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这是关于一个富有的年轻人想跟随耶稣的故事。（马太福音19:13-22）
主题
跟随耶稣、奉献、天国、讨神喜悦、分享
时间
约10分钟
故事
这个年轻人非常兴奋。听说耶稣要来城里，他觉得能见到耶稣一定很棒。他听到很多关于耶稣的美好的故事，希望能跟随祂。这位年轻人想聆听耶稣谈论生活、神以及许多美好的事物！
年轻人走近人群，到处寻找耶稣。他不停地找，终于，他找到了耶稣。耶稣正站在人群中间，谈论着小孩子。耶稣希望小孩子到祂跟前来。年轻人惊奇地看着耶稣穿过人群，说道：“让小孩子到我这里来，因为天国是属于他们的。”然后，所有的孩子都跑向耶稣，耶稣把手放在每个孩子身上。
耶稣并不担心年长的人会怎么看祂。祂停下手头的事，专门让孩子们靠近祂，温柔地和他们说话。年轻人觉得这太不可思议了，他现在比以往更想跟随耶稣了。
他走近耶稣，有些紧张，但他必须问一个重要的问题。这也许是他唯一的开口机会了。“老师，”他说，“我该做什么善事才能得到永远的生命？”他觉得这是个很好的问题。
耶稣说：“你为什么问我什么是善的？只有一位是善的。如果你想进入永远的生命，就要遵守诫命。”耶稣的语气和对孩子们说话时完全不同。这个人毕竟已经是成年人了。
他想了想耶稣的回答，然后问：“具体是哪些诫命呢？”
耶稣回答说：“不可杀人，不可奸淫，不可偷盗，不可作假见证，要孝敬父母，并爱邻舍如同自己。”
年轻人再一次思考耶稣的话，他觉得自己做得还不错，因为从小时候起，他就遵守这些诫命，就像他刚才看到的那些孩子一样。但他觉得肯定还有更多需要做的事情。“这些我都遵守了，还需要做什么呢？”他问道。
好吧，他没料到耶稣接下来说的话。这位年轻人不仅年轻，而且非常富有。他拥有很多东西，很多钱，但他不是那种愿意放弃钱财的人。
耶稣回答说：“如果你想要完全，就去变卖你所有的，把钱分给穷人，这样你就会在天上有财宝。然后你可以来跟随我。”
对于这个年轻人来说，这是非常悲伤的事情。他真的想跟随耶稣，并确保自己能在天国有一席之地，但他不愿放弃耶稣让他放弃的东西。这个年轻人想着自己的私利，没把神放在首位。他只是想知道能靠什么办法进天国。
那天，这位年轻人带着沮丧的表情离开了。他试图想出其他方法来获得永生，但他很清楚自己需要做什么——将所有的物质财富都施舍出去。然而，这个年轻人拒绝这样做。金钱和财物对他来说太重要了。他没有遵循耶稣的要求。
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*** 英文版 *******
A Very Rich Young Man
A retelling of the story about a rich young man who wanted to follow Jesus. (Matthew 19: 13-22)
TOPICS:Following Jesus, Giving, Heaven, Pleasing God, Sharing DURATION:Approximately 10 minutesThe young man was so excited. He had heard that Jesus was going to be in town and he thought it would be great to meet Him. He had heard so many good things about Jesus and wanted to follow Him on His journeys. The young man wanted to listen to Jesus as He spoke about life, God, and so many wonderful things! |
As the young man walked closer to the crowd, he searched and searched and searched for Jesus. Finally his eyes found Him. He was standing between a whole bunch of people and talking about little children. Jesus wanted the little children to come to Him. The young man watched in wonder as Jesus walked through the crowd saying, “Let the little children come to me, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them.” Then all the children ran up to Jesus and He placed His hands on each one of them.
Jesus was not worried about what the older people thought. Instead, He stopped what He was doing simply to let the children come close, so He could speak softly to them. The young man thought this was amazing. Now he wanted to follow Jesus more than ever.
He walked nearer to Jesus, a bit nervous, but he had to ask an important question. This may be his only chance to speak up. “Teacher,” he said. “What good thing must I do to get eternal life?” He thought this was a very good question.
Jesus said, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, obey the commandments.” His tone was much different now than it was with the children. But then this young man was much older.
He thought about Jesus’ answer for a moment and then asked, “which commandments, exactly?”
Jesus responded, “Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor you father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.”
The young man thought again about this and believed he was doing pretty well since he had followed all of those commandments since he was a little boy, kind of like the little children he had seen with Jesus earlier. But he thought there must be more. “I have kept all of these, what else do I need to do?” he asked.
Well, he was not ready for what Jesus said next. You see, this man was not only young, he was also very rich. He had a lot of things, a lot of money and he was not the kind of person who was willing to give them up.
Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go sell what you have and give it to the poor and you will have treasure in Heaven. Then you can come and follow me.”
Yikes, this was a hard one! Not only did the young man feel like a bad guy because he had so much money, now even worse, he knew he would never be able to get into Heaven.
This was a very sad thing for this young man. He really wanted to follow Jesus and make sure he had a place in Heaven, but he wasn’t willing to give up the very thing that Jesus asked him to give up. The young man was thinking selfishly; he was not putting God first. He only wanted to know how he could get into Heaven on his own. The rich young man walked away that day with a frown on his face. He tried to think of other ways he could have eternal life, but he knew very well what he needed to do. He needed to give all of his material possessions away. The young man refused to do this though. Money and possessions were too important to him, so he did not make it to Heaven. He did not do what Jesus asked of him.
THE END
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