The gospel writer Matthew tells a story about a young man who approached Jesus with a simple question, “What good thing must I do to get eternal life?” Had that young man asked most of us the same question, we might have quickly explained that we believe that we are not saved by works but by faith. Some of us might have quoted Martin Luther or one of the early leaders of the Protestant Reformation to illustrate how misguided the question was. Jesus, however, not having the Reformation leaders to guide him, answered simply, “If you want to enter life, obey the commandments.”
