| Jesus and the Rich Young Ruler
My entire life I have been taught this passage, and the way I have always heard it expounded is that when Jesus tells the rich young ruler to sell all he has and follow him, that this is what we must do to be saved. Not litterally sell all of our possessions but give up everything for Jesus Christ.
I have been listening to the archived editions of Sinners and Saints podcasts lately and they gave John MacArthur the Bonehead of the week award for presenting this passage this way. They said that Jesus was not telling the man what he must do to be justified, rather he was telling the rich young ruler what he must do to fulfill the law, in order to earn his own salvation.
Both expositions of this passage to seem to make some sense to me, and I am curious as to what the reformed position has typically been in understanding this passage? Is Jesus expounding on the Law in order to convict this man, or presenting him with the Repent and Believe that is necessary to enter into the new Covenant??
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