Jesus: Creator, Savior, Lord and King #51 Jesus and the Rich Young Ruler - Luke 18
Jesus: Creator, Savior, Lord and King #51 Jesus and the Rich Young Ruler - Luke 18 Introduction: Earlier in our series on Jesus as Creator, Savior Lord and King back in Luke 10 there were three people who either came to Jesus or Jesus came to them about salvation and discipleship. And to be just honest about it, Jesus presented discipleship as the natural next step after salvation. You couldn’t or shouldn’t be a believer and then not be a disciple. In this day and time we seem think salvation and discipleship are two steps and that one of them is optional. I want Jesus to give me eternal life but I don’t want to give Jesus my life today. It really doesn’t work that way, but that is a topic for another sermon. Today there is a man who comes to Jesus and he seems utterly sincere about eternal life, but Jesus make it clear that eternal life isn’t earned. In our passage this morning three questions must be answered in order to fully answer the rich, young ruler’s one que...
