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*Last week in the beginning of Matthew 19 we see that Jesus has not made his way across the Jordan River back into Judea.
And understanding this means that we know he is headed to Jerusalem.
Ahead of him in Chapter 21 he will make his entry into Jerusalem with shouts of Hosanna from the people, but just days later, they would be shouting “Crucify Him.”
*Jesus is on the final part of his journey to the cross…to his death.
And if you knew anyone who was on his way to death, you would be sad, you would be grieving.
But HIS death, we know from the Scriptures had a purpose.
His death equals life for us.
His death equals hope.
His death equals salvation.
His death equals the answer to the worlds biggest problem....seperation between the Creator God and his beloved creation....mankind.
His death would be horrifying…His death would be cruel....his death would be undeserved....BUT his death would bring life to those who would seek him and follow him.
Jesus is the answer…and it can only come through his death.
*Last week Matthew recorded a conversation between Jesus and the Pharisees where they asked “is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?”(Matthew
19:3)
Now they were not asking about it being lawful from the government or the cultures view, they wanted to know, was it lawful according to the Law of God for the Jewish people.
Jesus had one answer, and then we talked about how Scripture gives an additional answer to the question of divorce.
Jesus answered: Matthew 19:9
Matthew 19:9 (ESV)
9 And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”
Then the Apostle Paul in his letter to the Corinthians shows us one more possible reason:
1 Corinthians 7:14–15 (ESV)
14 For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband.
Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
15 But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so.
In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved.
God has called you to peace.
We talked about it last week, this wasn’t God’s design for marriage.
He wants us to marry for life.
He hates divorce.
Divorce doesn’t honor him.
One day when God brings you that man or that woman who you want to marry, remember that you entering into a covenant relationship that God does not want to be broken.
And even though marriage is not easy, when you stay together and you and yoru spouse put God at top of your marriage relationship, we can help you work through any problem.
And in that you will honor him.
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Open your Bibles to Matthew 19:13-30
This morning we could split this area of Scripture into two sections:
Jesus’ Response to the Children
Jesus’ Response to a Young Rich Man
Even though they were different people, one being children and the other being a grown man....there is a theme here for the rest of Chapter 19 and Chapter 20 which we will see in 2 weeks.
The them is this: YOU CAN”T BUY SALVATION.
That is why I have title this message Part 1, because as we move into Chapter 20 in two weeks, we see the same message… YOU CAN’T BUY SALVATION.
This morning, our text shows us Jesus receiving and Jesus rejecting.
He gladly receives the children, but rejects the young rich man.
Why.
Let’s see.
At the end of his words to the disciples and marriage and how it is not for everyone, people began to bring children to Jesus.
The people knew who he was, it least they though they knew who his was.
A teacher, a healer, a prophet?
I don’t think they thought he was the Messiah, but they did know the power to heal that he had (Matthew 19:2 “And large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.” )
So as the children were brought, the disciples rebuked the them for doing this.
Not the children, but the people bringing them.
Why did the disciples do this?
Was their memory short?
It was just in the last chapter when Jesus said that ...Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
(Matthew 18:4)
Jesus again reminds his disciples about humility.
Jesus receives the humble.
Just like looked at the child back in Chapter 18 and said “unless you turn and be like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”
You see salvation begin when we turn away from who we are.
When we give up ourself , our desires, our plans, and look to him and say take it!
It’s yours.
You can have my life, I don’t want it anymore.
What I want for my life, is not what you want Jesus.
That is true humility.
To be humble before the Lord means to give up what you want.
To free yourself from your own selfish pride, and with humility come before him and say…truly, my life is yours.
Mold me, make me, for your purpose with one goal…to glorify you!
I remember when I was your age.
I couldn’t wait to finish school, begin my life on my own.
I was going to do what I wanted to do all the time, I was going to go where I wanted, do what I wanted, make the decisions I wanted.
It was my life and I was going to be the one who was in control.
God has a word for that… sin.
Pride.
And the Bible has something to say about pride: Proverbs 16:18
Another translation puts it this way…
First pride, then the crash—
the bigger the ego, the harder the fall
When someone comes to salvation, the things that really identifies their heart before God is humility.
Jesus receives the humble .
Jesus rejects the proud.
The second part of what we read was Matthew retelling the encounter Jesus has with a rich young man.
He came to Jesus and asked, what GOOD thing can I do to enter eternal life.
If you look at the Bible, going all the way back to the Old Testament, there was this idea that to be accepted by God meant you had to do something.
Now God did say that the Israelites should bring sacrifices to the temple as an atonement for their sins.
But these sacrifices never took the place of them giving themselves to the one true God Jehovah.
They were only meant to cover their sins.
In fact, speaking through the prophet Hosea, the Lord made this very clear… Hosea 6:6
The real sacrifice that God wants from us, is the a genuine love given to him.
And genuine love is a sacrificial love.
A sacrificial love means that you give everything to Him, holding nothing back.
That’s what Jesus told this rich young man.
He told him first, obey the commandments.
The man said which ones?
Jesus told him the last ones: don’t kill, don’t commit adultly, don’t steal, don’t lie, honor your father and mother, and love yoru neighbor.
The man said.....check, check, check… I’m good.
I have done all of those.
So what still remains for me to do?
Jesus said, give everything you have to the poor…then… you will obtain your treasure in heaven.
Jesus said…everything that you have, all of your possessions, yoru money…give it to the poor and then you can enter eternal life.
Matthew writes…he couldn’t do it.
He couldn’t bring it upon himself to part with his money and all his possessions.
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