The standard by which God determines goodness is the character of God himself.

As Calvin once said that when we keep our eyes on the horizontal level fixed on this earthly plane. We begin to think of ourselves

more highly than we ought. We begin to flatter ourselves and consider ourselves as slightly

less than demigods until until once we turn our gaze to heaven

and contemplate just for a single second what kind of being God is.

If we do that for an instant, suddenly our self-image is shattered.

And we realize that if we examine ourselves in light of the character of God,

that we must repent in dust and ashes.

People tend to think that they're good, not perfect perhaps, but compared to others,

compared to people they see online or on the news, that they're doing okay.

But that's because they have distorted the definition of moral goodness, moral uprightness.

It's good to have you with us for another week of renewing your mind, as this week we consider several people who encounter Jesus

face to face. Can you imagine what that would have been like? Well as we look at

these encounters, R.C. Sprawl will help us see what they tell us about Jesus and what they reveal

about us.

This is a 13- Message Series titled, Face-To- Face with Jesus.

And you can add this series to your Bible Study Library

when you give a gift of any amount at renewing your mind.org.

Today we jump into this series

with the rich young rulers encounter with Jesus,

a man who like many people even today have a wrong view and a wrong standard of goodness.

Here's Dr. Sprawl.

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