The Rich and the Kingdom of God cont’d

Who then can be daved? I love that question…

Mark 10:23-31
23 Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”

24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is[e] to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

26 The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, “Who then can be saved?”

27 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”

28 Then Peter spoke up, “We have left everything to follow you!”

29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel 30 will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. 31 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”

Jesus tells us that all things are possible with God. He tells us that being rich can distract man. That this world is full of distractions, and that it is easier for the impossible to happen in man’s eyes if it is given to God.

Sobthe Disciples ask the question of what is possible and who can be saved. As we know, they have given all to the cause. They are all in. So Jesus tells them that what they have given will be returned a hundred fold, which is to include persecution and wealth. The promise is real, but it must be given to Him.

To those that have much, much is required. Be it wisdom or wealth, much is required. He tells us that here on Earth, what appears to first is last in Heaven, and what is last he re on Earth, is first in Heaven. The best advice we are given with these contradictory ideas as we look through our eyes is…lean not on our own understanding.  But rather, trust in the Lord your God with all of you. #JesusSaves

Amen
DK