Luke 17:33 KJV
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
This passage is pretty clear as to its message. The question would be, however, what does it mean to "save his life"? And the answer is found in the context of the verses just previous to this. Jesus is speaking about the days just before Jesus Christ comes again. He says in that day; don't go back to your house to take away your stuff. Don't do, as Lot's wife did, and look back at those physical things that have been accumulated.
The life we are not supposed to seek to save would be our stuff, our physical possessions; those things we have gathered as we have trodden our time on this earth.
By application today, those people who put their focus and devotion upon the accumulation of life's stuff are those who will not possess eternal life when Christ returns. Those people who choose to seek Christ and ignore those earthly treasures so many live to gain; those are the ones who will save their lives and see Christ.
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
This passage is pretty clear as to its message. The question would be, however, what does it mean to "save his life"? And the answer is found in the context of the verses just previous to this. Jesus is speaking about the days just before Jesus Christ comes again. He says in that day; don't go back to your house to take away your stuff. Don't do, as Lot's wife did, and look back at those physical things that have been accumulated.
The life we are not supposed to seek to save would be our stuff, our physical possessions; those things we have gathered as we have trodden our time on this earth.
By application today, those people who put their focus and devotion upon the accumulation of life's stuff are those who will not possess eternal life when Christ returns. Those people who choose to seek Christ and ignore those earthly treasures so many live to gain; those are the ones who will save their lives and see Christ.
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