{"id":164,"date":"2022-07-27T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=164&2022"},"modified":"2022-07-25T18:00:11","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T00:00:11","slug":"unconditionally-loved-mark-10-17-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/unconditionally-loved-mark-10-17-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Unconditionally Loved: Mark 10:17-31"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"spoiler spoiler-style-2\"><div class=\"spoiler-title\">Focus Passage: Mark 10:17-31 (NCV)<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-content\"><p>\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">17<\/sup> As Jesus started to leave, a man ran to him and fell on his knees before Jesus. The man asked, \u201cGood teacher, what must I do to have life forever?\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">18<\/sup> Jesus answered, \u201cWhy do you call me good? Only God is good.  <sup class=\"versenum\">19<\/sup> You know the commands: \u2018You must not murder anyone. You must not be guilty of adultery. You must not steal. You must not tell lies about your neighbor. You must not cheat. Honor your father and mother.\u2019\u00a0\u201d  <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">20<\/sup> The man said, \u201cTeacher, I have obeyed all these things since I was a boy.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">21<\/sup> Jesus, looking at the man, loved him and said, \u201cThere is one more thing you need to do. Go and sell everything you have, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.\u201d <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">22<\/sup> He was very sad to hear Jesus say this, and he left sorrowfully, because he was rich.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">23<\/sup> Then Jesus looked at his followers and said, \u201cHow hard it will be for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!\u201d <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">24<\/sup> The followers were amazed at what Jesus said. But he said again, \u201cMy children, it is very hard to enter the kingdom of God!  <sup class=\"versenum\">25<\/sup> It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.\u201d <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">26<\/sup> The followers were even more surprised and said to each other, \u201cThen who can be saved?\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">27<\/sup> Jesus looked at them and said, \u201cFor people this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.\u201d <\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">28<\/sup> Peter said to Jesus, \u201cLook, we have left everything and followed you.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0<sup class=\"versenum\">29<\/sup> Jesus said, \u201cI tell you the truth, all those who have left houses, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, or farms for me and for the Good News  <sup class=\"versenum\">30<\/sup> will get more than they left. Here in this world they will have a hundred times more homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields. And with those things, they will also suffer for their belief. But in the age that is coming they will have life forever.  <sup class=\"versenum\">31<\/sup> Many who are first now will be last in the future. And many who are last now will be first in the future.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"passage-read-more\">Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Mark 10:17-31&amp;version=ncv\" title=\"Read the passage on BibleGateway.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hyperlink-underlined\">Mark 10:17-31<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>The event we are focusing in on in this journal entry is included in several of the gospels. For this journal entry, let\u2019s look at a very interesting insight that Mark includes that the other gospel writers don\u2019t. In this little addition, we get a glimpse of Jesus\u2019 heart.<\/p>\r\n<p>In Mark\u2019s version of this event, in verse 21 we read, <strong>\u201cJesus, looking at the man, <span class=\"underline\">loved him<\/span> and said . . . \u201d<\/strong> Sure, Jesus loves \u201ceveryone\u201d but this little phrase as a transition sets up the following challenge differently than one might think on the surface. It is almost as though Jesus pauses, looks deep into the man\u2019s eyes, and collects His thoughts to make the challenge come across as direct, honest, and positive as He can.<\/p>\r\n<p>Jesus loves everyone. This includes you and me. He wants to give us exactly what we need, but sometimes this \u201cthing\u201d is a problem to help wake us up to our need, or a challenge to get rid of something. In this case, this man needed to do something first, before he would be fully able to follow Jesus.<\/p>\r\n<p>Just like Jesus isn\u2019t mocking the man or pressuring him into doing something that is bad for him, the challenges Jesus gives us are given for our own good \u2013 our eternal good. Jesus looks at our lives with the goal being living eternally with Him, and for some people, the invitation is a \u201creplacement\u201d invitation.<\/p>\r\n<p>For this man, Jesus is saying, \u201c<strong>Replace your worldly security for eternal security.<\/strong> You have lots of stuff, but if you honestly think about it, your stuff will only go so far. I [Jesus] can give you security that stuff never can, but only if you replace your stuff with Me.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>This temptation is with us each day of our lives. We might not have equal levels of \u201cstuff\u201d but we all have the temptation to depend on the stuff we have. <strong>Stuff can only provide limited, temporary security; Jesus can provide us with eternal security \u2013 which includes love, joy, and peace.<\/strong> Each of us has the choice on where we place our trust.<\/p>\r\n<div id=\"aj-wrap-up--164\" class=\"aj-wrap-up\"><p><em>This thought was inspired by studying the <strong>Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. To discover insights like this in your own study time, <a class=\"underline\" href=\"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/\" title=\"Check out Reflective Bible Study!\">click here<\/a> and give Reflective Bible Study a try today!<\/em><\/p><p><em><a class=\"underline\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onClick=\"rbs_aj_inline_subscribe(this, '164');\">Subscribe<\/a> to this blog and never miss an insight.<\/em><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The event we are focusing in on in this journal entry is included in several of the gospels. For this journal entry, let\u2019s look at a very interesting insight that Mark includes that the other gospel writers don\u2019t. In this little addition, we get a glimpse of Jesus\u2019 heart. 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