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The Hundredfold return – Is the place of sacrifice

4/8/2013

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Have you ever heard ‘ give and you will get a hundredfold return?   Well  if you study scripture very carefully, this is not what the bible is saying about the hundredfold return.

  So what does scripture say?

  Mark 10: 17 – 30

  17And when he was gone forth into the  way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master,
what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
  18And Jesus said unto him, Why callest  thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
  19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness,  Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
  20And he answered and said unto him,  Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
  21Then Jesus beholding him  loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell  whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
  22And he was sad at that saying, and  went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
  23And Jesus looked round about, and  saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
  24And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is  it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
  25It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
  26And they were astonished out of  measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
  27And Jesus looking upon them saith,  With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
  28Then Peter began to say unto  him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. 
  29And Jesus answered and said,  Verily I say unto you, There is no man  that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or  wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s, 
  30But  he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.


Here is the evidence of the hundredfold return. The young man in verse 17 was invited to be a partaker of great treasure by leaving all.

 Peter responded in verse 28 by saying: ‘ we have left all and have followed  you’. 

Jesus then responded directly to Peters comment ‘ in verse 28 which is the  condition of the hundredfold return.   

Cleary stated:   Leaving houses, or brethren, or  sister, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for HIS SAKE AND THE GOSPELS.

  In summary it is the place of sacrifice for the Lord and for the sake of the gospel  i.e laying it all down to follow and serve Him.

  But l heard someone quote  Genesis 26:  12 – 13

 12Then Isaac sowed  in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed
him. 
  13And the man waxed great, and  went forward, and grew until he became very great: 

This scripture is not a promise. It is just stating how the Lord blessed  Isaac when he sowed in the land.  It’s the book of Mark that is a promise  to ‘any man’ that meets the condition.


Apart from this, we do not know what Isaac sowed in the land, as the bible has not stated it.

  Yes when we give, the Lord does bless us and gives to us. The measure we get back is not specified, but obviously it is a good
measure, pressed down and shaked together according to scripture: 


Luke 6: 38  Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure,  pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your  bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.   


  The hundredfold return is the place of sacrifice where we leave all ,take up our cross for His sake and for the gospels sake.


If we want to experience the Lords abundance we  must make His  priorities ours and follow Him with all our heart.


Bisi Oladipupo

8 Comments
Tawana link
4/8/2013 02:22:17 pm

Wow, I feel like the Lord has been speaking to me about just giving, and your blog just brought it up again and how I need to leave it all and give.
The Lord said that we are being transformed from glory to glory/one degree of glory to another (2 Cor 3:18) so I firmly believe that when we give, and leave it all behind, He will never leave us without a replacement, we are being moved to something even greater than the last.
Thank you for this! Amen!

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Bisi
5/8/2013 04:32:46 am

Hi Tawana, thanks for your contribution. God bless

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Mel Thompson link
4/8/2013 03:10:20 pm

The Greek word for "hundredfold" is hekaton and other than the references you so well quoted, the parable of the sower, where Christ refers to the powerful spread of God's word in the world, symbolized by the abundant crop sown in the fertile soil of spiritually receptive hearts (cf. Matt. 13:8, 23; Mark 4:8, 20). I enjoyed reading you POST and the references you gave Bisi. Keep on, keeping on!

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Bisi
5/8/2013 04:19:32 am

Hi Mel, thanks for your contributions. The Lord takes all the glory. God bless.

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Amy Hagerup link
5/8/2013 03:02:39 pm

HI Bisi, We used to claim Mark 10:29 and 30 during our many years in AFrica as we had truly left family and lands, etc. for the sake of the Gospel. We realized that we had many, many homes that would be open to us if we ever needed it. God truly has blessed us. Blessings, Amy

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Bisi
6/8/2013 05:03:38 am

Thanks Amy for your input. God bless

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Frank King link
7/8/2013 08:27:35 am

Bisi, this hundredfold blessing seems to be the ultimate of return mentioned in the Scriptures. This blessing is certainly not for the casual Christian, though in the church we seem to claim the hundredfold return as it is some cliché. Receiving the hundredfold blessing will require far more than casual Christianity.

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Bisi
8/8/2013 05:51:41 am

Thanks Pastor Frank, l like the phrase "
Receiving the hundredfold blessing will require far more than casual Christianity." Thanks for your contribution. God bless

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