Title: To Enter Life / Matthew 9:16-17
Contents Today's text is the most well-known and most loved among the Gospels.
It is one of the flags. Also, the contents of this text are famous words recorded in the Synoptic Gospels.
All. Besides today's text, it is recorded in [Mark] 10:17 et seq. and [Luke 18:18 et seq.
There is. One day, a judge and a wealthy young man came before Jesus.
I got down on my knees. This young man has a high status and is well-behaved, so he is respected by many
He was a respected young man. He was also a promising person who longed for eternal life.
But he said that his position and wealth did not give him satisfaction or happiness.
I couldn't do it, so what must I do to get eternal life when I come to Jesus?
I ask you Jesus heard this and told him to keep the commandments. That
When I was young, I kept all these commandments, but what am I still lacking? then
Then Jesus answered, sell what you have and give to the poor, and follow me.
is. Hearing this, the young man went away despite having a lot of wealth.
I am worried because the wealth I am carrying has come a while ago and it is difficult to hear Jesus’ answer and put it into practice.
It is the content of our duty to return.
Today, focusing on the text, what life demands and Jesus
We would like to think together about what you answered about the phrase.
1. Life's First Demand
What good must I do to inherit eternal life? This is the essence of life's needs
All. To summarize the meaning of this word in simple terms, what should be done to become successful?
It is write. But there was a problem with this young man's question. That this young man "I
What should I do?" He asked the question of eternal life as a question of works.
I was thinking of zero. Like the Pharisees, he divided faith into rules and laws and
I was thinking in terms of keeping the rules. By keeping the law, he
I was thinking that it would be like building a balance sheet for you. That
obviously knew nothing about the religion of grace. he believes
I thought that keeping the law was accumulating good deeds before God. That
That is why Jesus is trying to lead him to the right faith.
Anyway, the heart of what to do well is a wish that everyone has.
The fact that students run to school with bags every day, and the merchants work here and there
The reason for running around and the reason politicians are confused, what must you do to get better?
They are struggling to satisfy the demands of accreditation.
The rich young man who came to Jesus had to do what he had to do with his position, knowledge, and possessions.
I was struggling to find out whether it was a good thing to have a good reason and to gain eternal life in the future.
He came and knelt down and inquired.
Likewise, modern people try hard not knowing what to do well.
There is. In this way, the needs of life are small and large, but the quality of their needs is
Although there are differences, it is a request that everyone has.
A need like this is the ultimate need we all have. Don't
Because without yin, there would be no progress, no improvement, no progress.
We should all feel the demands of life like this and live our lives. By the way
The question is how to fulfill this true life's demands.
2. Jesus is the first answer
“Why do you ask me for a good thing? There is only one good.
To enter into the commandments, keep the commandments.” This is “What must you do in the future?”
This is Jesus' answer to the question, "Will it get better?"
To explain, there is only one God who is good, and good works, that is, good works, are done for God’s sake.
It is a good thing if you do something right, and it is said that you must keep the commandments.
Jesus' answer was that life's needs would be met if we did. In fact, a young man
It is not “the good deeds he will do” that must be plucked in order to gain eternal life. "He believes
It is a good God.”
Don't worry about what's good. No job offer, no business
What does it have to do with growing up? No matter how high a position and no matter how noble a job,
Even if you lose, if you say you do not remember God in you, what kind of job does that job mean to you?
Would it be beneficial?
The Apostle Paul was a student of Gamaliel and was a great scholar, but for the sake of God, he
He did justice, and even though Jesus was the Son of God, he was a carpenter.
Haven't you been working?
It is not clear whether a work is good or bad depending on what it is for.
is that The motive is more important than the action. Ask what you did
The question of how you did everything is more important. God is in the motive rather than the result
You have a greater interest.
Let us work only for God. Where you work for God,
There are answers to your needs.
3. Life's Second Demand
Regarding Jesus to keep the commandments, the young man said that I kept all the commandments, but still
I asked what was missing. I have no flaws. I did well
Be kind to me is the second demand in life.
Of course, outwardly, this young man must have had nothing special that could be faulted in front of a human.
It is not an excuse to make such a claim before a good and perfect God.
You can not. But, unfortunately, we who live in the modern age can also meet this young man's second request.
I live by claiming it.
Just as it is said that there is no grave without excuses, everyone sleeps in a life of self-righteousness.
We live by advocating for justification. Yours is mine and mine is mine too
But the fault is only with you and not with me. The good things cannot be yours, only mine.
What you think you can be is the result of highly developed individualistic ideas. yes
Furthermore, it is even more sad that the responsibility for wrongdoing is even on God.
As in Genesis, when God asked Adam for his fault, Adam
Look at the answer. “Did the woman God allowed me to eat so I ate?
C.". "The woman God gave me", because God gave me a woman
It means that you have committed a national sin.
Harmony is a place where people who think "What am I lacking?"
It cannot exist and the group cannot be maintained. I do not know my lack, only my argument is correct
is a person who will not have eternal life.
I wonder if we can humbly claim ourselves right before God
Let's see. Even if they have kept the commandments before men, they are not lacking in the sight of a good God.
You can't boast about everything, and you can't boast about it. A young man who does not know his own shortcomings
Jesus answered as follows.
4. Jesus' second answer
“If you wish to be perfect, go and sell your possessions and care for the poor.
And come, follow me." This is Jesus' answer to the young man's request.
Although he is a young man with no external flaws at all, he has a serious flaw for this young man.
There was one. It means that this young man relied more on wealth than on God.
All. For this reason, the young man had to feel a thirst for spiritual life.
The young man did not know, but Jesus knew. Don't trust in wealth, trust in God.
The answer of Jesus is that we must suffer to gain eternal life.
Eternal life is what God gives. The original word for eternity is Ioni
os ( ), but this doesn't mean it goes on forever
d, meaning something worthy of God, or belonging to God, or a characteristic of God.
is. The great nature of God is to love and to give Himself. therefore
The essence of eternal life is not the careful counting of commandments, rules, and ordinances;
A loving attitude and sacrificial generosity.
The law is central to one. The young man said he kept the law, but the spirit of the law
I couldn't live my life relying on God. through the formal life of the law
So, wouldn't it be impossible to experience the joy of eternal life?
The author of hymn 204 wrote over 9,000 hymns by Fanny J. Crosby.
She is a blind woman. His physical misfortunes depended on the world for him.
It made me give up on living and live and just depend on God to live. he is
Hymn 240 praises God like this.
Jesus is my savior and I am born again by the Holy Spirit and blood
In this world my soul shall see the glory of heaven
This is my testimony, and this is my praise.
As long as I live, I will continually praise the Savior. Will you sing 204 together?
All.
Eternal life and joy come when we confess Jesus as the Lord of our lives and are born again with the Holy Spirit and blood.
only arises. What must I do to obtain eternal life?
Jesus' answers to the sincere demands of life are summarized as follows.
All.
1st. Keep the commandments and live.
2nd. Keep the commandments, but live in the spirit of the commandments.
3rd. Live self-centered and don't self-justify.
4th. Don't depend on the world, confess that you are Lord and stop relying on God.
Despite the sincere demand for eternal life, the young man
Despite Jesus' correct answer, he returned with great anguish in his heart.
I ended up standing He rejected Jesus' words. because he was rich
is. His tragedy was that he loved sacrifices more than he loved people,
He loved himself more than he loved himself. Prioritizing wealth over people
Whoever puts himself ahead of himself and his neighbor will inevitably turn his back on Jesus Christ.
You will become a person. After all, he valued wealth more than eternal life.
could not follow Jesus.
Because of this, Jesus told his disciples that it would be difficult for the rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.
you taught How can this be to gain eternal life? person who says
This is Jesus' final answer to the demands of life.
Now, let us not be rich toward the world, but toward God.
Please keep in mind Jesus' instruction to be wealthy.