Hello Everyone, 2

Another paradox that Jesus was teaching in John is:

IT IS ONLY BY SPENDING LIFE THAT YOU CAN RETAIN IT.

John 12:25 The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

The man who loves his life is moved by two goals, selfishness and the desire for security.

Not once or twice but many times Jesus insisted that the man who hoarded his life must in the end lose it, and the man who spent his life would in the end gain it.

People usually choose personal safety and avoid risk. But it is by taking the risk of being called a Believer and ridiculed for that same faith that we can maintain life with God.
People are resisting rules and cry for freedom. But it is by spending life according to the rules of God’s Word that we can gain real happiness, freedom and peace.
People avoid danger and persecution so they choose what is generally accepted. But it is by living and dying for Christ that we can really gain eternal life.

What would this world have lost if there had not been men and women prepared to forget their personal safety, security, selfish gain and selfish advancement.

The world owes everything to people who recklessly spent their strength and gave themselves to God and to others.

“No doubt we will exist longer if we take things easily, if we avoid all strain, if we sit at the fire and husband life, if we look after ourselves as a hypochondriac looks after his health. No doubt we will exist longer--but we will never live”. (Barclay)

Oh How HE Loves Us!

Pastor Phil