1. The question for attaining eternal life
18 And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Luke 18:18 (ESV)

 2. The measure to attaining eternal life
19 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. 20 You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.’” 21 And he said, “All these I have kept from my youth.” 22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” 23 But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich. Luke 18:19-23 (ESV)

12 But the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall live by them.” Galatians 3:12 (ESV)

8 Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! . . .  Psalm 34:8 (ESV)

7   . . . For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” 8 But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin lies dead. 9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died. Romans 7:7-9(ESV)

3. The impossibility of attaining eternal life
24 Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, “How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” Luke 18:24-25 (ESV)

 4. The possibility of attaining eternal life
26 Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?” 27 But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” Luke 18:26-27 (ESV)

17 As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches . . . . 1 Timothy 6:17 (ESV)

 17 For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. Revelation 3:17 (ESV)