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Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Matthew 19:16-22 ← Back to Chuck Smith's Bio & Resources "THE RICH YOUNG RULER" I. WHAT HE HAD. Matthew 16:21-28 - Let’s take a look at a section of Matthew 16 and see what we can do to discern meaning, and then application: 21 From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised… The question is best answered by looking at the context of the statement, which, beginning in Matthew 19:16, consists of a conversation between Jesus and a young rich ruler. This knowledge shows the way of life a Christian must follow in order to achieve salvation. A. He recognized in Jesus something far above the ordinary. You may also read Matthew 20:16, Mark 10:31 and Luke 13:30. “I Will Give unto Thee the Keys of the Kingdom” In the first century A.D., keys were typically made of iron and were bulkier, more expensive, and less common than modern house keys. 16 “But to what shall I compare this generation? EXEGESIS: MATTHEW 11:16-19. A fine temperament. (17) So He said to him, "Why do you call Me good? The keys to purely understanding the statement hinge first on what Jesus meant by … One meaning is that people who are first—“important”—in this life, will not necessarily have such status in the kingdom of God. No one is good but One, that is, God. His whole dealing with Christ revealed it. Keen discernment. To hold the keys of a house was a position of great trust. In Matthew 16:19, Christ continues, “And I will give unto you the keys of the kingdom of heaven…” The “keys” He is referring to here is symbolic language meaning that He gives His ministers the knowledge of how to enter the kingdom. It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions 17 and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you didn’t dance. Matthew 19:16-26 (16) Now behold, one came and said to Him, "Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?" But if you want to enter into life, keep the … In the account of Matthew 19:16-21 (and the parallel passages of Luke 18:18-23; Mark 10:17-22), a rich, young ruler approaches Jesus and asks Him what he must do to have eternal life. (Luke also contains the account of a lawyer who asks a similar question Luke 10:25-28. All three verses contain the statement “the first shall be last and the last shall be first.” These verses have dual meanings. There is no difference of meaning, I acknowledge, between the two Greek words Πέτρος ( Peter) and πέτρα, ( petra, a stone or rock,) (445) except that the former belongs to the Attic, and the latter to the ordinary dialect. 1. B. 2. But we are not to suppose that Matthew had not a good reason for employing this diversity of expression. …

He called Jesus "good Master."