This sermon was preached at OneChurch HB, September 22, 2024. The text is Luke 18:18-30.
In the letter to the Colossians, Paul describes Jesus’ ministry as the reconciling of all things to himself. In short, Scripture teaches that the mission of Jesus is to bring all things - human beings, creation, culture, everything - back under his reign as the Lord of the Universe.
So, what we are going to be doing for the next five weeks is look at the ways in which Jesus confronted some of the pillars of our society and boldly preached that these things must be redeemed. Jesus essentially says, time and time again during his earthly ministry: “Look, I am making all of this right again - the whole world - and to make that happen then you must understand the rules of my reign. These things you value so much must be seriously reconsidered.”
We begin today by looking at how Jesus confronts one of the most foundational pillars of our modern society: money.
Now, this might make you a bit uncomfortable, but if you love Jesus and you read His word, there is really no escaping it. Now let’s read this passage and allow God to speak truth to our hearts as we consider the role of money in our lives, and its rightful place within the Kingdom of God.
This is an incredible (true) story from Jesus’ ministry. We are going to take each section one piece at a time to make sure we really understand, and are able to draw the spiritual succor from such a rich passage. We are going to work through this text along these three points:
