There is no more important question we can ask ourselves than this one- -What must I do to inherit eternal life--- -Mark 10-17-. And there is no better place to go for an answer than to Jesus. Why-- Because Jesus is the Son of God, the source of all life, incarnate -John 1-4- see Psalm 36-9-, and Jesus is the King of the Kingdom of God -what the title -Christ- means- who governs who enters His kingdom to receive eternal life -receiving -eternal life- in Mark 10-17 is equated with -entering the Kingdom of God- in v.23-. God's answer to this question is striking- -For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord- -Romans 6-23-. We need to learn why we cannot do enough to earn eternal life, and why it has to be a gift we receive from Jesus.