Daily Bible Plan - Mark 10 (Pt.2)

14. November 2025

Devotion by Reverend Joseph Antwi

Theme: Unleashed for Kingdom Advancement - Mark 10:17-31

Fortified City Church / Love City Church / Basel French Assembly / Luzern City Fellowship / ⁠PIWC Bern / ⁠Global prayer family

Introduction

It is getting exciting as we go deeper into the Word of God. Yesterday during Prayer Gym, Deaconess Sarah reminded us that the deeper you get into Scripture, the more light surrounds you, and every form of darkness begins to disappear (Psalm 119:130). When you meditate on God’s Word, your prayers gain accuracy, your spirit gains strength, and your life undergoes the transformation that Christianity is all about (Romans 12:2). Today, as we continue this journey of being unleashed for Kingdom advancement, we explore Mark 10:17–31, a passage that confronts the heart, challenges comfort, and reveals what true discipleship looks like. ⸻

A Running Man, a Kneeling Heart, and the Right Question (Mark 10:17–18) As Jesus walked along the road, a man came running and knelt before Him — a posture of honor and humility. He asked the greatest question any human being could ask: “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?” (Mark 10:17) He wasn’t asking about marriage, finance, or career; he was asking about eternity. Jesus responded: “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.” (Mark 10:18) Jesus wasn’t denying His divinity; He was inviting the man to recognize who He truly was.

If Jesus is good, then He must be God — for only God is truly good. ⸻ A Good Man Who Still Lacks Something (Mark 10:19–21) Jesus reminded him of the commandments — not because the law saves, but because the law exposes motives (Romans 3:20). The man answered confidently: “Teacher, all these things I have kept from my youth.” (Mark 10:20)

He was moral, upright, disciplined — the type of church member every pastor would love.

Then Scripture gives a profound statement:

“Jesus, looking at him, loved him…” (Mark 10:21)

Jesus loved him because He saw sincerity.

But love also confronts. Love exposes. Love corrects.

So Jesus revealed the one thing he lacked.

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Earthly Treasure vs. Heavenly Treasure (Mark 10:21) Jesus said: “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.” Jesus wasn’t attacking wealth; He was exposing misplaced confidence. • You can be moral and still miss the Kingdom.

• You can obey rules and still avoid the cross.

• You can attend church faithfully and still refuse discipleship. The young man wanted salvation without surrender, heaven without sacrifice, and eternity without repentance.

When asked to trade earthly treasure for heavenly treasure,

he walked away sorrowful — because he had great possessions (Mark 10:22).

Many believers today are the same.

We pray, attend church, and avoid sin — until Jesus asks us to give, serve, submit, evangelize, or sacrifice comfort. ⸻

Why It’s Hard for the Rich to Enter the Kingdom (Mark 10:23–25)

Jesus turned to His disciples and declared:

“How hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the Kingdom of God!” (Mark 10:24)

He didn’t say “the rich.”

He said those who trust in riches.

The world says: “Protect yourself. Save more. Secure your future.”

Jesus says:

• Give (Luke 6:38)

• Serve (Matthew 20:28)

• Sacrifice (Romans 12:1)

• Build the Kingdom (Matthew 6:33)

Kingdom life disrupts convenience.

Convenient Christianity produces spectators.

Cross-bearing Christianity produces Kingdom advancers. ⸻ The Cost of Following Jesus — and the Reward (Mark 10:28–30)

Peter asked:

“See, we have left all and followed You.” (Mark 10:28)

Jesus responded with a guarantee:

“There is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for My sake and the gospel’s,

who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time… and in the age to come, eternal life.” (Mark 10:29–30)

No sacrifice goes unnoticed.

No service is forgotten.

No Kingdom investment is ignored.

This is why Jesus also taught:

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth…

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.”

— Matthew 6:19–20

The rich young ruler stored everything on earth;

Jesus invites us to store everything in heaven. ⸻ What God Wants From Us Today Beloved, this devotion invites a sincere, inward question:

“Lord, what is the one thing I lack?”

• Is it sacrifice?

• Is it service?

• Is it consistency?

• Is it generosity?

• Is it obedience?

• Is it willingness to carry the cross?

Jesus is calling us beyond rule-keeping.

He is calling us into Kingdom labor:

• advancing His name,

• evangelizing the lost,

• discipling believers,

• showing compassion,

• giving sacrificially,

• and building His church.

We are called not to convenience, but to consecration.

Not to comfort, but to the cross.

Not to spectatorship, but to Kingdom advancement. ⸻ Conclusion Today, may the Holy Spirit reveal to you the one thing that may be hindering full surrender. And may God grant you the grace to release it joyfully for His glory.

Let us pick up the cross, follow Jesus, reach the lost, and store up treasures in heaven —

for in this life and in the age to come, we will never regret giving our all for His Kingdom.

Amen.