Go. Sell. Give. Come. Follow.

  Go. Sell. Give. Come. Follow.

These are the things we have learned in the last 4 posts.

The young man was earnest and respectful.

The young man wanted to inherit eternal life, and believed Jesus had insight into how that might happen.

The young man was very wealthy.

In the end, the wealth held him captive.  He could not come and follow because he could not leave behind his great pile of possessions.

Jesus loved him just the same.

However, Jesus did not revise the five commands.  Those who follow need to first Go. Sell. Give.  Otherwise you have too much baggage trailing behind; too many things that demand your attention; one too many things claiming your heart.

Jesus loved him, but the commands remained the same.