Mark 08:34-37 – Your Soul is Priceless – audio

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Text: Mark 8:34-37 (Reading by Andy Anderson)

Introduction

A. Prices are put on a lot of things in this world, but they are only temporary.

B. A price cannot be put on an eternal soul!

Body

I. God gave us a soul.

A. God breathed into man’s nostrils, and he became a living soul (Genesis 2:7).

B. God said all souls belong to Him (Ezekiel 18:4).

C. The LORD cares for the soul (Psalm 23:3).

II. God put us in charge of our souls.

A. The soul that sins shall die (Ezekiel 18:4); therefore a sinner must turn from the error of his way (James 5:20).

B. Lot tormented his righteous soul by seeing and hearing lawless deeds (2 Peter 2:8).

C. The Word of God is able to save our souls (James 1:21).

1) It pierces to the division of soul and spirit (Hebrews 4:12).

2) We must believe God’s Word (Hebrews 10:39).

3) We must obey God’s Word (1 Peter 1:22).

D. God sent Jesus Christ, who can save our souls.

1) As the blood makes atonement for the soul (Leviticus 17:11), so the blood of Christ cleanses our soul (Matthew 26:28; Hebrews 9:22).

2) He is the Shepherd and Overseer of our souls (1 Peter 2:25). Thus, we must be submissive to those who follow Christ, watching out for our souls (Hebrews 13:17).

3) We must commit our souls to Him, and do His will (1 Peter 4:19).

E. We must abstain from fleshly lusts that war against the soul (1 Peter 2:11).

F. We must give up our lives, and this world we live in (Luke 9:23-25; Mark 8:34-37).

III. The soul of man will be eternally saved or lost.

A. We must not fear those that can only destroy the body, but rather fear Him who has the power to destroy both body and soul in hell (Matthew 10:28).

B. We must not only fear Him, but also keep His commandments (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14).

C. Those that do not listen to Christ will be destroyed (Acts 3:20-23).

D. The soul that sins shall die (Ezekiel 18:4,20).

E. The rich man’s soul was required of him, as he made the wrong investment of the world instead of his soul (Luke 12:16-21).

Conclusion

A. Are you taking care of your soul?

B. If your soul was required today, where would you spend eternity?