16 ¶And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have aeternal life? (important question)
17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none agood but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into blife, keep the ccommandments.....
This man was asked to give Christ all that he had and follow Him. Not just some, but all. Elder Bruce C. Hafen said "If we must give all that we have, then our giving only almost everything is not enough. If we almost keep the commandments, we almost receive the blessings." Do we shrink at the thought of giving all we have? Do we go away with sorrow in our hearts, putting the treasures of this life behind us?
I love how Jesus emphasizes doing away with the worldly things and focus on the "treasure's in heaven." That is what matters. The things of this earth will pass with time, but the things of heaven are eternal. We should be striving to reach eternal life daily. It should be at the forefront of our minds. "We can have eternal life if we want it, but only if there is nothing else we want more." (Elder Bruce C. Hafen) It is up to us to use our agency and choose eternal life. If we give it our all, it will be enough. Put aside the natural man to become something more.
3 comments:
When its put like that, it seems so simple, doesn't it? What could we want more than eternal life?
i cant think of anything that i want more than eternal life...I i know that some things of the world are greatly treasured by people, but if we put the savior first they are just earthly things!
There is nothing better, and there is no price too high to pay! Eternal life is worth the blood sweat and tears of all my life!
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