Surrendering All Known Sin & Following (TMF:1459)

Thursday, September 17, 2020
Peace to Live By: Surrendering All Known Sin & Following (TMF:1459) - Daniel Litton
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       You see, in order for a person to come to Jesus, that person has to be willing to surrender all known sin and follow him. The trouble here is that this man had an issue with covetousness. He wasn’t willing to give it up to come to Jesus. He wasn’t willing to tear his eye out for the sake of the kingdom. He wanted to keep his sin and yet have Jesus at the same time. But as we all know, Jesus wouldn’t have it. It doesn’t work that way. And sadly, many people are the same way, no matter what the sin actually is they are keeping. If we continue reading in the passage in Matthew 19, we can see Jesus further elaborate. The text says, “And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, 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” (Matthew 19:23, 24, ESV). The rich person sees no need to accept Jesus oftentimes.