Matthew 19:16-19 (NKJV) 16 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good[d] Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?” 17 So He said to him, [e]“Why do you call Me good? [f]No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.” 18 He said to Him, “Which ones?” 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 your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
Revelation 22:14-15 (NKJV) 14 Blessed are those who [g]do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. 15 [h]But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.
As we look at this world and grow to have our own opinions, we come to an understanding of what is good and what is bad. The understanding that we received may have come from a person or organization; or it may have come from within us. Once we have developed our own definition of what is good and what is bad, we evaluate everything in life based on our definition of what is good and what is bad. As we grow, we learn that how we define good or bad is not necessarily how others define what is good or what is bad. Sometimes that definition can be defined based upon how we feel about something or someone, sometimes it can be based upon how our parents or system of understanding have taught us, sometimes it can be based upon how the people with whom we fellowship have taught us, or sometimes it can be defined by whatever spirit we subject ourselves to. Understanding what is good versus what is bad is important to us as each has a particular destination for us at the end of our journey along the path called good or the path called bad.
As we examine Matthew 19:16-19, we have a young man who has come to The Master Teacher with a profound and eternity based question. He called The Master good based on his understanding of what is considered to be good. He called The Master good based on the actions that The Master displayed as He walked among His people of Judea. He called The Master good because the Judeans were taught from The Word of The Father (some call it the Law of Moses) on what is good and what is bad. He called The Master good because The Master’s walk was in perfect alignment with The Spirit embedded in The Word from The Father. He called The Master good because their was no fault in Him when His life and actions were examined to see if they met the standard for how The Father defined what is good and what is bad.
As we examine Matthew 19:16-19, we have a young man who has come to The Master Teacher with a profound and eternity based question. The young man had been taught what is good and how to display what was good in the eyes of The Father. Now, the young man asked The Master Teacher, who walked the walk as He talked the talk of eternity, a question about his eternal destination. The Master looked at him and told him to follow The Instructions that are given in Exodus 20. Ahhh, here it is. The Master is providing the straight and narrow path for the young man to follow into his destiny. The Master does not provide him a riddle to solve to understand his destiny. The Master does not tell him to go and get several college degrees to understand his destiny. The Master does not tell him that he does not have the right secret symbols or handshakes to enter into his destiny. The Master simply tells him to do what was taught to Israel by Moses after Israel had come away from Egypt.
Family, this same question asked by this young man is asked by many people across the earth. The answer to the question is so simple that many have trouble even believing that it is as simple as The Master told the young man. Many want to add and have added to what The Master said. Many want to take away and have taken away from what The Master said. Many do not want to follow what The Master has said, but will follow what fallible, empty and prideful men have told and continue to tell them. Many will follow powerless traditions that come from the cunningness of the chief of liars and all those on his team.
Family, The Master in His pre-resurrection body told the young man and us what Good Thing we need to do in order to Enter Eternal Life. The Master in His post-resurrection body has told us what Good Thing we need to do in order to Enter Eternal Life. The Father’s Word is the same yesterday, today and forevermore. The Father does not change. He is Good, Great, Giving and Glorious! Family, do what The Master has told us to do.
Family, stop following those who speak, teach, preach and live contrary to what The Master has said. Family, stop fooling yourself into thinking that your bad way of thinking, bad way of speaking and bad way of living is actually good in the eyes of The Father. The world has taught you that all of this bad that you see is good and the minimal amount of good that you see is bad. Family, He has spoken…let all of the disciples say So Be It, say Halleluyah, and say that It Is So! Family, make sure that you don’t walk away from The Master like the young man did, but that you take to heart what The Master has said and do the Good Thing to Enter Eternal Life!
Shalom (Peace)!
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