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What is the sum o f all the law? Love G od; sell all; love your neighbor; give obedience; follow M e ! If he loved his neighbor, he would sell all and give to him. If he loved God, he would follow Christ, who is God. What a contrast! He came running; he went away sorrowful. Think o f going away empty from Jesus Christ! He went home. Follow him to his empty palace; his shallow pleasures; hear the echo o f his empty, hungry soul—“eternal life ! Eternal life !! Eternal life ! ! ! ” Contrast the riches to which he clung, with the riches from which he turned away. PRACTICAL POINTS (1) Put over against “what shall I do?” “What God hath done.” (2) I f Jesus is not God, He is not good. (3) It is one thing to acknowledge the T T rejoices one greatly to learn o f a young man running to Jesus Christ. In a meeting some years ago a preacher gave an invitation for men to come forward and kneeling give their hearts to God. A young man in the back jumped from his seat, ran down the aisle like a deer and fell face downward upon the floor before the pulpit. It was a great victory for that young man for he was a dissipated fellow. His only hope was to get to Jesus Christ as soon as possible. He is today a Meth odist minister winning others to Christ. A Moral Young Man .—So often parents say, when asked about their sons, “Oh, he is a good, .moral young man” ; as if he did not need Christ. Jesus said the young man who had kept the commandments so well lacked one thing. He lacked life— divine life, he. was not born again. A young man, clean o f habits, upright in his dealings, son o f well-to-do parents, his father a professional man, came into some meetings. He thought he-was good enough until he heard Evangelist E. E. Davidson
need o f eternal life and another thing to accept the gift o f eternal life. (4) The Lord always tests a soul before He takes it. (5) Sell all and give up; serve Christ and get all. (6) To lack the one thing is to lose all - things. (7) Eternal life is not inherited; it is imparted. (8) Who travels with Jesus takes light baggage. (9) There is tremendous risk in trusting in riches. (10) One may stand on the threshold of heaven, and yet turn to the stairway o f hell. (11) The impossible is possible to infinite power. give the Bible description o f a person out side o f Christ. He saw he was lost and came to Christ. He is a useful Bible Christian today occupying a very respon sible position in a large religious institu tion. A Rich Young Man .—A t a Y. M. C. A. meeting, o f men only, in Jamestown, N. Y., some years ago, the writer gave an invitation and a young man pushed his way through the crowd and came down and took his hand, confessing Christ as his Saviour. He paid, as ’ he. shook hands with me, “I have everything money can buy, my father is a millionaire, but I need Christ.” An Earnest Young Man .—He was such a fine looking fellow that it says, “Jesus beholding him loved him.” One o f those attractive fellows that you can scarcely keep your eyes from, some years ago in an eastern community, came into a church service. He was tall, well proportioned, fine features, a head like Daniel Webster’s covered with black, silky hair. The writer
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