How much is your soul worth?
What you gain by doing evil won’t help you at all, but being good can save you from death.
Proverbs 10:2 CEV
Getting rich from doing evil or wickedness will not profit or help you at all. Proverbs 10:2 directly warns us of putting our faith and concerns in treasures and wealth. Winning the lottery tomorrow will certainly profit your bank account but it will not profit your soul. Wealth may buy short term happiness and comfort but greed, a health crisis, or reality will make us realize we put our faith in something earthly and it will not last forever.
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Matthew 6:19 NIV
Your soul on the other hand is an investment that has eternal returns and nobody can take anything away from that investment. Matthew asks the question we all know the answer to. Nothing on earth is worth more than our soul. Our soul and salvation delivers us from death.
What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
Matthew 16:26 NIV
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 10:28 NIV
We keep track of the balances of our financial accounts through bank statements, online, checkbooks, or even on our phone. If we are charged for something we didn’t spend, we immediately get it reversed. When was the last time you evaluated the condition of your soul? Which do you think or stress more about, your money or your soul? It might be easier said than done but every time stress and worry is spent on wealth, debt, and material things, your soul is weakened. Every time you focus on your soul and righteousness your wealth is strengthened.
Chris Riehl
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 10:2 KJV
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