The Whisper of Wealth

Mark 10:17-31

The wealthy – 

1. You can have but the and end up with . (17-27)

The Man Who Had Everything

• (Mt. 19:22 – “young man”
• (Lk. 18:18) – “ruler”
• (17) – “ran up”
• (17) – “knelt … Good Teacher”
• (17) – “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
• (20) – “all these I have kept from my youth”
• (21) – “Jesus, looking at him, loved him”
• (22) – “He had great possessions”

Jesus pushes back.

• Jesus questions the man’s . (18)
• Jesus exposes the man’s . (21)

“You lack one thing …”

Why did Jesus tell him to sell it all and give to the poor?

* Wealth everything is .

* Poverty everything is .

2. You can but the and end up with (28-31)

“Peter began to say to him, ‘See, we have left everything and followed you.” (28)

So what is Jesus saying to us?