April 28, 2012 Jesus isn't Good?

Jesus Isn’t Good? Mark 10:17-18 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good — except God alone.” DO YOU have the heart of this young man that caused him to run up to Jesus and fall at his knees before him? That’s a good kind of heart to have—a heart eagerly seeking Heaven’s eternal truths to know “what must I do to inherit eternal life”. When you have a question that needs a best answer, what do you do? Do you, as this mand did, find the best authority available to you? I hope so. That’s what this man was doing—seeking the truth of Heaven from the One who was demonstrating Heaven’s Truth come to earth. When Jesus replies to the man’s greeting, “Good teacher” by saying, “No one is good—except God alone.” he wants the man to recognize him as God. Before he teaches the man the truths of Heaven, Jesus wants the man to know he is talking not to a good teacher, but he is talking to the true God. Goodness is of God. Goodness comes only from God. Only God is good, and when you call Jesus “good” know he is not simply a teacher who teaches “good” things, but know he is God who teaches God’s truths. The man came running to the Truth to find the truth of Heaven. He dropped to his knees humbly willing to hear the truth. He did not come casually. He came passionately desiring answers. Is that what you do when you come to church? Pause and consider: how passionately do you seek the truth?