Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? I wonder what caused this young man to ask this question of Jesus. Maybe something happened, shook him up, that caused him to think about life and what it's really all about. Or maybe, even though he seemed to have it all in this life... still, maybe there was something missing. Jesus says: one thing you lack... you must come and follow me. You see, the wealth, the treasures, they're not the thing. But they were holding him back. It wasn't really about the wealth -- it's about following Jesus.