{"id":136,"date":"2014-12-16T14:44:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T14:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/what-jesus-should-have-thought-and-said-to-the-rich-young-ruler\/"},"modified":"2014-12-16T14:44:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T14:44:00","slug":"what-jesus-should-have-thought-and-said-to-the-rich-young-ruler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/gospelpost\/what-jesus-should-have-thought-and-said-to-the-rich-young-ruler\/","title":{"rendered":"What Jesus &#8220;Should&#8221; Have Thought and Said to the Rich Young Ruler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"background-color: #444444;color: white;font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size: 17px;line-height: 22.4640007019043px\">The Rich Young Man   [16] And behold, a man came up to him, saying, \u201cTeacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?\u201d [17] And he said to him, \u201cWhy do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.\u201d [18] He said to him, \u201cWhich ones?\u201d And Jesus said, \u201cYou shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, [19] Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.\u201d [20] The young man said to him, \u201cAll these I have kept. What do I still lack?\u201d [21] Jesus said to him, \u201cIf 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.\u201d [22] When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.  (Matthew 19:16-22 ESV)<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: #444444;color: white;font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size: 17px;line-height: 22.4640007019043px\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: #444444;color: white;font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size: 17px;line-height: 22.4640007019043px\">What Jesus &#8220;Should&#8221; have thought and said according to popular Christian thinking of today. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: #444444;color: white;font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px;line-height: 22.4640007019043px\">1. This one will be a good catch for my cause. He is popular and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16.6666679382324px;line-height: 22.4640007019043px\">influential<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17px;line-height: 22.4640007019043px\"> and people will follow him as he follows me! <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif\"><span style=\"background-color: #444444;color: white;font-size: 17px;line-height: 22.4640007019043px\">2. Yes, his heart still clings to his possessions, but I will get to that later. I will let him walk with me for a while and soon enough he will make me Lord of his life. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif\"><span style=\"background-color: #444444;color: white;font-size: 17px;line-height: 22.4640007019043px\">3. This guy is a seeker! Wow, how awesome it is to see someone who really want&#8217;s the truth!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: #444444;color: white;font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px;line-height: 22.4640007019043px\">4. I am really proud of you for being so <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16.6666679382324px;line-height: 22.4640007019043px\">diligent<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17px;line-height: 22.4640007019043px\"> and obeying what you know of the law!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: white\"><span style=\"color: #363030;font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 17px;line-height: 22.4640007019043px\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rich Young Man [16] And behold, a man came up to him, saying, \u201cTeacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?\u201d [17] And he said to him, \u201cWhy do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. 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