Title: Is the Best Person You Know in Hell?
Series: The Hard Sayings of Jesus | 1
Scripture: Mark 10:17-31
Author: Scott Maze
Today we begin a short series on some of the most surprising things Jesus said.
Jesus offers us His counsel on the problems of wealth. When the stock market collapsed in 1929 and again in 2008, there was a rash of suicides by those who had a lot of wealth. Wealth has a lot of power over our lives.
Jesus speaks of the spiritual addiction of money and wealth. Often these are called Jesus' "Hard Sayings." When the twelve Disciples heard Jesus teach something really challenging, the Disciples said in response, "This is a hard saying. Who can follow this? Who can listen to this?" Jesus will surprise you. Jesus said a lot of things that caused people to reject Him and ultimately crucify Him. Jesus caused division. Jesus caused people to either bow down to worship Him or to extreme hatred. Jesus' words have always caused division from His day all the way to our day.
Find Mark 10 with me if you will.
Mark is the second book in the New Testament. The Apostle Peter told Mark what to write according to church history.1 Peter was one of Jesus' main disciples. Peter made sure Mark's gospel was accurate. So it's in Mark 10 that you will meet a famous guy. He's known throughout history as simply the Rich Young Ruler.
Jesus lived more than thirty years on this earth before dying by crucifixion. At the end of His life, He spent more than three years in what is known as His public ministry. Jesus had around forty or more recorded conversations with people who came to Him in a time of need.2 You could even take the time to count them up yourself.
Jesus' encounter with the Rich Young Ruler was in a class by itself.
Today's Scripture
And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No ...
Series: The Hard Sayings of Jesus | 1
Scripture: Mark 10:17-31
Author: Scott Maze
Today we begin a short series on some of the most surprising things Jesus said.
Jesus offers us His counsel on the problems of wealth. When the stock market collapsed in 1929 and again in 2008, there was a rash of suicides by those who had a lot of wealth. Wealth has a lot of power over our lives.
Jesus speaks of the spiritual addiction of money and wealth. Often these are called Jesus' "Hard Sayings." When the twelve Disciples heard Jesus teach something really challenging, the Disciples said in response, "This is a hard saying. Who can follow this? Who can listen to this?" Jesus will surprise you. Jesus said a lot of things that caused people to reject Him and ultimately crucify Him. Jesus caused division. Jesus caused people to either bow down to worship Him or to extreme hatred. Jesus' words have always caused division from His day all the way to our day.
Find Mark 10 with me if you will.
Mark is the second book in the New Testament. The Apostle Peter told Mark what to write according to church history.1 Peter was one of Jesus' main disciples. Peter made sure Mark's gospel was accurate. So it's in Mark 10 that you will meet a famous guy. He's known throughout history as simply the Rich Young Ruler.
Jesus lived more than thirty years on this earth before dying by crucifixion. At the end of His life, He spent more than three years in what is known as His public ministry. Jesus had around forty or more recorded conversations with people who came to Him in a time of need.2 You could even take the time to count them up yourself.
Jesus' encounter with the Rich Young Ruler was in a class by itself.
Today's Scripture
And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No ...
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