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<strong>Attack</strong> <strong>Your</strong> <strong>Lack</strong><br />
as it is this day."<br />
This young man had kept the covenant made<br />
by God with Abraham. He had kept the<br />
commandments God had laid down for His<br />
people.<br />
Let me point out to you that there is no<br />
substitute for your keeping God's<br />
commandments.<br />
Jesus said He came to fulfill the law, not to<br />
replace it. (See Matthew 5:17.) Think about that<br />
word fulfill. It means what it says, "FULL-FILL,<br />
fully filled, no lack." Jesus supplied the missing<br />
parts that made the law FULLY FILLED, without<br />
lack. God's commandments are still necessary for<br />
your provision and prosperity. (See Romans<br />
7:12.)<br />
Through obeying the commands of God this<br />
young ruler had become very prosperous. But<br />
now something has gone wrong. He feels lack, a<br />
lack that is keeping him from receiving the<br />
fullness of Jesus' life in his being.<br />
Read on: "Then Jesus looking at him loved<br />
him." Jesus didn't stop loving him because he had<br />
money. Jesus is not against people having money.<br />
He's the one who gives the ability to earn money.<br />
As Moses said, "He gives you power to get wealth<br />
that he may establish his covenant with you." In<br />
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