Grace Hill Church - Collierville, Tn

THIS EPISODE:Today, we consider the baggage of pride—and more specifically spiritual pride. We revisit the story of a “rich, young ruler” who approached Jesus asking what he must do to gain eternal life, only to leave confused and dismayed by Jesus’ answer. We’ll see how Jesus' answer wasn’t a recipe for salvation, but an exposure of a heart’s idolatry. An idol is anything more important to us than God, and this is at the very heart of what Jesus is saying to us here.  If we're honest with ourselves, we really resemble the rich young ruler in letting our own religious pride prevent us from even seeing how the “idols” in our own lives are preventing our hearts from fully loving Jesus with our whole being. Let's unpack this and more in today's message…___PRIMARY TEXT:—Mark 10:17-31 (CSB)—17 As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? ” 18 “Why do you call me good? ” Jesus asked him. “No one is good except God alon