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THE 'IF' PERTAINING TO THE PRICE OF A SOUL (3)

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Matthew 16:26, Luke 9:25
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The 'If' Pertaining to the Price of a Soul (3)
Series: ''If's'' in the Bible
Donald Cantrell
Matthew 16: 26 and Luke 9: 25


Mat 16:26 KJV - For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Mar 8:36 KJV - For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Mar 8:37 KJV - Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Luk 9:25 KJV - For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

I - The Powerful Proposal (Matthew 16: 26a and 26b)

II - The Painful Price (Matthew 16: 26c)

III - The Pitiful Payment (Luke 9: 25c)

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Theme: ''What would you deem worthy of going to hell for?''

Bad bargains

A Sunday-school teacher, when speaking about the passage, ''Buy the truth, and sell it not,'' said that the man who buys the truth, at whatever cost, makes a good bargain. He then asked his boys if any of them remembered an instance in the Scriptures of a bad bargain. These answers were given--

1. ''Esau made a bad bargain when he sold his birthright for a mess of pottage.''

2. ''Judas made a bad bargain when he sold Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.''

3. ''He makes a bad bargain, who, to gain the whole world, loses his own soul.''
The Biblical Illustrator

Stealing Fajitas Equals 50 Years in Prison

A Texas man that pled guilty to stealing more than $1.2 million in fajitas while acting as a public servant has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.

Gilberto Escamilla, 53, was employed at the Darrel B. Hester Juvenile Detention Center in San Benito, Texas, until August 2017, when it was discovered that he had been placing orders for fajitas using county funds and then selling them for his own profit since December 2008, according to Cameron County Court filings.

When sentenced on Friday, Escamilla ...

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