Mark 10:26-31
The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, "Who then can be saved?"
Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God."
Peter said to him, "We have left everything to follow you!"
"I tell you the truth," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—and with them, persecutions) and in the age to come, eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first."
Who can be saved is a valid question. But Jesus didn't answer who can be saved. He answered who does the saving. I cannot save myself. No matter how good I try to be, no matter how generous or self sacrificing a life I live, it will never even get me close to salvation. It is impossible for me.
My leaving everything and following Jesus is not a way to gain or earn my salvation. It is not a way to make Him feel like I am more worthy of the salvation He offers. But it is the only reasonable thing I can do, offer all of my self to Him, in gratitude for His doing the impossible for me.
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