For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it

[ChicagoMeO]

Celebrities are a good example of gaining the whole world and losing their soul. A lot of famous people have everything they could want - money, fame, riches, big house, parties, everything, and then they either drug themselves to death (I guess they were not happy or satisfied on the inside); or they live a wild life and die. Or take the most "beautiful" (physically) couple in Hollywood - like Richard Gere and his model wife (I forget her name). and they coudln't even make it work long! A lot of Hollywood marriages dont last more than a few years... you'd think out of anyone, they might make it IF success were based on material things and physical beauty.

[jghorton]

Originally Posted by Glad2bHere!

And the guy in the middle is the one on the left and the guy on the left is the one on the right and the guy on the right looks down his nose at the one on the bottom..........And he who is lost shall be found and he who is shut will be opened and the ups shall be down and the ins shall be out......... see I can chant that stuff too.

What does any of the mumbo-jumbo have to do with being a Christian? You talk a good line. Where are your actions?

Matt. 13:10-14 --10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
11 He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. 13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:

‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive;

[Follower Of X]

Originally Posted by Eusebius

The "any man" of the context is the "any man" of the Jews of Jesus' audience.

Like I said before, Paul was hand picked by the risen Jesus Christ to be the apostle of the nations. Paul never ever ever stated any such thing as what Jesus said the Jews must do. Our administration is completely different being an administration of GRACE . . . un-earned grace . . . gratuitous grace . . . we didn't earn it by anything we do or did and can't lose it by anything we do.

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[CAHomeschoolMom]

Originally Posted by Eusebius

The "any man" of the context is the "any man" of the Jews of Jesus' audience.

Like I said before, Paul was hand picked by the risen Jesus Christ to be the apostle of the nations. Paul never ever ever stated any such thing as what Jesus said the Jews must do. Our administration is completely different being an administration of GRACE . . . un-earned grace . . . gratuitous grace . . . we didn't earn it by anything we do or did and can't lose it by anything we do.

There is a theological term for this sort of philosophy. It's called antinomianism. Rank heresy.