The Impossible Possibility - Mark 10:17-27

Scripture

• Mark 10:17–27

About this sermon

The account that is before us you find in Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Most of us know the story as that of the rich young ruler. And, the reason we know it as that is because of what we find in all three accounts. The man’s wealth is on display in all three accounts. But the man’s youthfulness is only mentioned in Matthew’s account. And the fact that the man was a ruler, likely a synagogue ruler, is mentioned only by Luke. So that is the testimony of the three accounts together that allows us to know that this was a rich young ruler. In all three accounts this meeting is given after Jesus blesses the children. The fact that it follows that scene is strategic. Whether this represents the actual order of events, or this is where all three writers place it, the point is unmistakable. God makes His point.