Sunday, 20th October, 2013. LIFE-SAVING CHOICE “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?”Matt16: 26. Who will ever dream of amputating his own leg? Nobody - unless that person had lost his mind or was faced with the grim choice of losing either his leg or his life. That was Bill Jerak’s terrible predicament. According to the Denver Post, as he was out fishing all alone in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, he was trapped when a boulder fell on his leg, and he was unable to free himself. Knowing that as night comes on he might die of exposure, Bill did what he knew he had to do. Relying on his skills as an assistant to a Doctor at a Denver Hospital, he took a nylon rope out of his tackle box, tied it tightly above his knee and cut off his leg with his knife. He then dragged himself to his car and drove 10 miles to the nearest town. He not only survived the trauma, but with an artificial limb he is out fishing again. What a decision - your leg or your life! But what if the stakes were even higher? Suppose you had to choose between giving up some habit, ambition, or relationship and giving up heaven. The Lord made the issue of following Him that decisive. He said “What profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?” (Mt. 16: 26). It’s a question you and I must answer. If we gained the world but not the Savior, are our lives worth living for a day? Do our yearning hearts find rest and comfort only in the things that soon must pass away? QUOTE: He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. WORD OF PRAYER: O Lord, I have seen that all in this world is temporal, help me to live for those things which are eternal and by so doing save my soul in Heaven in Jesus name. Amen.
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