The parable of the rich young ruler is most often preached as a story about the danger of loving money or making wealth an idol in one's life, and those truths are certainly center stage here. But what is actually happening here is that Jesus is using the issue of idolizing wealth to teach us about true goodness, to teach us about our need for an imputed goodness – more specifically, an imputed righteousness. Are you a good person? Let's see. . .
