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2 Questions
Introduction
You may not know this, but you have something belonging to you which is invaluable - in fact, you cannot put a price on it!
TEXT:
Matt. 16:26 - 2 questions, and He is asking you & I these same 2 questions today.
“Riches (and many possessions) are not evil - but they are dangerous!" (John White)
“Wealth ruins far more souls than poverty.” (J. C. Ryle)
“Few of us can stand prosperity. Another man’s, I mean.” (Mark Twain)
1. WHAT WILL YOU BENEFIT? - By losing your soul?
“Materialists know the price of everything - but the value of nothing!” (Anon)
“The whole world cannot make up to a person for the loss of their soul.” (J.C. Ryle)
Matt. 6:19-20 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
James 4:13 “Come now, you who say. ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit’, whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow.”
Note:
1 Tim. 6:7 “...we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.”
Quote: “Nobody leaves the world richer than when they came in.” (Stuart Olyott)
Quote: “There are no pockets in a shroud.” (Anon)
Quote: “You never see a funeral hearse pulling a trailer behind it!” (Anon)
2. WHAT WILL YOU BARTER? - In exchange for your soul? Note: Gen. 2:7 “...the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul (being).”
Mark 12:30 “...you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.”
Prov. 23:5 “Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away”
Prov. 27:24 “Riches are not forever…”
“Money is not able to buy one single need of the soul.” (Henry David Thoreau)
“The real value of a thing is the price it will bring in eternity.” (John Wesley)
Note: Your soul is of more value than the entire world!
Conclusion:
Example: Certain rich man - Luke 12:16-21 Note: v 19-20
“And I will say to my soul, ‘Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.’ But God said, ‘You fool! This night your soul will be demanded back from you; then whose will those things be which you have provided’”
Psalm 49:6-8 “Those who trust in their wealth and boast in the multitude of their riches, none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him
For the redemption of their souls is costly…”
Psalm 23:3 “He restores my soul…” - only the Lord could pay the full price and restore your soul!
Note: Heb. 6:19 “This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast…”
“Where the eternal interests of the soul are concerned,
only a foolish person will give themselves the benefit of the doubt.” (A.W. Pink)