What is the most important thing in life to you？To many people it is having lots of money. To some girls, it is being the most famous, or most beautiful. To some young men it is being the best in sports or having the best education. In our Bible lesson today a young man had to make a hard decision about what was going to be the most important thing in his life. Listen to see if he made the right decision!
什麼是你生活中最重要的事？我想, 有很多人會說："我想要很多很多的錢。小女孩會說：我想要成為明星, 我想長得漂亮。年輕人會說, 我希望我成為一個偉大的運動員, 或者受到最好的教育, 去哈佛, 去麻省理工學院, 去北大, 去清華。在我們今天的聖經故事裡, 也有一個年輕人, 他要面對一個人生最重要的選擇：什麼是他生命中最重要的事情。讓我們來看看他到底做出了什麼樣的選擇, 這個選擇到底對不對？
Jesus and His disciples were going on their way one day when they saw a young man running toward them. Oh, they could tell by his clothes that he was rich, and probably a leader in his town. The Bible says in Mark chapter 10 that the young man kneeled before the Lord Jesus and asked Him, "Good Master, what shall I do that I may have eternal life？" That was a good question.
有一天, 耶穌和他的門徒正走在路上, 有一個年輕人向他們跑來。從他穿的衣服上看, 他象是一個很有錢的人, 也許還是一個做官的呢！聖經在馬可福音第十章說, 這個年輕人跪在耶穌面前問他說："良善的夫子, 我當作什麼事, 才是永遠的追隨正道？"這是一個非常好的問題。
Jesus went on to tell the young man, "You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not lie, Don't cheat anyone, Honor your father and your mother." The young man quickly answered, "Master, all these commandments I have kept since my youth." He was saying to Jesus, "I'm good." But what did Jesus say？
這個年輕人知道耶穌是良善的夫子, 一個好的老師, 或者是一個好的先知, 但他沒有認識到耶穌是神。 耶穌又對這個年輕人說, 誡命你是曉得的, 不可殺人, 不可姦淫, 不可偷盜, 不可作假見證, 不可虧負人, 當孝敬父母。他不加思索對耶穌說, 夫子, 這一切我從小都遵守了。這表明他是一個非常好的人。 但聽聽耶穌說什麼？
"There is none good but God." No doubt this young man had done good things, and perhaps people had told him, "You're such a good person." But God says that none of us are good, we are all born as sinners who do, say, and think wrong things. When you are selfish with your things, when you feel jealous that someone makes a better grade at school, when you disobey you are not doing good, you are sinning. Isaiah 64：6 says, "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags." Romans 6：23 tells us the wages, or payment, for our sin is death, an eternal death in hell.
Can you see now why none of us could ever be good enough to earn our way to heaven？The rich young man hoped he was good enough to get to heaven. Jesus was trying to help him see he was not. Mark 10：21 says, "Then Jesus looking at him, loved him？"Our perfect Lord Jesus, as God the Son, does love us all, even tough we are sinners. How could He love us like that？
Because He created us, and because He is love. Because He loves us, He wants us to be in Heaven with Him forever. Jesus loved this young man too, and told him what to do so the young man could be with Him in Heaven forever. "One thing you need to do, young man：go back and sell what you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven, and then com back ready to take up the cross and follow Me." Jesus knew this young man had lots of treasure on earth, but Jesus was showing him how to have treasure in heaven
Jesus told the rich young man what he needed to do to have everlasting life and treasure in Heaven. What a hard decision for the young man! He loved being rich. He dearly loved his treasures on earth. "Why, if I sell everything I have and give to the poor, " he probably thought, "then I myself will be poor." He did not want to be poor here, even though it would mean to be rich in heaven. He stood there grieving, and then he sadly turned and walked away from Jesus.
耶穌問這個少年，你願意為了正道散盡所有的財富嗎？對於這個年輕人來說, 這是一個很難的選擇。他實在是喜歡為一個富有的人。他也非常寶貴他在地上的財。他想, 為什麼我得變賣所有的, 分給窮人呢？那我自己不就成窮人了嗎？少年不願意變窮，他傷心的轉過身，然後離開了耶穌。
Jesus was sad because He knew this young man's love for his earthly riches was going to cause him to miss the wonderful eternal riches of Heaven. Jesus knew that soon He Himself would go to the cross to die for the sins of this young man, and for the sins of the whole world.
耶穌因為他知道這個年輕人太愛這地上的財而不願為了正道捨棄財富而難過。
How about you？But what kind of treasures are you laying up？
那你呢？朋友們。你們覺得什麼才是真正的財富？是始終堅守內心的正義還是多多的賺錢積累金銀財寶？
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