jewish and holds the religion and says he's kept all these commandments since he was young 74 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:04.920 So he surely he'd know not to call Jesus good 75 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:11.320 Surely yeah, it's a bit sus it's like where does this guy really at like what's going on? 76 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:16.200 I think something something else that I notice when we read these first two verses that set up the rest of the story 77 00:07:16.360 --> 00:07:20.440 Yeah, is notice he says what must I do? 78 00:07:21.960 --> 00:07:23.960 What must I do 79 00:07:25.960 --> 00:07:31.080 What must I do come on? I think it's interesting because 80 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:38.520 Again thinking about the Old Testament. We have so many passages that are all about 81 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:44.040 How other God is like even just what's popping into my head right now is 82 00:07:45.080 --> 00:07:51.400 When Moses wants to see God Moses is like this picture of of although he's a broken man 83 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:58.760 He's a guy who's like really after God with all he has and he's trying to be obedient to what the Lord says to him 84 00:07:59.400 --> 00:08:03.000 And the Lord says like I cannot show myself to you and Moses 85 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:06.760 Wants to see him. He says I can only just pass by you 86 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:11.880 You can see my back, but if you see my full glory like that's it kaput 87 00:08:12.600 --> 00:08:20.120 I'm kind of like if you take that and then you think like well if if eternal life is life with God life in relationship with him 88 00:08:20.520 --> 00:08:24.760 It's like what could we do to inherit eternal life? 89 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:30.760 Nothing nothing. I think I think that's something that's gonna keep coming up. Yeah, is 90 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:34.040 I don't actually think there's anything you can do 91 00:08:34.920 --> 00:08:37.080 To inherit eternal life, but maybe there's another way 92 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:39.720 Maybe there is another way. Oh, that was a good 93 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:46.120 Okay, do you want to read verse 20 unless you have anything else to say on those two verses? 94 00:08:46.280 --> 00:08:49.080 No, no, I don't okay read verse 20 and 21 for us 95 00:08:49.240 --> 00:08:53.160 I should quickly just before we move on to those other verses. I just wanted to clarify 96 00:08:54.200 --> 00:08:57.800 Um, I think actually maybe there is something that we can do 97 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:05.240 But it's just we can't do it apart from God. So I mean and we'll come to this a little bit later, but just to clarify 98 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:06.680 um 99 00:09:06.680 --> 00:09:09.800 That it's it's not totally dependent on us 100 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:16.600 It's actually totally dependent on Christ, but we can have involvement with that and respond to that. Does that make sense? 101 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:20.760 Yeah, that makes sense. Okay, should we should we move on to the next couple verses? Yes 102 00:09:21.800 --> 00:09:25.880 Okay, read verse 20 and 21 for us. Okay 103 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:32.360 You know the commandments. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not murder. You shall not steal 104 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:36.440 You shall not give false testimony honor your father and mother 105 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:40.200 All these I have kept since I was a boy, he said 106 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:43.320 I think like 107 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:44.600 This guy 108 00:09:44.600 --> 00:09:50.840 Considering he's that's his response to Jesus telling him a few of the the commandments from the mosaic law 109 00:09:51.560 --> 00:09:54.040 His response being all these I have kept since I was a boy 110 00:09:54.600 --> 00:10:02.600 This is clearly something that's very familiar to him right and so I wonder what his response or thought process would have been in that moment 111 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:08.360 Like I wonder if he expected Jesus to then be like oh, so of course you'll have eternal life well done 112 00:10:08.440 --> 00:10:10.360 Put on the back you've done well 113 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:13.000 um, and I wonder if he was 114 00:10:13.560 --> 00:10:17.160 Then it's oh, sorry. I just wanted to name. I know a midpoint 115 00:10:17.560 --> 00:10:19.560 But there's some building works going on 116 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:24.600 Right now where we are and so if you do hear some hammers or some drilling 117 00:10:25.240 --> 00:10:28.360 Just know that's what matters and we're sorry. We can't stop it 118 00:10:28.760 --> 00:10:32.200 But um anyways, so I just wanted to name that because I just heard a big old drill 119 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:35.080 I don't know if you can hear 120 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:38.760 They got they weren't there. They were there. Okay, keep going keep going 121 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:41.720 Yeah, but and I do just wonder if this would have 122 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:46.840 Throne the the young rich ruler like off 123 00:10:47.560 --> 00:10:52.280 Killed a little bit because what Jesus is about to say. I mean if I was him 124 00:10:52.680 --> 00:10:56.520 I would not have expected Jesus to be like, but there's one thing that you still don't have 125 00:10:57.080 --> 00:11:01.480 And like then like obviously we're gonna read it dive bit deeper into it, but 126 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:04.360 Like it reminds me of how 127 00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:07.960 Jesus his ways I mean know that that verse in Isaiah it's like 128 00:11:08.520 --> 00:11:11.400 Your ways are higher than our ways your thoughts are better than our thoughts 129 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:16.120 And that Jesus's ways of doing things is like so commonly 130 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:19.320 counter to what we would think would be the best way to do them 131 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:29.000 But actually Jesus knows so much better than all of us and so to to trust his response to our expectations and when they like 132 00:11:29.960 --> 00:11:33.160 Maybe flip them. It's not a bad thing and I think 133 00:11:33.880 --> 00:11:40.120 It's not a bad thing to be a bit maybe like. Oh, no. This isn't what I expected to happen. But then to like 134 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:42.840 Enter into that 135 00:11:42.920 --> 00:11:47.880 new way of life or new way of new teaching that Jesus has brought onto you with 136 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:54.200 Like a posture of obedience and submission and trust in God because of 137 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:57.320 Who Jesus is because of his character. We know that 138 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:00.120 God is love Jesus is love and 139 00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:02.840 interestingly 140 00:12:02.840 --> 00:12:11.560 In mark was it in the marks account of this? Yes before before Jesus corrects this guy or like after he said the commandments he says 141 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:18.280 I'm gonna get it off because it but he mentions love and I think it was so beautiful and I just wanted to 142 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:20.120 Reference it real quick 143 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:28.520 So we remind ourselves of who our savior is and he's not just this guy who is like coming to condemn or just chastise us 144 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:36.360 Uh, so mark 10 verse 21 the very start Jesus looked at him and loved him 145 00:12:37.560 --> 00:12:39.560 Oh Jesus 146 00:12:41.080 --> 00:12:44.920 He's so just loving him caring and kind and 147 00:12:45.880 --> 00:12:49.400 Like that is still the same sentiment here in in Luke 148 00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:52.440 Like Jesus isn't correcting him from a place of 149 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:57.320 I am better. I know better than you but he's correcting him out of a place of love and 150 00:12:57.560 --> 00:13:03.800 Desiring deep relationship with this young rich ruler like when when Jesus disciplines us out of a place of love 151 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:09.640 Not of a place of pride or arrogance. He's literally the humble servant king and 152 00:13:10.440 --> 00:13:13.320 Yeah, he's just so amazing and lovely 153 00:13:13.640 --> 00:13:17.320 That Loki reminds me of a point I was I was 154 00:13:18.040 --> 00:13:20.840 Gonna make later on so maybe I'll come back to this example 155 00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:24.680 But of the of the thing of correction out of love 156 00:13:25.560 --> 00:13:29.880 Um, it reminds me of when I went to Peru a couple of years ago 157 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:35.640 Right and I was walking through the rainforest. I told you this yeah, and we had a guide and this guide said 158 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:39.160 Listen when we're on the path in the rainforest 159 00:13:39.800 --> 00:13:45.000 You can't walk off the path you can't take steps that I don't take you can't go places. I don't go 160 00:13:45.640 --> 00:13:50.200 And there were a couple times when someone in the group would reach for something 161 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:53.160 That was off the path that he didn't tell you to reach for 162 00:13:53.800 --> 00:13:58.520 Or where someone would stop in a place they weren't meant to stop and he would 163 00:13:59.560 --> 00:14:01.080 graciously 164 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:04.760 Correct us because we didn't know any better, but he did 165 00:14:05.640 --> 00:14:10.520 And it was out of his desire for our well-being that he would stop us 166 00:14:10.520 --> 00:14:15.160 So someone would go to touch something that looked cool on the side of the of the path 167 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:19.560 And he'd be like no, no, I don't touch that. That's poisonous. Like you'll be sick for the next day if you touch that 168 00:14:19.640 --> 00:14:23.080 Yeah, or no, don't stop there like 169 00:14:23.880 --> 00:14:27.320 That like this is a so example, but that's there's quicksand you can't stop 170 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:31.800 My girl she used to be so scared about 171 00:14:31.880 --> 00:14:35.880 But in the moment it might have felt like scary or sudden 172 00:14:36.520 --> 00:14:42.280 Or start but he was looking out for our best interest and the word says I think it's in Hebrews 12 173 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:46.040 It says the Lord disciplines those whom he loves 174 00:14:46.760 --> 00:14:49.560 It feels like to me in this passage Jesus knows that 175 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:56.600 Riches are fleeting and he's about to correct that out of this man's life so that he can find something better 176 00:14:57.240 --> 00:15:03.880 Find true safety and belonging in him and in eternal life, which I think is kind of interesting 177 00:15:04.040 --> 00:15:08.040 Yeah, and then okay, let me hit you with one more thing that I noticed in these verses 178 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:14.200 I noticed that Jesus here quotes the 10 commandments 179 00:15:14.760 --> 00:15:17.560 Yeah, you know the 10 commandments given to Moses in the Old Testament 180 00:15:17.880 --> 00:15:21.560 I think they show up in um both the book of Exodus and Deuteronomy 181 00:15:21.640 --> 00:15:23.240 Yeah, and so you can read them there 182 00:15:23.880 --> 00:15:26.520 But you'll notice he only mentions 183 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:33.160 Five of them. Yeah, he mentions the five that have to do with others so like 184 00:15:33.640 --> 00:15:36.680 um, you'll often find in the gospels that 185 00:15:37.400 --> 00:15:43.480 Jesus summarizes the the 10 commandments or the Old Testament law by saying 186 00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:45.800 um 187 00:15:45.800 --> 00:15:49.960 Love the Lord your God with all your heart soul mind and love your neighbor as yourself 188 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:56.440 And so Jesus here he refers to only the love your neighbor as yourself which are the more outward 189 00:15:57.160 --> 00:16:01.320 workings of the things of the law which I think goes along with 190 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:11.720 The main theme that we're kind of noticing in this passage, which is it's not it's it's not only about the things you do that other people see 191 00:16:12.520 --> 00:16:15.800 It's not only about the works that you complete 192 00:16:16.520 --> 00:16:23.080 That like make you seem in other people's eyes and in your own eyes to be this righteous godly person 193 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:31.560 It's actually also about your connection with the Lord in the places that other people aren't gonna see yes 194 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:33.400 But 195 00:16:33.400 --> 00:16:37.320 Jesus still sees it in this guy's life. Yes, he's about to call it out 196 00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:40.440 Wow, so we read the next two verses. Yeah 197 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:42.360 Okay, here we go 198 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:46.600 I'll read verse 21 and oh 22 and 23. Yeah 199 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:50.200 When Jesus heard this 200 00:16:50.520 --> 00:16:53.000 He said to him one thing you still lack 201 00:16:53.800 --> 00:17:00.840 Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor and you will have treasure and heaven and come follow me 202 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:06.920 But when he heard these things he became very sad for he was extremely rich 203 00:17:07.560 --> 00:17:09.560 Shoot man 204 00:17:10.280 --> 00:17:12.280 Jesus really called him out one thing you lack 205 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:18.360 Why do you think this is so important cuz um 206 00:17:19.560 --> 00:17:24.200 Like I know lots of people who are doing very well for themselves financially 207 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:28.680 And I think they are great people maybe I've got a wrong perception of them 208 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:32.120 But I think they're really chasing after the Lord's heart 209 00:17:33.080 --> 00:17:35.080 You know that was kind of this 210 00:17:35.560 --> 00:17:41.320 But no like genuinely like from what I see I know some awesome people who are well off. Yeah 211 00:17:42.120 --> 00:17:44.120 Surely Jesus is not just 212 00:17:45.080 --> 00:17:46.920 Saying you have to be poor 213 00:17:47.800 --> 00:17:52.840 In order to get into heaven. Yeah, is that what you saying surely not? No, I don't think so 214 00:17:53.320 --> 00:18:00.440 I think it would be easy to read this passage and think that I can I can understand why someone think that but 215 00:18:01.320 --> 00:18:05.320 Interestingly, I think in this in this time 216 00:18:06.760 --> 00:18:15.640 Actually like wealth and being rich was a sign of favor from God or at least that was what um was believed wildly in like 217 00:18:16.040 --> 00:18:20.600 In Jewish culture back then like I mean think of King David and King Solomon like they're all 218 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:23.160 Well the guys 219 00:18:23.320 --> 00:18:26.120 And I mean, I don't know for sure. I'm pretty sure 220 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:33.000 But um 221 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:35.000 No, I when I read this 222 00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:38.440 their verse 22 I kind of 223 00:18:39.800 --> 00:18:41.800 Thought of it like 224 00:18:41.800 --> 00:18:45.880 Or focused more in on the and you will have treasure in heaven 225 00:18:46.520 --> 00:18:52.280 Hmm, and so it's like okay. I'll have treasure in heaven if I give away everything I have now 226 00:18:53.560 --> 00:18:59.560 What if Jesus here was highlighting a heart issue 227 00:19:00.760 --> 00:19:02.760 In the young rich ruler 228 00:19:02.760 --> 00:19:03.960 where 229 00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:06.120 It's not because he's rich 230 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:10.840 Like him being rich that is preventing him from getting into the kingdom of heaven 231 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:13.240 But it's because of the place that 232 00:19:13.560 --> 00:19:18.600 wealth and material possessions and being rich has in his heart and so 233 00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.760 his 234 00:19:20.760 --> 00:19:23.000 treasures the young rich rulers 235 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:25.000 treasures is 236 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:27.960 in these material possessions and 237 00:19:28.520 --> 00:19:30.520 And 238 00:19:30.520 --> 00:19:32.040 In that 239 00:19:32.040 --> 00:19:36.680 He's prioritizing and placing the riches above God 240 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:39.400 Mm potentially 241 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:40.840 Potentially 242 00:19:40.840 --> 00:19:43.960 Yeah, and I feel like this is an invitation 243 00:19:44.760 --> 00:19:48.280 From Jesus to the young rich ruler to dethrone 244 00:19:49.160 --> 00:19:55.560 Mm, swap it around yes swap it around and flip his priorities from money to God 245 00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:59.000 And it reminded me of the passage 246 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:02.200 Oh 247 00:20:02.600 --> 00:20:04.600 The page flipped did not go as planned 248 00:20:06.120 --> 00:20:10.760 Oh my goodness in Luke 16 verses 13 oh shoot 249 00:20:11.320 --> 00:20:13.800 And no one can serve two masters 250 00:20:14.360 --> 00:20:20.760 Either you hate the one and love the other or you'll be devoted to the one and despise the other 251 00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:23.720 You cannot serve both God and money 252 00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:29.720 How's it either chapter before that Jesus said this day and then we get this young rich guy 253 00:20:30.360 --> 00:20:35.720 Who is so attached to his material wealth that is coming and speaking to Jesus and Jesus is like doubling down 254 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:41.880 On this teaching that he's already given which is like you literally cannot serve both God and money 255 00:20:42.120 --> 00:20:47.160 And so clearly this guy was serving well in my interpretation this guy was serving money 256 00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:51.880 Because Jesus is telling him to give it away so that he can then fix his eyes on God 257 00:20:52.040 --> 00:20:54.840 So that he can then go and follow Jesus 258 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:59.320 Um, and I think for us in our own lives. It's like what 259 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:05.560 I mean very explicitly here it is referencing money and material wealth because that is what has taken 260 00:21:06.600 --> 00:21:08.600 I guess like 261 00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:14.200 The throne of this guy's life. It's what he's looking up to it's what he's placing 262 00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:21.160 Potentially placing his identity in when actually we are called to place our identity and build it on Jesus 263 00:21:21.640 --> 00:21:27.880 And as being children of God and being loved by him and how we get to love because he first loved us, right? 264 00:21:28.520 --> 00:21:33.640 And so I just think there's a challenge here in this passage where 265 00:21:34.520 --> 00:21:37.640 We are being invited at least I was reading it as this 266 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:43.000 To take a look at what we have or what we give 267 00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:48.520 All of our attention to our time to our effort into 268 00:21:49.320 --> 00:21:51.960 Like is that taking precedent 269 00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:56.840 Over God over our time with God in our lives over 270 00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:58.200 um 271 00:21:58.200 --> 00:22:03.880 Yeah, like I'll pray a life in our secret place with God and if it is then 272 00:22:05.800 --> 00:22:10.440 A reordering is is in need, you know, I don't know 273 00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:13.400 I just spent a long time 274 00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:17.080 Yeah, Zoe. I think it says something really interesting about 275 00:22:18.280 --> 00:22:19.240 um 276 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:23.160 Both God's character and our human character 277 00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:25.240 um 278 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:27.880 In the fact that he wants he wants all of us 279 00:22:28.760 --> 00:22:30.760 He doesn't want just 280 00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:36.520 Your Sunday. He doesn't want just the spiritual portion of your life 281 00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:42.760 He wants to be in and affect everything that you do because he loves you so much like 282 00:22:43.320 --> 00:22:45.320 Like in the mark 10 passage 283 00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:50.680 He looks he looks not only at this young man, but at each of us and he loves us 284 00:22:51.320 --> 00:22:56.760 And he loves us so much that he wants all of us in every portion of our life 285 00:22:56.760 --> 00:23:02.360 He wants to be involved in everything like I think of when I first got into a relationship 286 00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.720 This is super random 287 00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:07.080 But I wanted to tell that person about everything 288 00:23:07.080 --> 00:23:11.160 I wanted them to be involved in everything I was doing every little corner of my life 289 00:23:11.800 --> 00:23:14.680 God is the same to like the nth degree 290 00:23:14.840 --> 00:23:19.000 He wants to be so involved in every part of your life that it changes the way you do everything 291 00:23:19.800 --> 00:23:22.120 But the funny part is it also reflects 292 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:27.640 How how we tend to operate because we tend to hold on to things really tightly 293 00:23:28.040 --> 00:23:30.840 And close them off to God and just hold them 294 00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:35.800 To our to our own thing and that reminds me gosh, it's going on about relationships 295 00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:40.040 But that reminds me actually when I first moved to London 296 00:23:40.760 --> 00:23:42.440 There was this is really silly 297 00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:46.840 There was a girl that I really really liked and I wanted to start chatting to her 298 00:23:47.320 --> 00:23:50.840 And I felt as though really clearly the Lord was saying to me 299 00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:56.040 That that first portion of my time in London was not a time 300 00:23:56.600 --> 00:24:02.040 For me to be like focused on pursuing someone in the relationship interest 301 00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:06.200 But actually just to be pursuing him 302 00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:09.240 And that was like super super super difficult because if you know me 303 00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:12.520 I don't like chat to people super often and it's like 304 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:17.000 Pretty pretty random when I like really seriously I'm interested in someone 305 00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:20.280 And so it felt like Lord why are you asking me to give this thing up 306 00:24:20.840 --> 00:24:24.680 That will that I rarely have the opportunity to express 307 00:24:25.320 --> 00:24:26.280 And actually 308 00:24:27.080 --> 00:24:33.080 I found that because I didn't pursue that I had so many more opportunities to come to him 309 00:24:33.800 --> 00:24:38.680 In in the depth of of losing that and and find intimacy with him 310 00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:45.640 And I don't know how close I'd be right now if I hadn't let go of that and said Lord I just want you 311 00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:48.200 All I want is you 312 00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:51.320 Would you be with me through everything that I do 313 00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:54.280 And so anyways all that to say 314 00:24:55.640 --> 00:25:00.120 I think a really good question for us today and constantly as we walk with Jesus 315 00:25:00.840 --> 00:25:03.240 Is what is the thing we don't want to give up 316 00:25:04.280 --> 00:25:07.400 What is the thing we don't want to lose in our pursuit of Jesus 317 00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:10.920 And maybe 318 00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:16.520 We need to consider the place that has in our lives and maybe we need to consider is the Lord asking us 319 00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:21.480 To give that up. Wow. I have an open hand for God 320 00:25:22.520 --> 00:25:28.200 And do you know what before we move on it just reminds me I think as young people 321 00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:31.800 Following Jesus often times 322 00:25:33.320 --> 00:25:36.360 When Jesus is presented to us it 323 00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:41.880 Has the potential to sound like you need to stop doing this thing you need to give this thing up 324 00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:44.840 You need to not go there you need to not 325 00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:47.240 Say that like it's a lot of like 326 00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:52.840 Well could potentially feel like a lot of don't don't don't don't don't yeah a lot of capping a lot of 327 00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:58.920 Just yes like my friends are all at living their lives and I'm just here. I'm just here in my room 328 00:26:02.280 --> 00:26:04.280 But it's like it can seem very costly 329 00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:08.360 But I just wanted to name and emphasize that 330 00:26:09.560 --> 00:26:11.240 It's not for no reason 331 00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:14.920 We're not just giving up things for the sake of giving up things 332 00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:17.960 It's important to open your hands so that you can receive 333 00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:20.680 Like when our hands are closed 334 00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:23.080 We are closing ourselves off from receiving 335 00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:29.000 The invitation that Jesus is giving us which is in this case to this guy come follow me 336 00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:32.200 We're not only giving something up, but we're 337 00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:35.640 Picking something up and return to giving up thing up 338 00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:42.360 So this rich young ruler he's not only giving up and selling everything that he has in giving it to the poor 339 00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:44.360 But Jesus then invites him 340 00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:52.600 Come follow me and so he's then picking up this identity of I'm a follower of Christ. I am I'm clothed by Jesus 341 00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:54.680 I'm covered by Jesus. I am 342 00:26:55.240 --> 00:27:01.720 Defined by Jesus. It's not it's not like a I am I'm defined by my wealthy possessions 343 00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:05.400 I think it's an invitation into new life. It's an invitation into 344 00:27:06.040 --> 00:27:07.080 um 345 00:27:07.080 --> 00:27:11.000 Restoration of identity. Yeah, and recognizing yourself as 346 00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:19.400 Like under under Jesus and under the submission of Jesus, which is the best place we can be because of like what you were saying about the guide earlier 347 00:27:20.040 --> 00:27:28.920 Jesus loves us and and he the way that he behaves and invites us to follow him and teaches us is from a place of 348 00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:34.600 Overwhelming incomprehensible love. That's right. An affection. He's looking out for us 349 00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:38.280 Looking out for us and so I think it's really important to know 350 00:27:38.760 --> 00:27:44.360 Don't just look at all the things you're giving up, but look at all the things you're picking up 100% through Jesus 351 00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:46.920 Which is him and he is the ultimate 352 00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:50.520 The ultimate gift from God 353 00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:56.520 So thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. So I just yapped for a long time 354 00:27:57.160 --> 00:28:04.040 I guess we can move on to the next let's do it. Let's do it. Okay. Do you want to read verse 24 to 27 for us? Yeah, for sure 355 00:28:04.760 --> 00:28:05.720 Okay 356 00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:07.720 Jesus looked at him and said 357 00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:10.360 How hard is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God 358 00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:17.240 Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God 359 00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:21.000 Those who heard this asked who then can be saved 360 00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:23.080 Jesus replied 361 00:28:23.080 --> 00:28:25.080 What is impossible with man? 362 00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:27.480 Is possible with God 363 00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:30.440 Boss 364 00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:32.440 bars 365 00:28:33.080 --> 00:28:34.280 Hmm 366 00:28:34.280 --> 00:28:36.280 It's interesting because 367 00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:42.840 I read that in the culture of the of the day that Jesus was speaking into like wealth was 368 00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:44.920 um 369 00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:50.280 wealth was like a sign that the Lord was on your side because he had he had blessed you 370 00:28:50.840 --> 00:28:52.120 He had given you riches 371 00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:55.400 You would do you must have been doing the right things because things were working out for you 372 00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:59.080 Yeah, and I think it's interesting because Jesus flips this on his head 373 00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:02.760 Yeah, he's like actually things are not as they seem 374 00:29:04.120 --> 00:29:09.400 Actually often often those who might seem to be blessed in this day 375 00:29:11.080 --> 00:29:14.280 Will not be blessed in eternity, which is kind of interesting 376 00:29:14.840 --> 00:29:17.400 I think that makes a lot of sense of when they say 377 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:19.480 Well 378 00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:21.480 Who then can be saved 379 00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:25.080 Actually if if someone who's blessed in this lifetime 380 00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:28.440 And and who seems to be walking with the Lord in this lifetime 381 00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:32.760 Can cannot achieve eternal life in the next 382 00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:39.320 Who can be saved they're like that's that's like Jesus you're saying the best of us cannot make it to heaven 383 00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:44.920 Based on their works well then who can be saved and in Jesus says well 384 00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:49.000 What's impossible with man is possible with God 385 00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:53.880 Or how I like to think of this is what's impossible to do on your own 386 00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:56.920 Is very possible to do with God 387 00:29:57.800 --> 00:30:03.160 Which I think is kind of interesting you might not be able to earn a position with the Lord 388 00:30:03.320 --> 00:30:05.800 You might not be able to earn a relationship with him 389 00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:12.760 Um, but with him all things are possible. Yeah, man. It's like a note of 390 00:30:13.560 --> 00:30:15.640 Of promise in here. There's a little bit of hope 391 00:30:16.120 --> 00:30:18.120 A little bit of hope 392 00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:25.880 What do you think about the the camel and the eye of the needle? It's really tough like I was reading it. I was like that is 393 00:30:27.320 --> 00:30:32.200 Such a massive hyperbole. It's so like it's 394 00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:36.360 Jesus is really drilling it and he's like this is impossible 395 00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:39.480 It's literally you can't do it and I think at the time 396 00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:42.600 Camels were like the biggest land mammals around Judea 397 00:30:42.840 --> 00:30:49.320 So Jesus taking that the biggest animal that he could think of that everyone well not that he could think of that is around everyone at the time 398 00:30:50.040 --> 00:30:55.560 And then comparing it to the tiniest thing that he could think of that people also would have like I assume would have been familiar with 399 00:30:56.280 --> 00:30:59.800 It's like literally just it's just I can't even like yet 400 00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:05.080 I used to try and get a thread in and I can't even get the thread in like a camel's not fitting exactly 401 00:31:05.080 --> 00:31:10.920 It's just not happening and so I think it's literally just Jesus like doubling down on this teaching of 402 00:31:11.560 --> 00:31:16.120 Like where where are your parodies? Who what master are you? 403 00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:20.200 Sorry, what master are you serving because if it isn't god? 404 00:31:21.560 --> 00:31:25.000 I'm sorry. You're not getting through the needle and it reminds me of that um 405 00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:28.520 Oh you that verse which is like 406 00:31:29.320 --> 00:31:32.920 Narrow is is the is the path 407 00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:35.640 No, why does the path 408 00:31:36.280 --> 00:31:38.280 oh 409 00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:47.560 But how is eat the straight in our path is it's hard and the wide oh no right I have to find it right now 410 00:31:50.040 --> 00:31:52.040 I finally have got the verse 411 00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:55.480 It's right here Matthew 7 verse 13 412 00:31:56.040 --> 00:32:01.720 Enter through the narrow gate for wide as the gate and broad as the road that leads to destruction and many enter through it 413 00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:08.440 It's the right one, 14, but small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life and 414 00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:15.400 only a few find it and I just, I just, that just reminds me of that how it's important 415 00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:21.600 to deny and lay down the things of the world so that you can pick up and, and case after 416 00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:27.640 and pursue the things of heaven and the kingdom of heaven, the kingdom of God and I don't 417 00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:33.440 know, I just feel like Jesus is really like drilling this into the whole, everyone that's 418 00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:38.080 listening into their minds as well as this young Rich Ruler. Yeah, that those, that's 419 00:32:38.080 --> 00:32:44.880 my two pence on the, that hyperbole from Jesus. Yeah, it's 100% like it's the theme we 420 00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:55.160 talked about earlier, right? Like, my mind just went blank. I was going to say is, it's 421 00:32:55.160 --> 00:33:00.280 the theme we talked about earlier of, again, what is, what has the, the throne in your 422 00:33:00.280 --> 00:33:07.840 life? This is actually what it is. Yeah. And I want to reiterate that thing of, it's, it's, 423 00:33:07.840 --> 00:33:12.600 it's not really about the amount of money you have, but the place that money has in your 424 00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:21.840 life. Yes. Here's my point. You could be poor and greatly desiring much money over a relationship 425 00:33:21.840 --> 00:33:31.080 with the Lord and still be in the wrong place. You could also likewise have much money. Yes. 426 00:33:31.080 --> 00:33:36.960 But not be leaning on it, not be dependent on it, and not be greatly desiring it so much 427 00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:41.960 so that it impedes your relationship with the Lord and your heart could be in the right 428 00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:48.440 place. Yeah. Wow. Clack it. Clack it. I think that's what he's really saying. Yeah. That 429 00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:52.520 is fire. Hey, should we, should we read these last verses? Because I think there's, there's 430 00:33:52.520 --> 00:33:56.480 a really good promise that Jesus ends on here. Yeah. For sure. Okay. Here we go. I'm going 431 00:33:56.480 --> 00:34:04.200 to read verse 28 to the end. Peter's a little miffed. He's like Jesus. We've left everything. 432 00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:09.080 We've left our homes. We've left our friends and we've come and followed you. It's almost 433 00:34:09.080 --> 00:34:14.560 like he's saying, what, what does this mean for us? What does it mean for us? And Jesus says 434 00:34:14.560 --> 00:34:21.720 them. Truly, I say to you, there's no one who has left house or wife or brothers or 435 00:34:21.720 --> 00:34:26.760 sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God who will not receive 436 00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:35.000 many times more in this time and in the age to come eternal life. I think this is, this 437 00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:40.720 is Jesus' way of saying exactly what you said previously. When we drop things that are 438 00:34:40.720 --> 00:34:46.040 impeding on a relationship with Lord, it's not just that we get left empty handed, right? 439 00:34:46.040 --> 00:34:53.160 He says, actually, it will be returned to you much more. What greater inheritance is there? 440 00:34:53.160 --> 00:34:57.960 In other words, what greater thing is there to receive than a relationship with the greater 441 00:34:57.960 --> 00:35:05.680 of the universe himself? Nothing. One more could you ask for. It reminds me of Psalm 16, 442 00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:11.640 one of my favorite Psalms. It says, what a beautiful inheritance I have. The lines have fallen 443 00:35:11.640 --> 00:35:17.920 in splendid ways for me because I have the Lord. And just like, is that your heart posture 444 00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:23.880 really? Then no matter what happens, actually, whatever the Lord calls me to drop, this has 445 00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:28.640 been a tough lesson for me to learn over over over the years that I've just been walking 446 00:35:28.640 --> 00:35:34.120 with the Lord these last couple of years. No matter what I drop, I've actually got a beautiful 447 00:35:34.120 --> 00:35:39.320 life ahead of me and in the present because I have the Lord, because he's walking by my side, 448 00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:44.920 it says he will work all things for the good of those who love him. What more could we ask for? 449 00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:54.840 What more could we ask for? It's beautiful. Thanks God. Shout out to God. I also think it's 450 00:35:54.840 --> 00:36:02.600 interesting how Jesus doesn't respond to Peter who is like, we have left all we had to follow you. 451 00:36:03.080 --> 00:36:08.440 I wonder what he was thinking at this point. Maybe I would have been stressed if I was him too. 452 00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:16.120 But Jesus responds in such like a gentle way and such a loving and reassuring way. 453 00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:21.720 And I think that's something that has been like standing out to me as we've been reading these 454 00:36:21.720 --> 00:36:28.840 passages about Jesus' character is that he literally everything he does and everything he says is 455 00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:36.040 out of his love for us and everything. And I think that's really important to recognize and 456 00:36:36.040 --> 00:36:42.120 realize, especially when reading passages like this that at first glance makes him like, well, 457 00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:49.240 maybe maybe that was a bit harsh from Jesus or why like maybe that was like, is that discipline 458 00:36:49.240 --> 00:36:58.280 or is that but no actually at the heart of Jesus' ministry is always his love for us and always 459 00:36:58.360 --> 00:37:08.360 his desire to be in relationship with us. And like everything else is like, comes under that. 460 00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:15.720 So yeah, and the promise of eternal life, Jesus like answers this question that the young 461 00:37:15.720 --> 00:37:23.160 rich ruler asked but he answers it to Peter seemingly. I wonder if the guy at the ruler was 462 00:37:23.160 --> 00:37:29.320 still there. Actually, it doesn't say where, where we went. But, um, there was nowhere to be found. 463 00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:35.480 Am I, am I, am I, am I, he's with all his, his possessions. But, um, yeah, I think it's interesting 464 00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:41.720 that then Jesus does kind of answer this and he says like, don't worry, you will not be left empty 465 00:37:41.720 --> 00:37:46.760 handed like literally exactly what you were saying. And all that you've given up, you will pick up 466 00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:55.000 so much more. And we have that promise with us today so far and that's so far so far in the words 467 00:37:55.000 --> 00:38:02.200 of Zach Watson. I'll take that. Oh no. Okay, should we hit some closing remarks? Yeah. Okay. 468 00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:09.000 I want to hear what's your big takeaway as we finish off this episode on this Bible passage. 469 00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:15.720 Here's, here's mine. Here's mine. Things are not the way they seem. And often those 470 00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:20.920 who leave the most behind are those who have the most to gain. 471 00:38:22.280 --> 00:38:29.880 Wow. And so I think this is my takeaway. Is there anything that's in my life that I need to 472 00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:35.960 let go of because it is taking the place of Jesus in my life? It's taking the throne. 473 00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:43.800 That's something I'm going to think about. Yes. And for me, I'd say similar, but also around 474 00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:56.440 where in my life am I perceiving discipline from God as harsh instead of understanding that 475 00:38:56.440 --> 00:39:03.320 it's from his heart for me, which is love. Wow. And I think that would that like kind of changes 476 00:39:03.320 --> 00:39:09.400 everything. That's so good. I would change my response as well to that correction. So, 477 00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:15.080 yeah. I did with some heat. Come on now. Wow. So we thank you so much. That was so fun. 478 00:39:15.080 --> 00:39:20.520 That's thank you so much. And guys, guys, thanks for joining us. Yes. Honestly, this has been 479 00:39:20.520 --> 00:39:25.640 such a good episode. I hope you got something from this. Yes. I'm going to say comment a little 480 00:39:25.640 --> 00:39:35.480 coin emoji or like the dollar bill emoji. And we will see you next time on encounters with Jesus 481 00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:43.880 episode four. Guys, thanks so much for joining us. See you soon. Bye.