Arms Wide Open

Leading The Way Radio Podcast

Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef

Michael Youssef, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Sermons, Bible Study, Theology, Health & Fitness, Jesus, Mental Health, Preaching, Bible, Spirituality, Religion, Holy Spirit, Ltw, Leading The Way

4.9 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In Arms Wide Open, Dr. Michael Youssef warns that religion and morality can still miss salvation if there is no surrender. From Matthew 19, he shows why the rich young ruler walked away—and why Jesus still calls you to lay down every idol and trust Him fully.

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0:00.0	How much effort is it going to take for me to make it to heaven?
0:05.0	I don't want to miss this point because this is really an important point.
0:08.0	Very, very important.
0:10.0	Big capital I.
0:12.0	What can I do?
0:14.0	How can I earn my way to heaven?
0:18.0	How can I pay for my eternal life?
0:20.0	How can I atone for my sins that I know
0:24.7	that are burning inside of me? How can I have the key or the formula or the secret to going to
0:31.5	heaven? Welcome to Leading the Way with best-selling author and international Bible teacher, Dr. Michael Yousuff.
0:40.3	Today, eavesdrop on a conversation between Jesus and a wealthy young man who asked the age-old question,
0:47.6	What must I do to get to heaven?
0:51.1	It's all part of Dr. Michael Youssef's life-changing in series, Encountering Christ. Listen
0:57.9	with me. We live in a time when we have lots of choices in life. We really do. Choices that most
1:10.5	people around the world will never have. Choices that our grandparents
1:16.2	wouldn't even be able to dream of choices. We've got all sorts of choices in life. But sometimes
1:26.7	having too many choices can work against us. Having too many choices at times
1:32.2	can paralyze us. In fact, having too many choices, it causes confusion in the mind of some.
1:38.4	Having too many choices can confound us. And I know for a fact that to some choices perplex them. It's like the horse
1:49.5	who died between two bales of hay because he couldn't decide which one to eat first. The Bible actually
1:57.7	from the very beginning gives us two choices.
2:01.9	But these two choices always come with a clear warning of the consequence of each choice.
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