What is the price of a man’s soul? With inflation eating away the family budget and the economic conditions wrecking retirement accounts, cost is front and center. People are talking prices, value, and worth. However, these conversations, concern, assets and their counterparts are temporal. What is the worth of something that never dies? What about our soul?
Jesus asked “if a man gained the whole world and lose his soul, what does it profit?” The answer is clear; there is no profit. Even the whole world; all the money and wealth of ages gone by cannot compare to the worth of one, never-dying soul. And yet, many have given away their salvation for very little. Some have traded their walk with God for worldly pleasure or offense. Others have forfeited their eternal mansion for human ambition. Esau traded his entire birthright for a bowl of soup. He did so because he did not value what he held. We also have a birthright, but ours comes from a spiritual birth. The fact is that all who are lost will look back and see their “profit” as pitifully insignificant.
In review of the Great Commission, it is only fitting that we see the souls of our community as critical. People need Jesus and we have the answer. They need His name applied to their lives, Acts 4:12, Col 3:17, Rom. 6:1-4. They need to hear the message of salvation and feel the love of God. If we knew how close we are to the coming of the Lord, we would run to bring people the message. If we could see the worth of their soul juxtaposed against eternity, we would shake off our pride and fear of rejection and cry out in the street.
Mordecai tore his clothes and cried out because he understood the severity of the hour. He was in pursuit of saving his people, even though so few of them realized the moment. Mordecai was interceding, pleading, and calling for action. Ultimately he gave the Endtime Church this word: We are here for such a time as this!
This is our time. All who read this must know that we were placed here by God for this season to reach the lost. Our mission is His mission and the souls of men and women are held in the balance. The only question is whether we will move into the field; reach the harvest of lost souls and bring them to Christ. That question is best answered when we realize the price of a man’s soul.