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What must I do to inherit eternal life?

I read a Barna report on what Americans think about Jesus.

While most Americans polled, believed that Jesus was a real historic person, only about 50% believed that he was God. That number

was actually higher than I thought it would have been. But as you look by generation, the younger

the generation, the less likely that that generation is to believe that Jesus was God.

There was real division over whether Jesus was sinless, only 30% thought he was absolutely without

sin, and there was also real confusion about whether Jesus or good deeds were the way to heaven. I read another report about the

amount of people, talking about how the amount of people who believed in God was decreasing,

and yet the amount of people who believed in the afterlife was increasing. And in thinking

on those things, the question is put before us. What do we think of

Jesus and how can we inherit eternal life? And it comes from this rich young ruler, but before we

get to him, I want to point out that the ultimate answer comes in verses 31 to 34, but I want to start at the end of this section of verses,

and then through that lens that we are given, go back and read our other sections with a different

perspective. And so here is our lens, if you have your Bible, Luke 18, starting in verse 31.

Jesus took the 12 aside and told them, we are going up to Jerusalem and everything that is

written by the prophets about the son of man will be fulfilled. He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him,

insult him, spit on him, flog him, and kill him. On the third day, he will rise again. The

disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what

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