July 30, 2023 Jesus Encounter

Part 4 | Who Says Who I Am

From Matthew 19:16-30

My identity is that which I want or to me.

📖 Matthew 19:16-18 ESV And behold, a man came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” 17 And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.” 18 He said to him, “Which ones?”

📖 Deuteronomy 15:5-6 ESV if only you will strictly obey the voice of the LORD your God, being careful to do all this commandment that I command you today. 6 For the LORD your God will bless you, as he promised you, and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow, and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you.

📖 Deuteronomy 28:1 ESV “And if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

📖 Matthew 19:18b-20ESV And Jesus said, “You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, 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 do I still lack?”

1. An encounter with Jesus will my self-determined .

📖 Matthew 19:21 ESV Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

Bible Study Pro Tip #4: Take note of or in the you’re studying.

📖 Matthew 13:24 ESV He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,

📖 Matthew 16:19 ESV I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

📖 Matthew 18:4 ESV Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

The kingdom of heaven is and .

The point is not that God wants us or .

The point is God wants our .

2. True identity comes from what God us, not what we of ourselves.

📖 Matthew 19:22-29 ESV When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. 23 And Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 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.” 25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?” 26 But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” 27 Then Peter said in reply, “See, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?” 28 Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

3. When my identity is in Christ, I can never lose He gives me.