“What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” was the question introduced by the opening scripture from the Sunday morning message. Mark 8:24-37 Or, “What shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”
This message contained strong warnings against “making deals with the devil”. The devil never shows people the end of the deal… never shows the true cost… yet payday always comes.
Several quotes:
- The devil has people chasing rainbows.
- Money can buy: a bed, but not sleep;
- …food, yet not an appetite;
- …medicine, yet not health;
- …a house, but not a home;
- …diamonds, but not love;
- …a church pew, yet not salvation.
- All that glitters is not gold.
Romans 8:12-13 If you give the flesh what it desires, you will pay for it. The devil and the flesh will come for payment. Our souls have value, assigned by God. We owe everything to God for all we have. Referenced the song, “Jesus Paid It All, All to Him I Owe” (shown below).
James 1:13-15 Temptations work on strong desires. Yielding leads to death and destruction.
John 10:10 The devil comes to steal, kill, destroy.
Matthew 26:14-15 Judas made a deal to trade Jesus… his Saviour… his salvation.
Matthew 27:1-5 When he realized what he had done, he tried to back out… too late.
2 Peter 2:18-22 Promising liberty, yet bringing into bondage… the latter end so much worse than the beginning!
He closed with reference to the song: “It Pays to Serve Jesus”.
JESUS PAID IT ALL (Elvina M. Hall)
I hear the Savior say,
“Thy strength indeed is small;
Child of weakness, watch and pray,
Find in Me thine all in all.”
- Refrain:
Jesus paid it all,
All to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow.
For nothing good have I
Whereby Thy grace to claim;
I’ll wash my garments white
In the blood of Calv’ry’s Lamb.
And now complete in Him,
My robe, His righteousness,
Close sheltered ’neath His side,
I am divinely blest.
Lord, now indeed I find
Thy pow’r, and Thine alone,
Can change the leper’s spots
And melt the heart of stone.
When from my dying bed
My ransomed soul shall rise,
“Jesus died my soul to save,”
Shall rend the vaulted skies.
And when before the throne
I stand in Him complete,
I’ll lay my trophies down,
All down at Jesus’ feet.
IT PAYS TO SERVE JESUS (Frank C. Huston)
The service of Jesus true pleasure affords,
In Him there is joy without an alloy;
’Tis Heaven to trust Him and rest on His words;
It pays to serve Jesus each day.
- Refrain:
It pays to serve Jesus, it pays every day,
It pays every step of the way,
Though the pathway to glory may sometimes be drear,
You’ll be happy each step of the way.
It pays to serve Jesus whate’er may betide,
It pays to be true whate’er you may do;
’Tis riches of mercy in Him to abide;
It pays to serve Jesus each day.
Though sometimes the shadows may hang o’er the way,
And sorrows may come to beckon us home,
Our precious Redeemer each toil will repay;
It pays to serve Jesus each day.
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