The Character of the Kingdom, Part 3: The Impossibility…
If you would take Your Bibles in hand and turn with Me to Matthew 19, we'll continue in our study of this gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. The passage that we looked at last week is directly relevant to the story of the rich young ruler that we will study today. You remember that as the children were brought to Christ, Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. Now, that statement is made in each of the gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke, in the recounting of that story immediately prior to the story of the rich young ruler. Clearly, we see a contrast here between childlike faith and humility, and this rich young ruler who seems not to know himself very well in his quest for eternal life. That's very important, because there's a contrast here. Jesus is…