Matthew 19:4 - And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female....
Adam & Eve were made "at the beginning." No room here for Gap Theory, Ruin / Recreation, Day Age Theory or Theistic Evolution.
Notes on the "rich, young ruler":
Jesus quotes 2nd table of the law, but notice one commandment left out, "Thou shalt not covet." Young ruler would then not be able to say, "All these have I kept...." Jesus, knowing his specific sin of covetouesness, brought him along to plainly see the "one thing thou lackest." (Mark 10:21).
Sermon outline on Matthew 19:21:
GIVE UP - "Go and sell that thou hast...." (all of it)
GIVE TO - "And give to the poor...."
GIVE IN - "And come and follow me." or Mark 10:21, "come, take up the cross, and follow me." (Partial sermon outline by Pastor Bartholomew Orr, of Brown Missionary Baptist Church. Heard on the radio; not necessarily recommended ministry).
Note at Matthew 20:22 - But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask....
"Ye" is plural. Not only their mother asked, but they asked it themselves. See Mark 10:35 ff.
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