Daily Walk Through the New Testament

June 1

Read Mark 8:27-9:13

Jesus asked a soul-searching question: “What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36). When God created man, He breathed into his nostrils “the breath of life,” and he became a living soul (Genesis 2:7). You are a soul, and you have a body. The body is the house in which your soul lives. The body will one day die, but your soul will live forever in eternity. There was a time when you were not, but there will never be a time when you will not be. Your soul is eternal, which makes it very valuable.
Jesus asked the crowd, “What will a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Mark 8:37). There is no greater or even equal exchange. What about exchanging your soul for the world? Even if you could gain the whole world, you couldn’t keep it. We were not made for this world. We were made for eternity. This world is not filling; it’s fading. Hear the Word of God speak into your soul today: “The world is passing away . . . But he who does the will of God abides forever” (1 John 2:17). These are “priceless” words.