The “rich young ruler” displays several delusions which remain common today.

Delusion- A false belief or opinion; a fixed, dominating, or persistent false mental conception resistant to reason with regard to actual things or matters of fact.

• A delusion about what is “good” (17-18)

• A delusion about how one “inherits” eternal life (17)

• A delusion about his righteousness (19-20)

• A delusion about what is temporal & what is eternal (21-23)