Did you leave everything? Are you prideful? Mark 10:28-31

Good morning everyone! God is good all the time, all the time God is good. TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!

So, do you REALLY BELIEVE that ALL things are POSSIBLE with GOD? Or do you just do lip service. You know, oh, yeah, God can do anything; and this is said with no thought or conviction. Well, let's go back to Mark and see what happens next.

Mark 10:28-31 "Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, there is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions and in the world to come eternal life. But many that are first shall be last; and the last first."

First, notice the aggressive and prideful one to speak - Peter, of course. Peter claimed we have left all, which is true, but also prideful. Jesus responds with a promise.

A further break down of these verses. Verily introduces a statement of solemn assurance. "An hundredfold." The items listed here may be taken literally to refer to such things as the many homes which will be opened to God's servants and the many new relationships in the household of God.

OR, they may be taken as figuratively describing the manifold spiritual blessings which the LORD heaps upon those who follow him sacrificially.

The "world to come" is the coming age. It has reference to the eternal state to be ushered in by Messiah's second advent and the events connected with it, such as the Day of the LORD, cataclysmic judgments, the Millennium, and the final assize. Here the word assize means judgment or final judgment.

Whoever forsakes his life for the gospel will receive incomparable rewards. Since the relationships refer to spiritual ones in God's family, the things mentioned may speak of new homes opened in Christian hospitality as well as personal physical blessings.

Once again, it comes down to believing, following Jesus, and reap the rewards of eternal life. As Bob the Builder says, "Can you do it?" and we respond with a resounding "YES WE CAN!" May the force (God) be with you today. Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace
Johnny