The Rich Young Ruler
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
When a wealthy young man asked Jesus what he needed to do to enter God's kingdom, Christ gave a surprising response. Today, R.C. Sproul continues his series in the gospel of Luke with a sermon on the depth of our sin and our need for God's grace.
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| 0:00.0 | God doesn't judge us by the standards of this world, does he? |
| 0:04.3 | The mandate he gives to his creatures is this, be holy as I am holy. |
| 0:10.8 | And when we are judged according to that standard, we miss it by a mile. |
| 0:16.3 | We fall short, far short of the glory of God. |
| 0:21.2 | In a world that seems to have forgotten eternity, I would love it. |
| 0:30.6 | If a stranger came up to me and said, how do I be saved? |
| 0:33.9 | What must they do to inherit eternal life? |
| 0:36.5 | Well, someone asked Jesus that question and his response might surprise you. |
| 0:41.0 | Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham and thanks for joining us for this Sunday edition of Renewing |
| 0:45.0 | Your Mind. |
| 0:46.0 | Each Sunday, you're hearing sermons that R.C. Sproul preached from Luke's Gospel at St. |
| 0:50.6 | Andrew's Chapel in Central Florida. |
| 0:52.8 | And today we find ourselves in Luke 18. |
| 0:55.6 | And we meet a man who seemingly had it all. |
| 0:58.4 | Wealth, influence, power, but he didn't have eternal life. |
| 1:03.3 | So let's hear from Dr. Sproul because in this encounter, we learn a lot about the gospel |
| 1:07.8 | and where we should place our trust. |
| 1:12.9 | Now a certain ruler asked him saying, good teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal |
| 1:20.4 | life? |
| 1:23.7 | And so Jesus said to him, why do you call me good? |
| 1:26.3 | No one is good, but God. |
| 1:30.1 | You know the commandments, do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear |
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