CAN WE DO GOOD ENOUGH TO GAIN ETERNAL LIFE?

He thought he saw a good man—the best man he had ever seen—a truly righteous man.  He thought to himself, Surely if anyone can tell me exactly what it takes to be right with God and gain eternal life, this man can.  So, he ran up to Jesus, knelt down before Him, and asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” (Mark 10:17) You would think that Jesus would have been eager to answer his question directly—“Well, let me tell you the A-B-C, step 1-2-3, of getting saved.”  Instead, Jesus asked him a seemingly off-the-wall question and followed with a seemingly critical statement: “Why do you call Me good?  No one is good but One~God.” (Mark 10:18)

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