Since children are citizens of heaven, might they also be spiritually alive? And thus might they, when they reach an “age of accountability,” die spiritually, and from then on need to be born again if they are to inherit eternal life?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 19:14
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Jesus told the rich young ruler that he must sell his possessions and give to the poor if he wanted to enter the kingdom of heaven. Does this mean that everyone has to sell their possessions in order to enter heaven?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 19:25-27
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The rich young ruler called Jesus a “good teacher” and asked what “good thing” he needed to do to inherit eternal life. But Jesus said that no one is good but God alone. What was Jesus saying to the rich young ruler about himself?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 19:16-17
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Jesus plainly told the rich young ruler that, if he wanted to inherit eternal life, he needed to keep the commandments. Was Jesus mistaken? Or did Jesus’ words only apply to one man, or perhaps just to people under the old covenant?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 19:16-17
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Unless we consider who Jesus was speaking to as He made His statements about divorce and remarriage, we are apt to misinterpret and misapply His words, making adulterers out of innocent people.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 19:9-10
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Jesus plainly told the rich young ruler that there were at least six major commandments that he had to obey if he was to inherit eternal life. The young ruler claimed to have kept them all since his childhood, and Jesus didn’t become angry at his pride. Rather He reacted quite the opposite.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 19:17-20
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When we find enough information in the wider context of the Bible to “let ourselves off the hook” regarding Jesus’ apparent universally-binding statements about divorce and remarriage, shouldn’t we make sure there isn’t even more information found in the wider context that might let others find the same grace?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 19:9
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Did what Jesus said to the rich young ruler have any application to us? Can we get into heaven without keeping certain commandments?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 19:18-21
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The basis of the Pharisees’ question by which they tested Jesus regarding lawful divorce is found in Deuteronomy 24. By studying that, we plainly see the error of the Pharisees, and the error of much “Christian” doctrine on the subject.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 19:9
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Was Jesus’ instruction for the rich young ruler to sell his possessions and give to charity an option that had no bearing on him obtaining eternal life?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 19:21
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