SCRIPTURE: Mark (NIV) 8:35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. 36 What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? 37 Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? 38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
OBSERVATION: Questions have always been a part of God’s conversations with man. From the garden of Eden when God asked, “Adam where are you?” Through chapters 38-41 of Job to here in Mark 8:36-37. He asks questions that we cannot answer, but the answer is obvious. He asks questions to show us the condition of our heart.
APPLICATION: What a poor trade it would be to take the world in exchange for our soul!
Only one gift was ever given that is sufficient to redeem the soul of man—that is the gift of a sinless man dying for our sins! Jesus had no sins for which to pay when He died; He paid for mine, and yours. What could we ever give that could match the value of that gift? We have nothing of that worth.
PRAYER: Lord, I have nothing to give that could pay for my sin. I am totally dependent on you! I must live my life in gratefulness for your kindness to sacrifice your life by dying on the cross. Thank you, Lord. Amen
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