HOW MAY I HAVE ETERNAL LIFE?
Scripture Reading: Matthew 19:16:22
Text: Matthew 19:16-22

1 - A QUESTION OF SUPREME IMPORTANCE {vs 16}

-People ignore matters of the soul {Matt. 16:26}

2 - A PERSONAL QUESTION {vs 16}

-...that I may have...

3 - A QUESTION ASKED BY A YOUNG MAN {vs 22}

-The older you get, the harder it is to be saved

4 - A QUESTION ASKED IN EARNEST {vs 16; Mark 10:17}

-Don't wait or put it off

5 - A QUESTION ASKED BY A MAN OF GREAT MORALITY {vv 18-22}

-Salvation is for the wicked as well as those who are "good"
-Hell will be full of people who did good deeds and were religious

6 - A QUESTION ASKED OF JESUS CHRIST

-This young man asked the right person about salvation {John 14:6}

7 - THIS YOUNG MAN EXPECTED SALVATION BY WORKS {vs 16}

-Eph 2:8-9; Titus 3:5-6

8 - THIS YOUNG MAN WAS HELD BY ONE REIGNING IDOL {vs 22}

-Riches kept him from eternal life

9 - THIS YOUNG MAN WAS UNWILLING TO YIELD TO THE REQUEST OF THE SAVIOR {vs 22}