The Rich Young Ruler

The Rich Young Ruler
Luke 18.15-30

Luke, ever the artist, is building up his great picture with colour after colour, layer after layer of paint, until he draws the eye towards the great scene he has in mind when Jesus arrives in Jerusalem. He has given us Jesus’ lessons on humility and gratitude. He has given us two parables about God’s vindication of his people, both in the future and also, for those with humble and penitent faith, in the present. He now builds on both of these, still leading us towards Jerusalem, and speaks here of the extraordinary challenge of entering God’s kingdom, of sharing the life of the age to come...

Taken from Luke for Everyone – by Tom Wright