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One More Thing
Mark 10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
Mark 10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
Mark 10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
Mark 10:20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
Mark 10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
Mark 10:22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
Mark 10:23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Mark 10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
Mark 10:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Good Morning Brothers and Sisters,
I start this off by using a segment of scripture that we are all familiar with, but looking at it hopefully from a different aspect that may not have been looked at before. Let me start by making a distinction between words and their meanings, to test and to tempt. We as Christians are always tested by God. Like the tempering of a good sword, we are tempered to become the best we can, and this happens to us through the travails of life. Job comes to mind as a godly man that was tested by God, and tempted by Satan, to see if Job would break and lose faith in God, to denounce him. Abraham was tested by God to see if he would Abraham would obey him, no matter what God asked of him. Satan tempted Christ our savior in the desert, to see if the king of kings would bow down to him. Therein lies the major difference, God tests us to make us better people, not with doing anything sinful, but to see if we do the righteous thing. The devil tempts us to see if we fall from grace by doing the things that are wrong. So to was Christ the Lord testing this man that came to him.
Keep in mind brothers and sisters, we have the blessing of having the written word in front of us to consult, to study upon and to learn what God wants of us. In this time, there was no New Testament that was written, and any rabbinical writings were few and far in between. Many who lived under the Law of Moses did so through word of mouth, past down from generation to generation. The whole Old Testament as we know it the Torah and the Talmud, were done this way through the general public, all 613 laws. When Christ said in answer to the man, “Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.”, is wasn’t necessary for Christ to state all the laws, but in general to state the example of the law of Moses as a whole. We all can see that the man answered back that he had kept the laws. Notice that Christ loved the man, its meaning that the man had told Christ the truth in this manner. Christ who could peer into the man’s soul to see if he was telling the truth, which apparently he did because Christ loved him. This isn’t to say that the man was perfect, neither was Abraham, Moses, Noah, David and so on, they were men of God trying their best with what they had to glorify God and to live righteously. Since Jesus loved this man, he probably could be in the same league as those I just mentioned.
Now here is the test to see if you can do just “One more thing”, “One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.” We know there is no where listed a command or law written anywhere in the Old Testament that requires a person to give everything they have to the poor. There is a law to leave your entire crops(your entire earnings) every seventh year, to leave the corners every year, to leave the droppings of fruit, and to not glean the entire crop bare, all these commands are for us concerning the poor, and since Christ loved the man, we can assume the man had observed these laws as well. So when Christ told him, asked him, to sell all he had and to follow him, this was not in scripture, this was not written down, the bible was silent on this, this is the first he had ever heard of such a thing. He had followed the Law of Moses, to the best that he could do, faithfully. So when Christ tested him with “One More Thing”, he failed the test. The bible is full of “One more things” that God asks of us, he is testing us, tempering us, to make us into the beacons of light to the world. This never ends and most of us can tell, the toil in our own lives suggests that we are tested with doing the right thing everyday.
The bible is silent on many things, this may be because the commands and laws we are needing answers to are either missing and yet to be found in the desert or cave, or that God left them silent because he knows that we will need to be tested on how well we have developed as Christians and children of God. I do not know the answer to this, but the word of God is only our foundation, our strongest foundation we can have, yet we are still tested by God, tempered into steel, to become more than we are. What good are tests if you have all the answers, so to does God leave silent issues that we are to learn, grow and decide for ourselves what God wants from us.
Hebrews 5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Hebrews 5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
This is a powerful statement from scripture, “even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”, to reason and learn, to let God show us what he has left out and made silent in scripture. We must use the foundation that God has given us to build upon. When we are tested with our own, “One more thing”, we can pass muster and be pleasing in the sight of the Lord.
God Bless
Mark 10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
Mark 10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
Mark 10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
Mark 10:20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
Mark 10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
Mark 10:22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
Mark 10:23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Mark 10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
Mark 10:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Good Morning Brothers and Sisters,
I start this off by using a segment of scripture that we are all familiar with, but looking at it hopefully from a different aspect that may not have been looked at before. Let me start by making a distinction between words and their meanings, to test and to tempt. We as Christians are always tested by God. Like the tempering of a good sword, we are tempered to become the best we can, and this happens to us through the travails of life. Job comes to mind as a godly man that was tested by God, and tempted by Satan, to see if Job would break and lose faith in God, to denounce him. Abraham was tested by God to see if he would Abraham would obey him, no matter what God asked of him. Satan tempted Christ our savior in the desert, to see if the king of kings would bow down to him. Therein lies the major difference, God tests us to make us better people, not with doing anything sinful, but to see if we do the righteous thing. The devil tempts us to see if we fall from grace by doing the things that are wrong. So to was Christ the Lord testing this man that came to him.
Keep in mind brothers and sisters, we have the blessing of having the written word in front of us to consult, to study upon and to learn what God wants of us. In this time, there was no New Testament that was written, and any rabbinical writings were few and far in between. Many who lived under the Law of Moses did so through word of mouth, past down from generation to generation. The whole Old Testament as we know it the Torah and the Talmud, were done this way through the general public, all 613 laws. When Christ said in answer to the man, “Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.”, is wasn’t necessary for Christ to state all the laws, but in general to state the example of the law of Moses as a whole. We all can see that the man answered back that he had kept the laws. Notice that Christ loved the man, its meaning that the man had told Christ the truth in this manner. Christ who could peer into the man’s soul to see if he was telling the truth, which apparently he did because Christ loved him. This isn’t to say that the man was perfect, neither was Abraham, Moses, Noah, David and so on, they were men of God trying their best with what they had to glorify God and to live righteously. Since Jesus loved this man, he probably could be in the same league as those I just mentioned.
Now here is the test to see if you can do just “One more thing”, “One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.” We know there is no where listed a command or law written anywhere in the Old Testament that requires a person to give everything they have to the poor. There is a law to leave your entire crops(your entire earnings) every seventh year, to leave the corners every year, to leave the droppings of fruit, and to not glean the entire crop bare, all these commands are for us concerning the poor, and since Christ loved the man, we can assume the man had observed these laws as well. So when Christ told him, asked him, to sell all he had and to follow him, this was not in scripture, this was not written down, the bible was silent on this, this is the first he had ever heard of such a thing. He had followed the Law of Moses, to the best that he could do, faithfully. So when Christ tested him with “One More Thing”, he failed the test. The bible is full of “One more things” that God asks of us, he is testing us, tempering us, to make us into the beacons of light to the world. This never ends and most of us can tell, the toil in our own lives suggests that we are tested with doing the right thing everyday.
The bible is silent on many things, this may be because the commands and laws we are needing answers to are either missing and yet to be found in the desert or cave, or that God left them silent because he knows that we will need to be tested on how well we have developed as Christians and children of God. I do not know the answer to this, but the word of God is only our foundation, our strongest foundation we can have, yet we are still tested by God, tempered into steel, to become more than we are. What good are tests if you have all the answers, so to does God leave silent issues that we are to learn, grow and decide for ourselves what God wants from us.
Hebrews 5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Hebrews 5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
This is a powerful statement from scripture, “even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”, to reason and learn, to let God show us what he has left out and made silent in scripture. We must use the foundation that God has given us to build upon. When we are tested with our own, “One more thing”, we can pass muster and be pleasing in the sight of the Lord.
God Bless
