The Value Between Man's Soul and the World 人的靈魂與世界的價值

 The Value Between Man's Soul and the World

Matthew 16:26 says, "For what shall a man be profited if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his soul-life?" Here a comparison is made between man's soul and the whole world. Is the soul more precious or the world more precious? Many people see the preciousness of the world, but they do not see the preciousness of the soul. Today Satan is trying to buy man's soul, but many people are giving away their soul for free. This is because they do not believe their soul is worth anything. The prodigal son in Luke 15 did not leave his father's house because of the enticement of a grand feast; he succumbed to mere carob pods. How worthless is the soul in the eyes of an unbeliever! Yet the Lord says that the whole world put together cannot be exchanged for a soul. Satan offered a high price when he took the Lord to a high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. In exchange for His worship, the Lord would have been given all these things by Satan. This is the only instance in the Bible where Satan offered a high price for man's soul. Of course, he did not succeed. Suppose Satan did the same thing again and offered the whole world to any man who would worship him. What would anyone choose? This is altogether a matter of valuation. Should a man give up his soul to gain the world or should he give up the world to gain his soul? Today Satan is not offering to exchange the whole world for our soul. He does not think that our life is worth that much. He is enticing us with small benefits and small gains. Many children of God would lie for the sake of five catties of rice. They would forsake the Lord's way for just a little gain. This is like Balaam who degraded himself for profit to curse God's people. We have to show the new ones that honesty is worth more than gold, rice, or the whole world. In order to preserve the purity of our soul, we should be willing to forsake anything. We should teach the new ones properly at the very beginning of their Christian walk. We should help them to have a change in their concept of value. We should bring them to the proper pathway. This is very important, and the responsibility is on us.

[Miscellaneous Records of the Kuling Training (2)  CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE  A CHANGE OF CONCEPT CONCERNING VALUE]

人的靈魂與世界的價值

文章日期：2011-02-26 17:30

馬太十六章二十六節說，『人若賺得全世界，賠上自己的生命（魂），有甚麼益處呢？』這裏是拿人的靈魂和全世界來比較。到底是靈魂寶貴，還是世界寶貴呢？人常常看重世界的寶貴，而不認識靈魂的寶貴。今天撒但想要人的靈魂，許多人不必他出價都願意賣，因為人不信自己的靈魂有甚麼價值。路加十五章的浪子離家，不是人用筵席將他請去的，乃是豬的豆莢將他拉下去的。靈魂在不信的人身上，是何等的不值錢！然而主說，縱然是全世界，都不能買到人的靈魂。只有一次撒但是出高價的，那就是當撒但把主帶到山上，指著萬國與萬國的榮華給主看，要主拜他一下，就把一切都給主。全本聖經就這麼一次，記載撒但出這極高的價，要買人的靈魂的。當然撒但沒有成功。假定有這麼一次，撒但也要將全世界給一個拜他一下的人，你想這人怎麼揀選呢？這裏完全是價值觀的問題。他是捨靈魂來得世界呢，還是得靈魂而捨世界？今天撒但沒有拿全世界來和我們換靈魂，他看我們的生命不值那麼多；他只用小利益、小便宜來引誘我們。許多神的兒女為著少納五斤大米就撒謊，可以因為五斤大米就不跟隨主的道；這就如巴蘭為利自甘墮落，咒詛神的百姓。所以我們必須要初信的人看見，誠實是比金子、比世界、比大米都值錢。為著保守靈魂的清潔，我們是可以犧牲任何東西的。當一個人初信的時候，你就要在起頭時好好帶領他，使他對價值的看法有改變，你要叫他在正路上走。這是極其重要的，這個責任乃是在我們身上。

鼓嶺訓練記錄（卷二）    第四十八篇　價值觀的改變