What matters most?

The message I shared  this morning was taken from the passage in Luke 18:18-23 which talks about the rich young ruler.

Of all the people who came to Jesus, he was probably the only one where its recorded went away disappointed.

  • He was successful as far as the world is concerned 
  • He was successful as far as the church is concerned    
But Jesus saw through his heart to know that he was not committed to the real important issues that mattered to God.

In spite of all his social and religious standing in society, what mattered most to him did not matter with God.


From the passage, what matters most depends on three important factors
  • Who is your point of reference
    • For this young ruler, Jesus was only a teacher. He took reference from a man and not the son of God
  • What are your pre-occuptaions
    • He was more pre-occupied with doing the good things but not the most important things. Jesus did not mention the first commandments that referred to God because the young man was not too concerned about keeping them.
  • What gives you the maximum satisfaction
    • For the young man possession gave more satisfaction that following Jesus

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