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Luk 18:18-30. The rich young ruler and discourse thereon.
This case presents some remarkable points.
(1) The man was of irreproachable moral character; and this amidst all the temptations of youth, for he was a “young man” (Mat 19:22), and wealth, for “he was very rich” (Luk 18:23; Mar 10:22).
(2) But restless notwithstanding, his heart craves eternal life.
(3) Unlike the “rulers,” to whose class he belonged (Luk 18:18), he so far believed in Jesus as to be persuaded He could authoritatively direct him on this vital point.
(4) So earnest is he that he comes “running” and even “kneeling before Him,” and that when He was gone forth into the war (Mar 10:17) - the high-road, by this time crowded with travelers to the passover; undeterred by the virulent opposition of the class he belonged to as a “ruler” and by the shame he might be expected to feel at broaching such a question in the hearing of a crowd and on the open road.