[MarkBsnr]

And let’s not forget that the rich, young ruler was convinced he had kept the law perfectly from his youth. We know and Jesus SURE knew that he was deceiving himself for “All have sinned”. Until we come to the understanding of our sinfulness and our need of the Savior, we can never be saved regardless of how good we think we are or can be.

You might wish to read the three versions again, and see what words are actually written, not the meaning that you might bring to them.

[boatbums]

Me: And let’s not forget that the rich, young ruler was convinced he had kept the law perfectly from his youth. We know and Jesus SURE knew that he was deceiving himself for “All have sinned”. Until we come to the understanding of our sinfulness and our need of the Savior, we can never be saved regardless of how good we think we are or can be.

Markbsnr: You might wish to read the three versions again, and see what words are actually written, not the meaning that you might bring to them.

So, do YOU think, like the rich man, that he DID keep the whole law except for that one little detail about his love of his money? C'mon...do you honestly think that he was really being honest? That's what I was talking about that Jesus knew his heart, how else did he know about his weak spot? We have ALL sinned, we are ALL lawbreakers. Some are just better at hiding it than others but nothing is hidden from God. This guy was a sinner because he was merely human. There would have been no point in Jesus arguing with him over all the ways in which he wasn't as perfect as he thought, instead, he cut to the chase and pointed out the heart of the matter. Money was this guy's downfall because it kept him from following Christ but, in reality, he was the same as everyone else in that he needed to see his need for a Savior. This is a place we all must come to.