This past Sunday, Pastor Adam Meck preached a message entitled “Wholehearted Obedience.” Teaching from Matthew 19:16–22, Pastor Adam shared the story of the rich young ruler – a man who did everything right outwardly, yet still asked Jesus, “What am I still lacking?” He reminded us that we often try to fix soul-level issues with surface-level solutions, when what Jesus truly invites us into is deeper surrender. Ultimately, he reminded us that Jesus asks for our whole heart because He wants our heart to be whole. This message calls us to trust God fully, to let go of what holds us back, and to follow Him with wholehearted obedience.
✍️ Notes
16 And someone came to Him and said, “Teacher, what good thing shall I do so that I may obtain eternal life?” 17 And He said to him, “Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but if you want to enter life, keep the commandments.” 18 Then he *said to Him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “You shall not commit murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not give false testimony; 19 Honor your father and mother; and You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 20 The young man *said to Him, “All these I have kept; what am I still lacking?” 21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” 22 But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieving; for he was one who owned much property. Matthew 19:16-22 (NASB)
16 And someone came to Him and said, “Teacher, what good thing shall I do so that I may obtain eternal life?”
17 And He said to him, “Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but if you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
“TEACHER” - ADMIRER / LISTENER
“RABBI” - FOLLOWER / IMITATOR
⭑ OUR DESIRE TO LISTEN TO GOD THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES SHOULD BE STRONGER THAN OUR DESIRE TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE FROM PLATFORMS.
18-19 Then he said to Him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “You shall not commit murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not give false testimony; Honour your father and mother; and You shall love your neighbour as yourself. 20The young man said to Him, “All these I have kept; what am I still lacking?”
⭑ AT SOME POINT WE ALL END UP LIKE THE RICH YOUNG RULER, WONDERING “WHAT AM I STILL LACKING?”
⭑ WE TRY TO FIND SYSTEMATIC SOLUTIONS TO SOUL LEVEL PROBLEMS.
“We hit the wall when the practices that used to work stop working. We’ve done everything right, but we are being invited into a deeper surrender that cannot be managed or achieved.” Ruth Haley Barton - Strengthening The Soul Of Your Leadership
21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be complete, go and sell your possession and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And an outstanding reason for choosing some sort of God or spiritual-type thing to worship…
Is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive. If you worship money and things — if they are where you tap real meaning in life — then you will never have enough. Never feel you have enough. It’s the truth. Worship your own body and beauty and sexual allure and you will always feel ugly, and when time and age start showing, you will die a million deaths before they finally plant you….
Worship power — you will feel weak and afraid, and you will need ever more power over others to keep the fear at bay. Worship your intellect, being seen as smart — you will end up feeling stupid, a fraud, always on the verge of being found out. And so on. - David Foster Wallace, Address At Kenyon College, 2005
⭑ JESUS ASKS FOR YOUR WHOLE HEART BECAUSE HE WANTS YOUR HEART TO BE WHOLE.
Jesus and Money:
“That Jesus did not command all his followers to sell all their possessions gives comfort only to the kind of people to whom he would issue that command.” - Robert Gundry
⭑ “COME, FOLLOW ME”
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