Matthew 19:20 KJV
The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
My thoughts were captivated by the phrase, "what lack I yet."
There this young man was; obviously convicted that he did not have eternal life. Before him stood the answer to eternal life, and yet all he could think of is what one more good thing must I do to have eternal life.
It is a sure sign that one either is not saved or at the very least does not understand salvation, if he is always wondering, "What other good thing could I do that would finally and forever earn my way into glory?"
Even if he could have sold all he had and given it to the poor, we know that would not have purchased his salvation. Only a relationship with Jesus Christ will do that.
So the question for the child of God is not, "What lack I yet?" We have everything necessary for our salvation before us in the person of Jesus Christ.
Our question is,
Who else lacks Christ?
Whom may we introduce to the Lord?
Who is wondering what good thing they must do and missing that it is not a thing we do but that we have placed our faith in Jesus Christ that saves us?
The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
My thoughts were captivated by the phrase, "what lack I yet."
There this young man was; obviously convicted that he did not have eternal life. Before him stood the answer to eternal life, and yet all he could think of is what one more good thing must I do to have eternal life.
It is a sure sign that one either is not saved or at the very least does not understand salvation, if he is always wondering, "What other good thing could I do that would finally and forever earn my way into glory?"
Even if he could have sold all he had and given it to the poor, we know that would not have purchased his salvation. Only a relationship with Jesus Christ will do that.
So the question for the child of God is not, "What lack I yet?" We have everything necessary for our salvation before us in the person of Jesus Christ.
Our question is,
Who else lacks Christ?
Whom may we introduce to the Lord?
Who is wondering what good thing they must do and missing that it is not a thing we do but that we have placed our faith in Jesus Christ that saves us?
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