Sentences with phrase «young ruler»

The rich young ruler did not make the cut, nor did certain «religious» people who were filled with their own righteousness.

Many churches view their buildings, possessions, and prestige in the community the same way this rich young ruler viewed his vast wealth.

He didn't command the rich young ruler to sell everything he had and give it to a church building or ministry.

Remember the story of the rich young ruler who came to Christ.

Try reading the advice that Jesus gave to the rich young ruler when asked how he could enter heaven to which Jesus replied, «Go, sell all that you own, give it to the poor, then come and follow me.

The Armenians were a minority community that excelled in the arts, academia, and the professional classes; successful, intelligent, and very much «the other» in a Turkey whose young rulers were influenced by the racialist ideologies then prominent in Europe.

it's that bigger faith that Jesus had when he let the rich young ruler walk away without chasing him down and trying to control him / manipulate him...

I think the rich young ruler actually breaks the law twice in Jesus» presence.

The rich young ruler who came to Jesus knew that beyond particular requirements which he had fulfilled there was a deeper commandment.

He references Jesus» command to the rich young ruler in Matthew 19 who asks, «What good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?»

But when Jesus says it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God they go to great lengths to interpret this in such a way that they do not themselves have to «sell all that they have and give to the poor», as Jesus directed the rich young ruler who wanted to follow him.

In which case I sincerely trust that you are not and have never claimed to be a Christian, because that is EXACTLY what Jesus tells the Rich Young Ruler to do if he truly wants to live a righteous life: «Sell all you have, give it to the poor, and come and follow me.»

As if that's not enough, consider what Jesus said to the rich young ruler, and consider the story of the rich man and Lazarus.

To the morally obedient rich young ruler he asked for an impossible level of commitment: «sell everything you have».

As a commentary on the plight of the rich young ruler who can not bring himself to sell all he has, give the money to the poor, and follow Christ, it leaves little room for doubt that Christ is not merely rebuking one wealthy man for a lack of proper spiritual commitment, but is saying something very disquieting about wealth as such.

The teaching of Christ in the gospels is full of exhortations to «works righteousness,» however inconvenient they may prove for certain established strains of Christian dogmatics, and the episode of the young ruler is wholly lacking in the sort of exegetical ambiguities that might allow for reassuring evasions of that sort.

In addition to his advice to the young ruler, there was his clear injunction to store up treasure not on earth but only in heaven, his rather pointed remarks on the impossibility of dual service to both God and Mammon, his parable about the rich man and Lazarus (which was not, I think we can grant, merely a warning against dissipation), and so on.

John Calvin managed to invert the lesson of the passage almost entirely: The young ruler, he claimed, had asked an inept question, supposing that one could secure eternal life through works, and thus Christ's metaphor was meant as an illustration of the impossibility of anyone fulfilling the requirements of the law, and of the need therefore for a total reliance upon faith.

Or try matching Jesus» approval of Zaccheus's enthusiastic decision to give half his goods to the poor with Jesus» demand of the rich young ruler, «Sell all you have.»

Jesus» advice to the rich young ruler to sell everything and give it to the poor — Might it also be His advice to the organization we know as the church?

One day in church he heard a reading of Jesus» command to the rich young ruler, «If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me» (Matt.

Citing the example of Christ's admonition to the rich young ruler, David Bentley Hart notes that Christ's words in this story are «uncompromisingly severe» and «saying something very disquieting about wealth as such,» appears to associate wealth in the process with «spiritual impoverishment.»

Yesterday, we briefly considered the account of Jesus telling the Rich Young Ruler to sell all his possessions and give the money to the poor.

Jesus probably isn't so concerned with the wealth the rich young ruler had, and He probably isn't overly concerned about the buildings that churches own.

Yet, like the rich young ruler, we need a God, both for ourselves and for others, who impels us to change our ways.

One of the greatest examples of His teaching on money is His encounter with the Rich Young Ruler, which we will look at on Wednesday.

The divine Mother beckons the leper to have hope, and she beckons the rich young ruler to sell his possessions and give to the poor.

For example, Jesus said to the rich young ruler, «Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.»

This concept is seen most clearly in his admonition to the rich young ruler: «You lack one thing; go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come follow me» (Mark 10:21).

Despite our apparent desire to serve in the present world food crisis we are often like the rich young ruler who «went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions.»

Jesus» words to the rich young ruler were intended to expose both his privilege and his unwillingness to lay it down.

I refer you to Matthew 19:16 - 24, and the story of the rich young ruler.

Think of the rich young ruler, who was just plain too well off, too much like us, to be a disciple of Jesus.

Jesus called the young ruler to a new kind of material life, a life given to serving the poor with the «materials» of tears, blood and sweat.

It was started by Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron and is based on a particular understanding of what Jesus is saying in Luke 18 to a rich, young ruler.

This is exactly how Jesus did it, when He talked with the rich young ruler, when He spoke to the Samaritan woman at the well, and even when dealing with the Pharisees.

This is especially true of the primary text of «The Way of the Master» where Jesus confronts the rich young ruler.

It's always tempting to look away when Jesus speaks to us of wealth, convincing ourselves that the rich young ruler is someone else who makes more money than we do.

But repeated listenings peel back the layers, revealing what is in many ways Lamar's most compelling work to date, while still centering on the question that has always fascinated and troubled this rich young ruler: «what must I do to be saved?»

The rich young ruler, who obeys all the Jewish laws but is still not inwardly at peace, is urged to sell all he has, give the proceeds to the poor, and follow Jesus.

As a window into the perspective of the historical Jesus, let's take the well known encounter with the «rich young ruler.»

Especially with the rich young ruler — he allows this man to walk away because he's not willing to give up what he needs to in order to follow Christ.

I had a fascinating conversation with Max Stackhouse of Andover - Newton Seminary who felt that one of our greatest needs in the subject area of this book was for an examination of the history of preaching on certain texts as the «Rich Young Ruler» to see how sermons related to different contexts.