Scripture: Matthew 16: 25-26
For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
Scripture Commentary:
Will you forfeit your soul? Is this earth your god? Are the people in your life more important to you than Jesus Christ? Who do you listen to? Yourself, Satan, or God?
Real discipleship implies real commitment.
If you are a disciple of Our Lord Jesus Christ, losing your earthly life for Him is real. If you try to save your physical life from death, pain or discomfort, you risk losing your true eternal life.
Who are you serving?
From the time you were born, you were placed in line for a journey of service. If you protect yourself from pain, you begin to die spiritually and emotionally. Think of the pain and suffering Jesus took for us on the cross.
You lose true purpose in life if you turn your life inward. However, when you give your life in service to Christ, you discover the real purpose of living.
This life is just an introduction to eternity with God.
If you don’t know Christ, you make choices as though this life is all you have. In reality, this life is just an introduction to eternity with God. How you live this brief span of time determines your eternity.
Jesus is the way, the truth and the light that we all need to guide our living.
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Have your iniquities separated you from God?
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