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NASB | Mark 10:30 but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 10:30 who will not receive a hundred times as much now in the present age--houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms--along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life. |
Bible Question:
Jesus said, "... 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". Someone said to me recently that he cannot see how Jesus fulfils this promise. He is willing to give up everything in order to serve the Lord. Is it true that he will receive a hundred times what he had before, in this life? I told him that the Lord does that every time. I thought he would understand when I said that my house was his, and that my brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands were his, as was what belonged to ninety-nine other Christians. But he knows believers who do not share and I am not sure he believed me. It seems that the early believers understood this as we read that "all that believed were together, and had all things common; ... and the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common". Now, please do not mention "communism" in your answer. But if you do not believe in sharing please tell us how you would explain Jesus' promise. |
Bible Answer: I believe that what Jesus was trying to say was more for emphasis as an idiom then an actual situation. For people to forsake all in order to believe and follow Christ carries the connotation of loosing everything, this is the keynote when it comes to faith in Christ. Jesus was trying to emphasize that your Heavenly Father is able to supply all of your needs, and then some, but we must make the cut and completely trust in Him. A lot of people aren’t willing to do this, even with emphasis on denominational ties and as a result they will never experience the true blessings of God that He intended for them, even though there are still persecutions on this side of the grave with promise of a better life to come! Just like the old song goes, “I surrender all, I surrender all, sin has left it’s crimson stain, He’s washed it white as snow”. Matthew 6:26-33 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 28And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Ephes. 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 2 Tim. 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. Have a great day, CDBJ |