DCLM Higher Everyday 27 July 2023 — The Soul’s Inestimable Worth

DCLM Higher Everyday  27 July 2023 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — The Soul’s Inestimable Worth

Topic: The Soul’s Inestimable Worth

Text: Mark 8: 34-38

34And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

35For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.

36For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

37Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

38Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

Key Verse: “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul” (Mark 8:38).

Message

Every person has an undying soul. It is so precious that our Lord Jesus Christ declared that gaining the whole world and losing one’s soul is profitless. In the same vein, Arthur J. Hodge, in his hymn, Have you counted the cost? declared:

“Have you counted the cost, if your soul should be lost,

Tho’ you gain the whole world for your own?”

The loss of any man’s soul is the heaviest loss he can suffer.  Friend, have you considered how many souls die unprepared to face eternal judgment of God globally every year? For the period of the 4 years of the First World War, about 17 million people died. Also during the 6 years of the Second World War, about 60 million people died. Plagues have also killed many millions over the years. These are just a few of the death statistics. Most of these people died unsaved.  They are lost through a long eternity. Hence, the Lord asked the solemn question, “What shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” We must preach and win souls.

Quote: We must preach and win souls.

Challenge: No worldly gain can compensate for the loss of the soul in hell.

Prayer for today: O Lord, help me to maintain my salvation.

GOSPEL REALM: STEPS TO SALVATION
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)