Almost a Disciple

• Almost a Disciple
• Luke 18:18-23
• Luke 18:18-23 …
• Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
• Is Jesus merely good, or is He truly God?
• 18 Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 19 So Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good but one, that is, God.
• Who is Jesus to you …
• We argue for His deity …
– John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…
– Colossians 2:9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily …
• Who is Jesus to you …
• Luke 6:46 But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do the things which I say? …
• Who is Jesus to you …
• Luke 6:46 But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do the things which I say? …
• Who is Jesus to you …
• Who is my God? …
• Luke 18:20 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.'" 21 And he said, "All these things I have kept from my youth."
• Who is my God? …
• Exodus 20:3 "You shall have no other gods before Me.
• Matthew 6:24 "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
• What about us? …
• Matthew 5:29-30 If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell…
• What do I value most?…
• 18 Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
• 21 And he said, "All these things I have kept from my youth."
• What do I value most?…
• 22 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." 23 But when he heard this, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich.
• What about us today?…
• What do we value most? …
– Eternal life, yes, but do we value it above all else?
• How to determine what we value most …
• Philippians 3:8-11 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith…
• Almost a Disciple
• Luke 18:18-23