The past couple of days my Daily Delight time in The Word
has been in Luke 18:18-30 about the rich young ruler who asked Jesus what he must do to go to heaven. He thought
being good enough would get him to Heaven; but Jesus said giving up everything
that he was rich in and then following Him was the way. The rich young self-righteous ruler left sadly
because he was very rich.
My interpretation: The young ruler loved his riches more than he wanted to go to Heaven. This man believed in Jesus and he obeyed the commandments
Jesus quoted. But Jesus didn’t mention
the first four that begins with: “You
shall have no other gods before Me. You
shall not worship any graven images. You
shall not take the name of The Lord your God in vain. Set apart the Sabbath unto The Lord.” These told where the man’s heart really was. (10 Commandments are in Exodus 20 &
Deuteronomy 5)
Deuteronomy 6, Matthew 22 & Mark 12 gives us what is
known as The Great Commandment. This has
always been God’s requirement: “Love
the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind
and with all your strength.” And
the second like unto it (because it can’t be down without the first one) “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Observation: Jesus
requires giving up and leaving EVERYTHING before “coming and following Him!” When one Loves God with ALL, it is easy to
give ALL! Loving God and giving Him ALL
brings His Promises that provide health, wealth, life, protection…but the
Greatest is; Himself - His very own Holy Spirit to live and provide ALL the
Believer needs to be a Child of God Forever! WOW ~ That’s having EVERYTHING!
Matthew 11:28-30 Jesus says to “Come unto Me…” and receive
rest from weariness (trying to do things without Him)
“Present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy acceptable unto God
which is your
reasonable act of worship.
Do not be
conformed to the world,
but be transformed by the renewing of your mind
that
you may prove what is that good, acceptable
and perfect will of God.”
Romans
12:1-2
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