Mark 10:17-23 Jesus loved this rich young aristocrat. But, did Jesus love this man the same as He loves His own kids ? I would contend that He did not. God cannot even look upon sin, let alone love it. And if we truly believe that we are born dead in sin (Col. 2:13), then we must admit that we are dead through and through - heart and body, and that there is nothing else about us to love. We are actually called the enemy of God in Romans 5:10. This means God is at war with us, and we are at war with Him and His kingdom. Jesus' love for this man was the love He tells us to have for our enemies, the love He had for the "world" in John 3:16 - meaning it is a love that is a choosing to do good in spite of being despised, rejected, scorned, mistreated, misunderstood, and murdered. It is a love based upon the grace of God and not upon the recipients' worthiness. But did Jesus' love for that young man signify his acceptance into God's eternal kingdom, o
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