How To Inherit Eternal Life | The Gospels | Mark 10: 17-31

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🗓️ 9 February 2026

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What does it really mean to inherit eternal life? What stands in the way of entering God’s kingdom? Is following Jesus worth the cost? In today’s episode, Keith shares how Mark 10:17–31, through the story of the rich young ruler, reminds us that the rewards of following Jesus far outweigh anything we leave behind. Read the Bible with us in 2026! This year, we’re exploring the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passage: Mark 10: 17-31

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life.
0:09.0	In the time it takes to get to work.
0:11.0	I'm Keith Simon.
0:12.0	I'm really bad to remembering when something happened or how long ago something happened.
0:18.0	For example, I can tell you most of our annual family vacations that we took
0:21.6	when our kids were young, but I can't remember the order they were in or what year they were
0:26.1	or how old the kids were on any particular trip. Right now, I remember things in the recent past
0:32.1	as being pre-COVID or post-COVID. Like COVID, there are certain events that divide history into before and after.
0:40.1	There was before and after World War II. There was before and after 9-11. Those events changed how we live.
0:48.0	9-11 changed small things like airport security and big things like how the United States handled itself in world affairs.
0:56.8	COVID changed politics, it changed trust in institutions, education, mental health. It seems like
1:03.4	everything is different now. Many first century Jews believe that there would be a great event
1:08.6	that would change the world for the better.
1:16.1	They expected a new age would bring about justice and peace for Israel and punishment for evildoers. They looked forward to a future when the righteous would be resurrected to new
1:21.0	life and the world would be transformed. They divided the world into the present age, which was
1:26.8	the age full of sin and injustice, suffering and hardship, lying in oppression, and the age to come, in which everything would be different, everything would be better.
1:35.7	And Jesus taught us to pray, God's kingdom of love, justice, and mercy would come to earth as it is in heaven.
1:42.8	The question every Jew was asking was whether they could be
1:46.5	sure that they would inherit the kingdom of God. Would they be resurrected in the age to come? I think that's how
1:52.8	we should understand the question Jesus is asked in Mark chapter 10. Here's verse 17. As Jesus started on his way,
2:00.3	a man ran up to him, fell on his knees before him.
2:03.9	Good teacher, he asked, what must I do to inherit eternal life? A lot of Christians think that
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