For Sale: One Soul

What will a man give in exchange for his soul? - Matthew 16:26


One would think that selling one's soul, as Faust offered his to the devil in Goethe's Dr. Fautus, is only a figment of literary fiction. Medieval as it seems, however, several cases of soul-selling have occured.

Wired magazine reported that a 29-year-old university instrutor succeeded in selling his immortal soul for $1,325. He said, "In America, you can metaphorically and literally sell your soul and be rewarded for it." One wonders how the purchaser intended to collect.

We can't literally sell our soul, but we can lose our soul to gain something else. We need to ponder Jesus' question, "What will a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Matt. 16:26). Our answers today would differ only in specifics from the responses of Jesus' day: the world, the flesh, and the devil. The lusts that captivate us and the thirst for unbridled pleasure, success, revenge, or material things have certainly taken on far more importance to many people than any considerations of eternity.

Nothing on earth compares to the gifts of God's loe and forgiveness. If the pleasures of this world are preventing you from trusting in Jesus Christ, please think again. It's not worth the cost of your eternal soul. - David C. Egner


Rejoice, O soul, the debt is paid,
For all our sins on Christ were laid;
We've been redeemed, we're justified -
And all because the Savior died. - D. De Haan

Jesus is the only fountain who can satisfy the thirsty soul.

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Matthew 16:24-28

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds. Most assuredly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."

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