Matthew 16: 24 - 26; Mark 8: 34 - 37; Luke 9: 23 - 25.
If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
This was spoken by Jesus about two years into His earthly ministry. Those of you who have taken Masterlife, should be familiar with part of this text already. Then Jesus goes on to say that whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will find it. What does this mean? When you start to put into practice the Words of Jesus, by becoming more Christ-like (Christian). You stop living for yourself alone, and start living the way Jesus would like you to live. At this point, you have to make a decision, are you going to live for Jesus? Or are you going to stay in the world? If you choose to stay with the world, you will lose your life, because you did not accept Christ's atonement for you. You will gain whatever the world has planned for you, and at death, you will be separated from God. Or you can live for God, lose the gifts of this world, but gain everlasting life when you die. The choice is yours. Only you can make this decision.
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