2016-07-17: Luke-The Investigative Gospel – The Rich Ruler

Sermon Audio: The Rich Ruler
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Luke 18:18-30
Duration: 24:15
Size: 11.1 MB

Luke-The Investigative Gospel
The Rich Ruler
Luke 18:18-30

The theme of Luke 18, which we have been studying for several weeks, has to do with entrance into the kingdom of God.

It was at this point that a rich ruler asked Jesus one of the greatest questions ever asked in the entire Bible. He asked Jesus what he needed to do to inherit eternal life.

I. The Question of the Ruler

Far too often people go to the wrong religion, the wrong church, or the wrong teacher to find an answer to their question.

II. The Response of Jesus

However, the ultimate comparison is not to one another but rather to God, who is the only one who is truly good.

III. The Claim of the Ruler

He did not realize that getting angry with one’s brother was murder, or that lust was adultery, according to Jesus (Matthew 5:21-30).

IV. The Command of Jesus

Are you willing to get rid of any and every thing that you love more than Jesus in order to follow Jesus?

V. The Sorrow of the Ruler

VI. The Comment of Jesus

According to Jesus, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.

VII. The Question of the Listeners

VIII. The Answer of Jesus

Here we must understand that salvation is clearly a work of God and not of man. God saves sinners!

IX. The Statement of Peter

X. The Promise of Jesus

You see, Peter and the other disciples, received eternal life because they let nothing stand between them and following Jesus.

Similarly, Jesus promises something infinitely better on the other side to those who are willing to sacrifice everything they currently have.

If Christ is really God, then all the conditions are gone.