My comments on Mark 10: 17-31

10:23 Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!"

10:24 And the disciples were perplexed at these words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

10:25 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."

10:26 They were greatly astounded and said to one another, "Then who can be saved?"

10:27 Jesus looked at them and said, "For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible."=====================
My thoughts:
Many think that due to verse 25, it is impossible for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God... as he was unable to give of all his earthly possessions. Is that true? 

I think that verse 27 gives hope, as with God, all things are possible.

Conclusion: We may find it hard, maybe impossible to give our all to God. We should trust His word and keep struggling, and in faith, rely on His assurance. It is not about our doing that God wants, but by relying on Him.
==========================

10:28 Peter began to say to him, "Look, we have left everything and followed you."

10:29 Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields, for my sake and for the sake of the good news,

10:30 who will not receive a hundredfold now in this age--houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields with persecutions--and in the age to come eternal life.

10:31 But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first."
===========================

My thoughts: 
To inherit, there must be two things:
1. Being in the family... leaving our past to move into the family of Christ;
and 
2. Some one to die... that's already been done by Christ.

So, we just need to live in the family of God, and that usually means we live in the household of God, an incredibly rich present reality, but one that is marked with persecutions. It is also a future reality characterised by fullness of life where first and last will no longer have any relevance.