The Saving Of One’s Life

My text is a reason for discipleship. Jesus had said in the verse which precedes my text: "If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me." This is a bitter pill to swallow. Yet, with a view to God and His judgment, and with a view to the Kingdom of Heaven it is wisdom and pays eternal dividends. My text is the reason for following Jesus, we said, and that is correct. Suppose you save your earthly life, and enjoy it to the full: what have you to...