“How hard it is for a rich man to get saved, but with God anything is possible” exclaimed Jesus in Luke 18. Well it didn’t take long for God to show us an example of a rich man getting saved…and what a full dose of salvation he got!

Rodin’s “The Thinker” is still pondering. Ever wonder what he is thinking about? Has he ever found truth? How about you?

There is theology behind every story from the life of Jesus. The New Testemant is the unfolding of that theology and gives us a fuller picture of what God was doing in the stories that fill the gospels. How Jesus handled the troubled seeker in Luke 18 is mysterious on the surface but amazing and practical once one studies the relationship of the 10 commandments to the gospel that brings salvation.

It doesn’t get any easier than this! The poster-child of a “dream” seeker of Jesus. But did Jesus blow it?

In the midst of dealing with the salvation of a variety of adults up come the children, even babies. What does Jesus do? How do we view the children?

The sermon could be titled “The Bottom is Where Life Begins.” Sin takes one to the end of oneself. Salvation is not possible until that point. Salvation is one’s only hope at that point. Religion fails everywhere.