The Rich Young Ruler

This episode of All In with Pastor Jordan Easley has been made possible by the generous support of viewers like you. Welcome to All In with Pastor Jordan Easley. Today's message is about to begin, and we invite you to prepare your heart and mind to hear an inspiring message from God's Word. We hope and pray for God to speak to you today as you seek to live your life all in for Jesus Christ. And now from First Baptist Church in Cleveland, Tennessee, here's Pastor Jordan Easley. You know, when I was in elementary school for about four years, I lived in a tiny little town in East Texas, and when I say tiny, I mean there were probably more people in our building this morning than I had in my town growing up. Anybody else grow up in a small town? You know what it's like. Hey, I have so many great memories of living in that town. It was a day, by the way, when kids would ride their bicycles all over town. I don't know if you ever had that opportunity, but man, we rode our bicycles from sunup to sundown. It wasn't a day where we had video games, we weren't looking at screens. It was a different day. I tell my kids, it's hard to believe, but back in the 1900s, it was different, right?

Come on, hey, we didn't have the Facebooks and the TikToks and the YouTubes and all that stuff. You know what we did? We played outside. We played in the mud. We didn't wear shoes a lot. We threw balls. We rode bikes until the streetlights came on, but I have vivid memories of riding my bicycle around that little town growing up. Here's what I would do. I would frequently go to the corner mart. I would pedal my bike to the corner mart. When I got there, you know what I did? I got me an RC Cola and some Rolos. Can I get an amen from somebody? Come on. I would get an RC Cola and some Rolos, and then me and my buddies, we'd get back on our bikes, and we would make our way to the local card shop. You're like, what's a card shop? If you didn't grow up in the 1980s or 90s, you probably never seen a card shop, but back then, baseball cards were a big deal. We would buy them and sell them, and we would trade them, and this card shop was the place in our town where all the best cards were available. You would go and look and see, and it was just a cool place to hang out. Now, I've told you this before,

but my favorite baseball player growing up was a guy named Nolan Ryan. Clap your hands if you remember Nolan Ryan. Let's go. Hey, Nolan Ryan was the best pitcher in the history of baseball, and I believe that. If you disagree with me on that, that's totally fine. You have all the right to be wrong, but here's the thing. Nolan Ryan was the best in the history of the game. I believe that now. I believed it even more so when I was a kid, but I'll never forget the day where I parked my bicycle at that card shop, and I walked in, and I saw for the very first time Nolan Ryan's rookie card. Now, to that day, I'd only heard about this card, but for the first time, I'm sitting there looking at it. It's under this glass case. It's in a protective case, and it's got a price tag on this baseball card that says $1,000. Now, remember, this is like 1989, 1990, so $1,000 was the equivalent of $1 billion. At least it was in my 10-year-old brain anyways, right? But I'm looking at this card, and I'm thinking, man, that is incredible, and I'm sitting there just kind of oohing and aahing and just going crazy about this baseball card, and you know, the owner of the shop

must have seen it on my face how badly I wanted that baseball card because immediately, he starts flipping through all of my cards. I'm talking books and books and cases and cases, and he's like, man, this kid really wants this card, and so he came to me about two or three minutes later, and this is what he said. He said, I will trade you this Nolan Ryan rookie card, but I want your five best cards in exchange for that card, and man, I'm gonna be honest. I kind of freaked out for a second because I knew this is the nicest card I've ever seen. It's far beyond anything that I have, but in that moment, I remember him pulling out those five cards and me looking at those five cards, cards that I had loved and cherished, cards that I had bought and traded for, cards where I had memorized the stats on the backs of these cards and worked so hard to keep them in pristine condition, and in my mind, even though I'm looking at this card, which I know is so much better than anything that I would ever have, this is what popped into my brain. I thought to myself, as much as I want that, I am unwilling to let go of what I have. You ever been there before? Listen, in a similar way,

we all come to Jesus with hands that are full. We come to Jesus with hands that are full of things that we value, things that we cherish, our achievements, our possessions, our priorities, our plans. And as each one of us encountered Jesus Christ, He gently but firmly asks us to loosen our grip and to let those things go. Today we're going to see a man in Scripture that had everything the world tells us that we should want. And yet the Bible says that he walked away from Jesus grieving and sad. We call this guy the rich young ruler. You know, this man's story is mentioned in all three synoptic Gospels. Synoptic Gospels are the first three books of your New Testament, Matthew, Mark, and Luke. By the way, that word synoptic means seeing together, which basically tells us that all three of these writers shared a common perspective when it came to things like structure or content or wording. So all three of these disciples that wrote in Scripture, they wrote about this young man and they collectively described him as the three words that we've already referred to him today. Rich, young, and ruler. That first word rich, we see Mark and Luke reference him as rich, meaning that this was a guy that had a lot of wealth. He likely inherited his wealth from his family, but nonetheless, this was a guy who had a surplus of money. He had a surplus of possessions, and we believe that he probably managed those possessions pretty well. We also referenced him as young. Matthew is the one who referenced him that way. In fact, Matthew's quote is, he had his whole life ahead of him. So he says this is a young guy that had a lot of wealth, a lot of things. But then you see the word ruler, and Luke is the one that called him a ruler,

possibly a synagogue leader, possibly a civic official. But we know from Scripture that this young man was rich, he was young, and he was a man who had influence, at least in his community. I mean, when you look at this guy's resume, this is a guy on paper that you want your daughter to grow up and marry someday. This was a guy who was moral, he was respectable, he was successful, and we also know he was spiritually curious. But in this encounter with Christ, I want you to notice that Jesus doesn't applaud his success, he challenges his faith. And today we're going to read about that in Mark's encounter of this story, and we're going to be in Mark chapter 10. If you have your Bible, I want to encourage you to follow along as we walk through this text. I also want to encourage you to take notes as the Lord prompts your heart to write something down. I would encourage you to do so. As you're turning to Mark chapter 10, I kind of want to back up and share with you some context and sort of explain the scene so that you can imagine what this must have been like in Mark chapter 10. You know, this encounter happened as Jesus was traveling on the road. If you go to Mark chapter 10 verse 1, it tells us that he was leaving Galilee in the north, and he was heading south towards Jerusalem. In fact, you need to know this would be Jesus' final journey to the city of Jerusalem just prior to his crucifixion. So that's kind of where we are on the map, and that's also where we are on the timeline of Jesus' ministry. But the Bible says as Jesus was traveling, he stopped, and he had a teaching for the people who gathered on the road. If you read the first part of chapter 10,

you see Jesus addressing things like marriage and children and humility, but he was also explaining to the people what it means to truly follow Jesus. Well, as Jesus was teaching and preparing to travel once again, then you get to verse 17. And verse 17 tells us that he was approached by the rich young ruler. The rich young ruler approached him. And in this encounter, the very first thing that we see is the man's desire. The man's desire. Look at verse 17. As he was setting out on a journey talking about Jesus, a man ran up, knelt before him, and asked him, Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? So right away, you ask the question, what was this young man's desire? Well, the young man's desire was to be saved. He wanted to be righteous in the eyes of God. He wanted to experience eternal life in heaven. That was his desire. And I want you to notice how excited he was about pursuing that desire. The Bible says he ran up to Jesus. You see those words? Now, a lot of people just read past that, but I think it's an important fact because it conveys to us that this man had a sense of urgency to get to Jesus. He knew that Jesus could give him something that he lacked. Something else that you should note about this verse, it says that when he approached Jesus, he knelt down before him. So that lets us... Let's know that he not only had a sense of urgency to get to Jesus. He also had a sincere reverence and respect for Jesus. I believe that's why he calls him good teacher and not just teacher. You see, in Jewish tradition, the phrase good teacher wasn't a phrase you just threw around.

Now every rabbi was called teacher. That's what rabbi means. It means teacher. But when you add the word good in front of rabbi, it changes everything. That's because this word good in the Greek, it's the word agathos, a term typically reserved for God alone. It means my teacher, my Lord, my savior, right? It's a personal God-size reference. And that's why Jesus responded the way he did that day. I mean, keep reading. You get to verse 18. Jesus says, why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. Now that can be a very confusing verse to some people, especially if you're reading that verse out of context, because it sounds like Jesus is saying, I'm not good. Only God is good. That's not what he's saying at all. Right here, Jesus wasn't denying his divinity. He was challenging this man's understanding of goodness. Keep reading. Verse 19, Jesus is speaking and he told him, you know the commandments. And then he lists them. Do not murder. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal. Do not bear false witness. Do not defraud. Honor your father and your mother. And the young man said to him, teacher, I have kept all these from my youth. He's saying, I've done everything that I know to do.

See, this man was thinking, if I could just follow the religious rules, and if I can just believe in a certain way, then certainly my actions will make me good with God. That's why he asked Jesus the question that he asked in verse 17. Go back to that verse real quick. He said, what must I do to inherit eternal life? That's a very interesting way to put that, right? What must I do to inherit eternal life? Jesus is going to respond in this encounter and also all throughout your Bible. And he's going to answer this question with two things that you need to know. You ready for this? Number one, you can't do your way to heaven. And number two, you can't inherit eternal life. You can't do your way to heaven and you can't inherit eternal life. Jesus says everything that needed to be done in order for you to be saved has already been done. It was done on the cross. Jesus did it for you. That's the word to tell us. Jesus hanging on the cross, yelled out to tell us die, meaning it is finished. And because of the sacrifice that Christ made on your behalf, you can now be saved and you can now be made righteous in the eyes of God. Hey, get this today. You cannot earn salvation. If you agree with that, say amen. You can't earn salvation. You also cannot inherit eternal life. You can't inherit salvation. This man asked, how can I inherit eternal life? And many people today are kind of living with that same question and that same understanding. They think, well, because I've been raised in a Christian home or because I have godly

parents or grandparents, I must be good with God. Hey, listen, just because you were raised in a godly home does not make you a Christian. Someone said any more than being born in a McDonald's makes you a Happy Meal. Can I get an amen from somebody? Right? Hey, salvation is a free gift from God. It's granted by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Salvation isn't a reward that you inherit, it is a gift that you receive. It is a gift that you receive. It's going to pop up in a second, I promise you. It's a gift that you receive, amen. But we got to get that today because there's a lot of us that just think that we can inherit it, we can buy it, we can earn it, and the Bible says you can't. In this encounter, the rich young ruler was telling Jesus, man, I'm doing my best. I'm doing everything that I know to do. I'm keeping all the commandments, I'm following all the rules, I'm a good boy, and I'm doing a good job. On paper, this was a guy that was doing everything right externally. But you know what? Jesus doesn't look at the external. Jesus looks at the internal. And in this encounter, when Jesus looked at this man's heart, it was abundantly clear that this young man saw salvation as a transaction. He thought, if I could do good things today, then God will give me good things in eternity. But here's what Jesus told him. Salvation doesn't come through a transaction. Salvation comes through transformation. And no matter how many good things you do, listen to me, if your life isn't truly transformed Christ, you can be all the things. You can be religious, you can be moral,

you can be successful, you can be generous, you can even be really good looking and still bust hell wide open. Listen to me, good people don't go to heaven, save people do. And that was the message Jesus was conveying to the rich young ruler on that day. The young man had a desire, he said, Jesus, I wanna be saved, I wanna go to heaven, I wanna spend eternity with God. That was the desire of his heart. But the second thing I want you to see is the master's demand. Let's keep going, verse 21, looking at him, Jesus loved him and said to him, you lack one thing, go sell all you have and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven, then come, follow me. I think how you read this verse is very important. The tone and the emotion in which you read it is significant. See, in this scene, Jesus wasn't angry, he wasn't confronting this guy, he wasn't yelling at this guy, he wasn't condemning him in any way. He wasn't heated in this moment. I believe he was heartbroken in this moment. He was heartbroken. I mean, look at what we just read. It says, looking at him, what, Jesus loved him.

He's looking at this guy and the Bible says he sees this guy and he loves this guy. Hey, take note of that today. Jesus not only sees us, Jesus knows us and he loves us. He loves you right now. I think about this, his encounter with Nathaniel in John chapter one. I don't know the exact verse, it's at the last part of John chapter one, but Jesus told him, he said, before Philip called you, when you were under that fig tree, I saw you. Now, he didn't know that Jesus saw him, but Jesus reminded him, hey, even when you thought you were all alone, even though you thought that no one was watching you, I was watching and I saw you. And you know what that tells me? When Jesus encountered the young man in this story, he not only saw him, but he knew him. He knew his heart. When Jesus looks at us, he sees our heart. Do you understand that? He doesn't see what everybody else sees. He sees what's going on in your heart. When he saw this young man, here's what he saw, a life that was trying really hard, but a heart that was divided. And for that reason, Jesus told him, I know what your desire is, I know what you want,

but you lack one thing. And then he goes on to say, go and sell all you have and give it to the poor and you'll have treasure in heaven. You know, many people over the years have debated what Jesus meant by that statement. There's a lot of people that have some crazy thoughts about the implications of what Jesus said. Prosperity preachers will tell you that means that if you give generously to the poor or you give a lot of money to their ministry, that you're going to be blessed and God's gonna bless you with health or wealth. Eastern Orthodox religions believe Jesus was warning us about hoarding wealth in that verse. They believe that wealth has the ability to enslave a person's soul. Catholics will tell you that statement has nothing to do with money, but rather this is Jesus calling his followers to a level of perfection, he's calling us up. Mormons actually believe that there's two types of salvation. There's general salvation and then there is individual exaltation. And they believe in order for a person to be individually saved, they must endure in obedience. You say, what does that mean? Well, it means that they've got to do a lot of good works to get to God. And they believe that generosity in giving

is one of the primary works that puts a person in right standing with God. So you want to get right with God, then you've got to give a lot of money. You've got to give it to the poor. You've got to give it to this and give it to that. Let me tell you what the Bible says. Are you ready? Salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. And there is no other name by which people can be saved. Money will not save you. Giving a lot of money will not save you. Good works will not save you. False gods will not save you. Only Jesus saves. And yet, amen. And yet since the beginning of time, the devil has enticed mankind with idols and other options to worship in order to prevent us from surrendering all to Jesus. In order to prevent us from going all in with Jesus. And that's what Jesus was saying to him that day. He wasn't rewriting the plan of salvation in this verse and saying, if you give a lot of money to poor people, that's what's going to earn you salvation or an eternity in heaven. That's not what Jesus was saying. In fact, no other place in the Bible does. Jesus tell rich people to sell everything they have and give it to the poor.

He doesn't say that to anyone, but he does with this guy. So the question is why? And the answer is because in this encounter, Jesus, what? He knew the man's heart. He was looking at his heart and as he looked at his heart, he knew that his wealth had become his idol. His wealth was an idol. You say, what's an idol? Let me give you a simple definition for what, what an idol is. You ready? A lot. An idol is anything in your life that you love more than God. Simple as that. An idol is anything in your life that you, do you crave, that you cherish, that you depend on more than you do God. And believe it or not, idols in your life aren't always a bad thing. When we think about idols, a lot of times we go to, you know, scripture is talking about like manmade statues and people are going to worship idols and things made of human hands and they're, they're, they're making sacrifices and they're engaging in temple prostitutes. And we think this is a horrible thing. A lot of times idols are actually good things. Your job is a good thing. It pays your bills. It provides for your family. But you know what? Your job can quickly become an idol if you're not careful. Your kids are a blessing from the Lord. Do you believe that? Sometimes you've got to remind yourself of that, right?

But the Bible says your kids are a blessing from the Lord, and they are. But you know what? Your kids can also become idols in your life. The same is true for grandkids. Hey, your hobby, your favorite sports team, your investments, your 401K, all of those things are good. Until they're not. See the rich young ruler had a lot of good things. He had more good things than we do. And yet he still wanted to be saved. He still wanted to go to heaven. He still wanted to know God. And yet Jesus looked at him in this moment and he was saying, the good things in your life have become idols in your life. The blessings that God has given you have actually become things that you treasure more than God. And that's why Jesus said, I know you want to go to heaven. I know you want to go spend eternity with God in heaven, but you lack one thing. The one thing he lacked, I believe, is more like three things wrapped up in one. I believe in this moment what we see through Scripture is that he lacked, number one, a total surrender. A total surrender to Jesus. This was a guy that had religious devotion. I mean, he had kept all the commandments since he was a little kid, but he lacked a whole hearted devotion to God and a willingness to follow Jesus above everything else. He had an unwilling heart to do just that. He also had a lack, he lacked detachment from earthly riches. I mean, this guy had an attachment to earthly riches and he refused to cut the cord. The command that we see in Scripture is sell all that you have. And I want you to see that's not just about charity.

It's a test of allegiance. It was a test of allegiance. And you know what? This was a test that this young man failed. Read verse 22. It says, but when he, but he was dismayed by this demand and he went away grieving because he had many possessions. This says that this guy left sad. He left grieving, why? Because he refused to release the one thing he loved more than God. He had a lack of detachment. Third, he lacked a true faith in God. He lacked a true faith in God. Jesus' challenge in this verse wasn't necessarily about money. Hey, check it out. It was about mastery. It wasn't necessarily about his wealth as much as it was about his worship. Say, well, Jordan, what does that mean for us today? Here's a message I believe God has for us. You ready? You can't follow Jesus while clinging to another God. You can't follow Jesus. You can't run to Jesus. You can't pursue Jesus in the way he's called you to pursue him if you're continuing to cling on to the things of this world. Hey, the rich young ruler, he wanted the best of both worlds. He wanted to have a relationship with big G God, but he refused to release his little G God. And once he realized that's not how it works, once he realized that Jesus refuses to be one of many gods in our life, the Bible says he left that engagement with a heavy heart.

The man's desire, the master's demand. Lastly, I want you to see the Messiah's declaration. The Messiah's declaration. I want you to use your imagination as we picture this scene. The Bible gives us this picture and says. the rich young ruler came to Jesus and he was running to Jesus. And yet once he realized the level of surrender that was required for salvation, the Bible also says that he left Jesus grieving. He came running, but he left grieving. And now in verse 23, we see Jesus once again, turn his head away from the rich young ruler and now he's looking at his disciples. And this is what he says in verse 23, how hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God. Now, I wanna make a couple of things clear real fast. Right here, Jesus is not saying that money is evil. That's not the message. He's also not saying that people with money cannot be saved or cannot go to heaven. But Jesus makes himself very clear to say, it is harder for those who have much to get to a place of total surrender and to get to a place of complete faith and be saved. In fact, in verse 25, it says, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God. He said, if you have a lot, beware,

because it's hard for you to surrender all to Jesus. You know, as American citizens that have been blessed beyond description, we are widely considered to be the wealthiest people in the world. You say, not me, Jordan. You have no idea what you're talking about right now, because I am broke. Anybody else thinking that right now, right? But the truth is, you, according to the world, are very wealthy. And therefore, these ought to be alarming words for us to read in God's word. You know, I read this week that if your family makes $40,000 a year, 40,000 a year for a household, that you are in the top 2.7% of earners in the entire world. If you make $60,000 a year in your household, congratulations, you're in the top 1% of earners on planet earth. In fact, right now, the global median income ranges anywhere between $2,800 a year and $9,000 a year, depending on which poll that you read. But on the high side, the global median income, the average household makes $9,000 per year. Here's what that tells us. Even lower class Americans today, people that we consider to be living in poverty, they're living better than 90% of the world in terms of material comfort and access to resources

that are required for living. So I tell you all of that to say this, hey, listen, lean in, Jesus is talking to you, right? And here's what he's saying in this passage. He's saying, if you have a lot, if you have money in the bank, if you have resources and provisions and barns full of stuff it is harder for you to get to a place of desperation in your life. It's harder for you to surrender all to Jesus in your soul. And because of that, it's harder for you to be saved. Keep reading, it says in verse 26, they were even more astonished, talking about the disciples, saying to one another, then who can be saved? I've got this picture in my mind, the disciples are looking around that Jesus says that and they're thinking, man, we're in trouble because we have some stuff, we have provisions, we have food to eat today. And they're wondering, can anybody like us be saved? Anybody else asking that question? I mean, when I read this text, I'm thinking, man, if it's so hard, you're talking about a camel going through an eye of a needle, can people like us be saved? And this is how Jesus responded in verse 27. He says, with man, it is impossible, but not with God, because all things are possible with God. All things are possible with God.

Listen, when Jesus makes this declaration to his disciples, you know that they're squirming. But I love how Peter responded in verse 28. It says, Peter began to tell them, look, we have left everything and followed you. We've left everything and followed you. I can just imagine Peter with his posture, opening up his palms and saying, Jesus, we have nothing left. Jesus, we've thrown down our nets and we followed you. We left behind our families, we surrendered all to follow you. We left our occupation, we left our income, we left our expertise, we left our comfort zones. We've literally given everything we have to follow you. We don't trust in riches, we don't trust in gold. We live by faith in the son of God. I believe this is a model for our surrender. I believe it's a model for our sacrifice. And yet as he stood there with palms empty and extended, I want you to see how Jesus responds. He said in verse 29, "'Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house "'or brother or sister or mother or father or children "'or fields for my sake or for the sake of the gospel "'who will not receive a hundred times more.'" A hundred times more. So whatever it is that you release, just know that I'm better. Listen, Jesus never asks us to give up something

or anything that he doesn't plan to replace with something better. So as you put yourself in this passage, as you insert yourself into this story, I want you to think about the thing in your hand. As you walk up to Jesus, the thing that you love, the thing that you cherish, the thing that you pursue more than Jesus. And understand that thing I know to you is important and it's valuable and it's necessary, but Jesus says, I am so much better than that. I am so much better. So if you're willing to release what you're holding on to, if you're willing to trust me and follow me, just know I will replace whatever it is that you're sacrificing with something so much better. You know, as I read this text this week, the words that came to my heart were these, just evaluate your attachments. Evaluate all the things in your life, the things that you have a tendency to hold on to, the things that you have a tendency to pursue and prioritize and ask the question, what is it that I have a tendency to clench in my fist? What have been my non-negotiables with God, the things that are off limits for him? What's the one thing that I've refused to release that is preventing me from truly following Jesus and experiencing God's very best in my life? Maybe it is money.

Maybe it's control. Maybe it's approval of someone else. Maybe it's a sinful relationship that I'm pursuing. Maybe it's a godly relationship, a good relationship that for whatever reason, I've put above my relationship with him. And maybe it's something completely different. Maybe it's a certain path that you're walking or misplaced priorities. Maybe it's the way you spend your time, your energy. But whatever it is, ask this question. If today I encounter Jesus face-to-face and Jesus asked me to release that thing, to give up that thing, how would I respond? Would I walk away with my idol in my hand or would I surrender all to Jesus and follow him? Listen, I grew up singing that old song and I know many of you did as well. I surrender all. I surrender all. All to thee, my blessed savior, I surrender all. You know, that's an easy song to sing. But the question is, are you able to say that to Jesus today? Lord, whatever it takes, I surrender all. Would you bow your heads and close your eyes? Listen, I just wonder if there's someone today that needs to surrender all to Jesus. Maybe for a long time, you've been holding back and say, Lord, I want to be saved

and I want to experience eternal life, but I don't want to give up my habits. I don't want to give up a sin, a secret sin. I don't want to give up my money and begin tithing or giving to things of God. I don't want to do this or I don't want to do that. And you've had a negotiation going on with God. Maybe today's the day you say, Lord, if you require all, I want to give all. I surrender all to you. If that's you, would you just say to the Lord right now, Lord, in the best way I know how, I give you everything I have to give. I surrender all to Jesus and I ask Jesus to be my Lord and my Savior. Lord, forgive me of my sins. Forgive me of where I failed you. And in this moment, Lord, I pray that you would become my everything. Lord, I turn my back on my sin. I turn my back on my preferences and my plan. And I surrender all to you today. Make me the person you created me to be, a new person, never to be the same again. In Jesus' name, amen. I can give you for your daily walk with Jesus is to start each day in the Word. While this may seem obvious, many people struggle to find the time to pause for just a few moments every single morning and to spend time with the Lord. I want to help you find the right balance to start your day by offering easy-to-read daily inspiration through the all-in daily devotional email.

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