Mark|10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and askedhim, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inheriteternal life?

Mark|10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is,God.

Mark|10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do notcommit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bearfalse witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.

Mark|10:20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.

Mark|10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thoushalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.

Mark|10:22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.

 Luke|16:20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

Luke|16:21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

Luke|16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

Luke|16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Luke|16:24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

Luke|16:25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

Luke|16:26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

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  74 Now, this young fellow here, this rich young ruler, he did the same thing. Let's follow and see what he done. No doubt, with the great man that he was, probably a handsome young man, dark hair combed down on the side, nice clothes. The young ladies thought, "Boy, that's a handsome young man." Oh, they'd... He'd maybe wave at them, and they'd flirt back with him, and things.

And he thought he was a great fellow, person (See?), because he was handsome, he was young. He wasn't looking down there at the end of the road. He was just looking here. "I'm young. I'm handsome. I'm rich. I can buy anything I want to. I can take these girls, and, boy, they all like me. And they know I'm a great man." And, see, he had all that. He had followed the instructions of his father and everything. "And I'm very religious. I go to church." And now he could follow that (See?), very popular, rich, and famous. And--and he...

  76 Just like today, like you had the opportunity to become a movie star (See?) or something like that. Most young kids today, you talk to them, they know more about these movie stars than they know about Jesus. You see? And, see, you--you children are learning about Jesus. Where they set down, and some play come on a movie, or something another, they know the actors and all there, all about it. They know all that better than that. You tell them about the Bible; they don't know nothing about the Bible. See? It's making the wrong choice. Now, some singer selling their God-given talent for fame...

  77 Then we see him at life's end. Let's follow him a little further. You know what the Bible says about this young fellow? He become more successful. So sometimes success don't mean that you've made the right choice. You know what he did? He went out and he had all big times, and throwed big parties, and spent lots of money and everything on the girls and everything. And then he got married and maybe had a family. And--and he--he just increased so much till he had to build new barns and things. And he said, "You see, I didn't follow Jesus, and look what I got." See?

You may hear people say that, and I have, "Well, look, He's blessed me." That don't mean it all. See?

And after while his barns swelled till even he said, why, even, "Soul, take your rest. I've got so much money and so much success. And I'm such a great man. I belong to all the clubs. And I--I have the riches of the world in my hands. I own great sums of land and sums of money, and--and, why, my, there everybody likes me, a very fine person to be."

But you know, the Bible said that that night, God said to him, "I'm going to require your soul."

  81 Then what did happened? Now, there was a beggar, a poor old Christian that laid out there by his gates. And just when they...

Up in Jerusalem, over there, they--they eat up on top of the house. And the bread crumbs fall off like this, and the pieces of meat, and so forth, hit the floor when they drop them. And they don't pick them up, because everything in Jerusalem, the old city, it--it's...

Is it all right to say a little joke here? They're f-o-b. You know what that is? Flies on the bread, flies on the beef, flies on the butter, f-o-b, flies on everything. They got out in the street, in the gutters and everything, and fly in and get right up on the...

So these people up there, they get up on top of the--of the building. And they eat, and then they drop this off, and then they sweep that off. And the dogs in the streets eats the crumbs. And he let this poor old Christian lay there in the street and just eat the crumbs that dropped from his plate--from his bed, or from his table.

And then when he got in, after while, he had sores, and he didn't have anything to put on his sores; his name was Lazarus. And the dogs come and licked his sores so he could try to get well.

  86 Well, you know, after while, this rich man, when he thought he had money to buy all kinds of medicine if he got sick; he had all kinds of doctors. But, you know, sometimes doctors can't help us; medicine won't help us; nothing can help us; we're at the mercy of God. And he come down to the end of his road; the doctors couldn't help him, and the nurses couldn't help him, the medicine couldn't help him, and he died. And then when his soul left his body (See?), it left all of his money, all of his education, everything that he had, all of his popularity. They give him a great big funeral, maybe a half-mast the flag, and--and the--the mayor of the city come, and they, and the preacher come and--and said, "Our brother now has gone to glory," and all like that.

But the Bible said that, "He lifted up his eyes in hell, in torment, and looked way across that great gulf there, and seen that beggar that had been laying there in his sore, over in heaven. And he cried, 'Send Lazarus down here with a little water. These flames are tormenting.' Said, 'Oh, no.'"

  88 See, he took the wrong choice in life. See? When he come to the end of the road to step out of life, he had been led by religion. He'd been led by education. He'd been led by the influence of his--of his success. But, you see, he had nothing to hold his hand; those things end there. You understand, little fellow? You adults do what I'm... See? He had nothing to hold him. His money couldn't hold him. His friends with the doctors couldn't hold him. Medicine couldn't hold him. His priest, his religion, couldn't hold him. So was only one thing for him to do. He'd--he had refused to accept Jesus, Eternal Life. So what did he have to do? Sink down into death, into hell. What a fatal mistake that young man had when he refused to walk with Jesus, be led by Jesus. He refused to do it.

So many young people are making that mistake today, refusing to be led by the--by the Lord Jesus. Now, we see what a fatal thing it is to refuse Eternal Life and be led by Jesus, a leadership, when He said, "Come, follow Me."