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November 24, 2024
Use What You Have
- Matt Nickoson
Sermon Notes
Luke 18:18 NIV
A certain ruler asked him (Jesus), “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Luke 18:19 NIV
“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.”
Luke 18:20 NIV
“You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’”
Luke 18:21 NIV
“All these I have kept since I was a boy,” he said.
Matthew 19:20 NIV
“All these I have kept,” the young man said. “What do I still lack?”
The issue is that this man is not as “good” as he thinks he is.
Luke 18:22 NIV
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
Mark 10:21a NIV
Jesus looked at him and loved him…
4 Greek words for love:
Eros: Intimate or erotic love. Like the physical expression between lovers.
Storge: A natural, familial love. Like the love between parents and children, based on familiarity and dependency.
Phileo: A love based on friendship, shared interests, and mutual respect, often describing the bond between close friends.
Agape: A selfless, self-sacrificial love. Like the love God showed us in Jesus Christ.
Meaning: Jesus Agape loved him even though he didn’t get it.
Luke 18:23 NIV
When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was very wealthy.
What is so important in your life, that if God asked you to trust Him with it – you might say no?
Luke 18:24 NIV
Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
His money is going to prevent him from entering the Kingdom!
Luke 18:25 NIV
“Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
Luke 18:26 NIV
Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”
Luke 18:27 NIV
Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
I believe that the God of the impossible can change you!
Luke 18:28 NIV
Peter said to him, “We have left all we had to follow you!”
Luke 18:29-30 NIV
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the age to come eternal life.”
“We tend to focus on what we’re losing instead of what we’re gaining.” – Andy Lynch
Remember: We give to God because He first gave to us!
“I When you believe there is enough you start seeing opportunities for generosity everywhere… with our time, with our money, and with our attention.” – Jonathan Collins, The Bible Project