The Faith of Jesus - Alonzo T. Jones
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Chapter 3<br />
"Come, Follow Me"<br />
When the young man came to <strong>Jesus</strong>, asking,<br />
“Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I<br />
may have eternal life?” <strong>Jesus</strong> answered, “If thou<br />
wilt enter into life, keep the commandments,” and<br />
cited the second table <strong>of</strong> the Ten Commandments.<br />
<strong>The</strong> young man replied: “All these things have I<br />
kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? <strong>Jesus</strong> said<br />
unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that<br />
thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have<br />
treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”<br />
As the record says that <strong>Jesus</strong> “looking upon<br />
him loved him,” and as <strong>Jesus</strong> asked him to follow<br />
him, it is evident that the young man was a person<br />
<strong>of</strong> good intentions and honesty <strong>of</strong> purpose, and he<br />
undoubtedly supposed that he had really kept the<br />
commandments. But it is not our own estimate that<br />
is the standard <strong>of</strong> what constitutes obedience to the<br />
law; it is God’s estimate that is the standard. We<br />
might conform so strictly to the law that, according<br />
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