In their fallen condition men are so taken with the physical things of life. When a person has problems of certain kinds, we just naturally think that they are having mental problems. When a person has physical problems, we are so concerned and ask many kinds of questions. But why are people so blind and unconcerned about the spiritual condition of people? Why are people more concerned about the body which will last at the most (generally speaking) less than 100 years and yet the immaterial part of man which will exist in heaven or hell for eternity is virtually ignored? Are human beings so blind to spiritual things and so open to physical things that they are almost to a person virtually insane in light of the far greater importance of the things that are not seen over the things that are seen?
Men and women in our day are given to great efforts to the foods they eat and to exercise for strength, looks, events, and health. Billions of dollars are spent annually on those things. But the same people are utterly blind to their eternal souls and are not willing to spend anything or take any great pains for their soul. One rich man in the Bible was going to build great barns in order to store up his goods and take life easy, but he was told that his soul would be required of him that night. How many people in the modern day spend their lives in using their intellectual gifts, athletic gifts, or any other kind of gifts and ignore their souls? Spiritual blindness is assuredly a great, great judgment that God sends on people.
Matthew 10:28 “Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 16:26 “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
The Scriptures also sets out and compares the value of the soul of man versus the body alone. The reason for this, clearly, is because the present body lasts for a very short duration and the soul lasts for the rest of eternity. The believer is to live in light of the fact that the body can be killed by human beings and yet the soul cannot be harmed by other human beings, though God can destroy both. This shows that eternal things are what should determine our actions and our loves.
The Scriptures also shows that if anyone could possibly gain the whole world it would be of not profit that person if that person lost his or her soul. This is to say that the whole world is not worth the soul and as such people should live for eternal things rather than the things of this world. What would a person give in exchange for his soul? While it appears that some have sold their soul to the devil for various things, what a horrible exchange that is if even the whole world is not worth the soul. If even the whole world is not worth the soul, then why do people basically and essentially sell their souls for various pleasures and possessions? One reason is that they are blind to spiritual things and eternal realities.
Even in the modern professing “Church” present and physical things are given far more weight than the soul. This is seen in the things people pray for and the ways that they live. People seek God to give them more things rather than seek God to give them Himself. People seek God for physical health rather than for spiritual health. People seek God to give them financial blessings rather than spiritual blessings. People seek God for things that can be seen rather than the things that cannot be seen. People seek God in order to be spiritual rather than to seek Him for the Spirit. People seek God to be saved from the guilt of sin rather than to be saved from the power of sin. People seek God so that they can escape hell rather than that they can see His glory in heaven. People seek God so that they can have mansions in heaven rather than have Christ in heaven. People seek Christ so that they can have manna on earth rather than have Christ both now and forever. People seek Christ for life rather than for eternal life. People seek the Holy Spirit for gifts rather than for holiness. People seek the Holy Spirit for all kind of abilities rather than the ability to love Christ. This is simply to say that worldliness has taken over in the professing “Church” and eternal things have largely been forgotten. The professing “Church” has largely sold its soul (so to speak) for the things of the world.
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