“Come, Follow Me”

May 28, 2019

“Come, Follow Me”

Blessings folk!

The young man knew that he lacked something.

He kept the portion of the Law that Jesus had just listed.
He rightly proclaimed such.
He acknowledged that something was lacking.

Read again.
Watch what Jesus does.
Watch the man’s response.

 Mat 19:16-22

And someone came to Him and said,
“Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life?”

And He said to him, “Why are you asking Me about what is good?
There is only One who is good; but if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

Then he said to Him, “Which ones?”
And Jesus said,
“YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER;
YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY;
YOU SHALL NOT STEAL;
YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS;

HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER;
and YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.”

The young man said to Him, “All these things I have kept; what am I still lacking?”

Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieving;
for he was one who owned much property.

Jesus tells him how “to be complete”.
- Go
- Sell your possessions
- Give to the poor
- You will have treasure in heaven
- Come, follow me

The response of the young man?
He went away grieving.
Why grieving?
Because he had much property.

Ahhhhh!

What was revealed?

He kept the law well, except for one portion…that of coveting.

Exo 20:17
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

The “covet” commandments got Paul also… Happy

Rom 7:7
What shall we say then?
Is the Law sin?
May it never be!
On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law;
for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said,
“YOU SHALL NOT COVET.”


The young man thought he could have eternal life by keeping the law.
Jesus revealed that even those who think they could keep the law, did not.

The young man coveted.

Jesus told him what to do.
- Sell all his possessions
- Give to the poor
- Come, follow Me

He would thereby leave the Law and follow the Lord.

The young man did not…at that time.

Many do likewise today…

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