What every born again Christian must know.
Matthew 16:26
"What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?"
I may be the CEO of a company, a doctor or a scientist,
I may own fortunes equivalent to or more than 10 billionaires,
I may be a great philanthropist,
I may be powerful, successful and self sufficient,
Yet if I know not Christ Jesus, then I would have lost my soul.
All that I have gained and achieved and owned and done will go to a complete waste.
I can't take anything with me into my afterlife.
What I will be able to bring along are only the good works done, birthed by faith in Christ Jesus.
All other good works birthed by my flesh and mind will be burned away like straw, by God's refining fire on judgment day.
1 Corinthians 3:13 NKJV
Each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is.
Ephesians 2:8-10 NKJV
8. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9. Not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Ecclesiastes 12:14 NKJV
14. For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil.
So help us Father to seek after Jesus with all our heart, know Him with our mind and to obey Him and walk with a humble repentant heart, allowing the Holy Spirit to birth good works through us.
Help us to shine the light of Christ by our lives so that all will glorify You Father God.
Help us be the salt of the earth. Just as one of the properties of salt is to make the consumer thirsty, help all who come to us, all who encounter us, thirst for Christ Jesus.
So help us Father God, never to lose our souls and the souls You have entrusted to our care, we pray, in Jesus mighty name. Amen!
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