JON ALLEN

This weekend we are going to be keying in on a passage from Mark 10 that talks about a rich young man who came to Jesus (in fact it is recorded in three of the four gospels, must be important). He wanted to know what it was going to take to get into heaven and Jesus basically told him he couldn't earn it or be good enough, we'll get into that this weekend. There is a little piece that struck me funny which we won't have time to discuss during the message, so I thought I would throw it out there on a blog.

When he first runs up to Jesus he calls him "Good Teacher". Jesus asks him why he said "good" because no one is good except God. There is a lot of debate over exactly what Jesus was implying. Was he recognizing that this man believed he was God, was he telling the guy he shouldn't be throwing the "good" around so lightly, was he setting up what he was about to say... truth is I don't know! Yes, Jess I said it, I don't know.

Here's the part I found interesting... just a few breaths later, after Jesus tells him to obey the commandments, the guy addresses Jesus again, but this time he just calls him "Teacher". Not sure exactly what to make of that. Maybe you can help out. Do a little research and make a comment. What do you think?