Thursday, October 12, 2017

The Worth of a Soul

'Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven. For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost. "What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying?' (Mat 18:10-12)

No price tag can represent the value of one's eternal life. Jesus died to pay the ransom for our souls, so every single soul is worth the life of the son of God. Describing the worth of our souls; Jesus said that, as a shepherd, He laid down His life for the sheep, meaning he laid down His life for the souls of men. He came ‘to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many’ (Mat 20:28, John 10:11). Regardless of one's nationality, gender or age, their soul is priceless and precious to God. No wonder heaven goes into wild jubilation when one soul is won for Christ.

With this backdrop of knowledge, how serious should a Christian take the work of evangelism or witnessing? ‘According to the original Greek, ‘martyr’ means ‘witness’. Therefore, Jesus’ words to the disciples in Acts 1:8 can read ‘But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses (martyrs) to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth’. The New Testament martyr not only personally testified to the truth and the power of Jesus Christ, but was instructed to take that witness to others regardless of the cost. In the book of Acts we read about the stoning of Stephen, making him the first to pay the ultimate price for that witness. It is at this time that the word martyr took on a much stronger meaning, as one who is not only a witness but as one who is willing to give his life or to be martyred for that cause. The very truth to which we bear witness comes at a great cost - it can cost us our reputation, popularity and prestige. It may even cost us our families, friends and lives (Tom white).


Whiles teaching about the value of every single soul, Jesus used the parable of the lost sheep to prove His point. He said that in the same way that a shepherd who looses one out of his hundred sheep will leave the ninety nine and go in search of the only one that is lost, it is the will of the father that not a single soul will perish (Mat 18:10-14).

There are many souls around you that do not know Jesus as their personal savior, and until they come to the saving knowledge of Christ, the Bible says they are headed for eternal damnation (John 14:6). Will you value their souls like Jesus did, and avail your self to be used of God to snatch them from eternal torment? Please do. All you need to do is share your Christian faith with them and pray with them and for them, the gospel is the power of God for deliverance. Witness to a dieing soul today, you may save him from eternal damnation.




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