Luke 18:18-30 — Who are you following?

• the Parable of the Camel and the Needle’s Eye

1. How do I get eternal life?

18. Now a certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

2. The Cost of the Law

19. Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
20. You know the commandments:
    do not commit adultery,
    do not murder,
    do not steal,

The story

• Jesus is baptized by John
• voice of the Father “You are my beloved Son—with you I am well pleased.”
  • (This is going to be a key event because it is Jesus’ relationship with his Father that is going to be Satan’s point of attack.)
• the Spirit comes...
  

Why Jesus’ commands are not legalism—Luke 6

• How does this fit in with grace?
• How come Jesus does not spend his time telling people he loves them just the way they are and there is nothing they can do to make him love them more or less.
• Where is the grace?