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!
什么是你生活中最重要的事？我想, 有很多人会说："我想要很多很多的钱。小女孩会说：我想要成为明星, 我想长得漂亮。年轻人会说, 我希望我成为一个伟大的运动员, 或者受到最好的教育, 去哈佛, 去麻省理工学院, 去北大, 去清华。在我们今天的圣经故事里, 也有一个年轻人, 他要面对一个人生最重要的选择：什么是他生命中最重要的事情。让我们来看看他到底做出了什么样的选择, 这个选择到底对不对？
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, 耶稣和他的门徒正走在路上, 有一个年轻人向他们跑来。从他穿的衣服上看, 他象是一个很有钱的人, 也许还是一个做官的呢！圣经在马可福音第十章说, 这个年轻人跪在耶稣面前问他说："良善的夫子, 我当作什么事, 才是永远的追随正道？"这是一个非常好的问题。
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？
这个年轻人知道耶稣是良善的夫子, 一个好的老师, 或者是一个好的先知, 但他没有认识到耶稣是神。 耶稣又对这个年轻人说, 诫命你是晓得的, 不可杀人, 不可奸淫, 不可偷盗, 不可作假见证, 不可亏负人, 当孝敬父母。他不加思索对耶稣说, 夫子, 这一切我从小都遵守了。这表明他是一个非常好的人。 但听听耶稣说什么？
"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.
耶稣问这个少年，你愿意为了正道散尽所有的财富吗？对于这个年轻人来说, 这是一个很难的选择。他实在是喜欢为一个富有的人。他也非常宝贵他在地上的财。他想, 为什么我得变卖所有的, 分给穷人呢？那我自己不就成穷人了吗？少年不愿意变穷，他伤心的转过身，然后离开了耶稣。
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.
耶稣因为他知道这个年轻人太爱这地上的财而不愿为了正道舍弃财富而难过。
How about you？But what kind of treasures are you laying up？
那你呢？朋友们。你们觉得什么才是真正的财富？是始终坚守内心的正义还是多多的赚钱积累金银财宝？
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