Bible Study Project 2

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1 Bible Project Paper Summary Before Jesus predicted His death for the third and final time, he came into contact with a rich young ruler. The young ruler asked Jesus how he could inherit eternal life. Jesus told him the one thing that he lacked was to give all that he had, and follow Him. Jesus then stated how difficult it is for rich people to enter into heaven. Christ finishes by saying that anyone who will give to God in this life will receive many times over in this life and the next. Context and Stating the Central Truth Before the Event In Luke 18:15-17, Christ rebukes the disciples for not allowing the children to come unto him. Jesus welcomed the children unto him. In Luke: An Introduction and Commentary, Leon Morris (1988, 291) says that Jesus wants whole-hearted trust like a child, and unless one receives the kingdom like a child, they will never enter it. After the Event After Christ teaches the rich young ruler, He tells of predicts of His suffering for the third time. The disciples did not understand what He was saying at the time. They would not be able to fully understand that Christ would literally die and rise again until it had happened. Connection of the Event to its Context and the Central Truth When the rich young ruler asked Jesus what he could do to be saved, Jesus told him that he must give all that he had, and follow him to inherit eternal life. This made the rich man very sad because he had great possessions. Jesus then uses the illustration of a camel going through the eye of a needle to demonstrate how hard it is for the rich to enter into heaven. This passage teaches Christians to put their faith in God, rather than in possessions.

2 Proving the Central Truth The first way that the Bible demonstrates the importance of faith in God is through the ruler’s inadequacy. In verse nineteen, Jesus corrects the ruler for calling Him good. Jesus corrects him by saying no one is good except for God. In Luke: An Introduction and Commentary, Morris states that Jesus was inviting the ruler to reflect on this meaning of his words, and what he was asking. If he realized what he was saying, he would have also realized that he absolutely did not deserve the blessing that he was seeking (Morris 1988, 292). The ruler needed to have faith in God rather than himself to receive eternal life. Second , readers must have faith in God because of the insignificance of their works. The rich young ruler seemed to think that his works would be enough for him to receive eternal life. He kept all the commandments that the Lord mentioned at first, and he was inquiring about what else he could do to “inherit” eternal life. According to Strong’s Concordance (#2816) this word means to receive the portion assigned to one. If the ruler would have realized the meaning of his question, he would have realized that eternal life cannot be earned, but that it must be received. According to Ironside in Addresses on the Gospel of Luke, the ruler was living for himself. He was outwardly pure, but he was in condemnation of the law because he lived for himself rather than God. The ruler went away sorrowful when Christ said to give all he had to the poor because he wanted to live for himself rather than for Christ (Ironside 1947, 553-555). Third , Jesus shows that anything is possible for people that put their faith in God. In verse twenty-five, Jesus gave an example showing how difficult it was to enter into heaven. After hearing this example, the people wondered who could be saved because everyone tries to be rich in some way. According to Garner and Howes in Commentary Luke, Jesus gave assurance to the people watching that with

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