"Who then can be saved?" Mark 10:26b
The Gospel writers tell us that the man who came running
after Jesus seeking eternal life was young (Matt 19:20) and a ruler (Luke
18:18). He was a goodly man, having kept God's commands since he was a youth.
But one thing stood between salvation and him: he was unwilling to surrender
his great wealth to follow Jesus and walked away sorrowfully (vs. 17–22).
It was a deliberate act, not by chance, that you yielded your life to the Lord Jesus Christ. Although we must choose whether to let Jesus rule our lives, we don't determine when or where it will happen or get to pick and decide what we will give up to follow the Lord. God frees us from our sin-filled pasts, and we are born again only as the Holy Spirit makes us aware of our sinful condition, and we confess our sins, repent, and turn to Jesus.
Jesus’
answer to the disciples’ question on who can be saved is the same for us. Genuine
salvation happens—God rebirths us into His family—when we invite the world's Savior into our
lives, surrender all we have and who we are (wealth, family, possessions,
occupation) to Him, letting Jesus be Lord of all. Jesus said doing this is impossible
with men, but with God, all things are possible (vs. 27).
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