Loss? The word "Loss" is never welcomed by people involved in serious business of profit making.It means the act or fact of losing.Naturally,it's normal to lose,but no body wants to be a loser.Everyone appreciates and love to identify with winners.
In world popular sporting events like the FIFA world cup,Olympic games,and many others,the pain of losing is expressed in the shading of bitter tears.Adults crying like babies,finding it hard to believe that they had actually lost out of the competition.Here on earth,in any competition,there most be a winner and a loser.One must win for another to lose.Anyone who takes part in any competition,goes with the intention of winning.
In business,nobody wants to lose.Take a few seconds to flash back to the recent global economic crisis where many committed suicide due to massive loss of funds in the affected sectors where they had invested it.Now if loss can lead a person to commit suicide,it then means that losing isn't something to smile at.
However,as far as life on earth is concern,it is believed that if there is life,there is hope.The fact that a person loses today,never mean that he'll lose forever.This is the encouuraging word the world uses to console itself hence loss is an inevitable phenomenon.Therefore since people are very much aware that the possibility of losing is there,they therefore work harder towards ensuring that losses are recovered.It therefore means that losses can be recovered whether in the short,medium,or long term.
However,the greatest loss ever,is the loss that can never be recovered.There are some things we may lose in life that are not recoverable.but the losses of this life are worthless.Jesus spoke about a great loss that can never be recovered.He said,"What will you gain,if you own the whole world but destroy yourself? What would you give to get back your soul? -Matthew 16:26.[CEV] The soul is the inner [spiritual] life of a person that continue existing even when a person dies.Now think about this,if it were possible for people to buy back their lives,then death would have lost it's power over people who have what it takes to buy back their lives.But as it is,nobody can escape death,and also,nobody can take back his/her life after death.
But wait a minute,Jesus wasn't talking about losing a physical life.Physical life mean nothing much as everyone is naturally destined to die.[Hebrews 9:27] Instead,He was referring to losing one's soul.The soul is already a spiritual life,and Jesus is saying that this very spiritual life can still be lost.But then,one may ask: how can an already spiritual life be lost? Any soul that fails to make it into heaven,is lost because it would absolutely end up in the opposite of heaven which is hell! The Bible called it the second death.[Revelation 20:14]
Furthermore,since physical loss of life cannot be recovered,spiritual loss of life is irrecoverable too.It's a simple fact.However,the good news is: though physical loss of life [death] is inevitable,spiritual loss of the soul in hell,can be avoided only if a person accepts Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior now that he's still alive.The soul is the most important part of a person and once lost,it is all over.Nothing can be given to recover it.Therefore,the physical life we now live,is not as important as that of the spiritual.
Two destinations are at war for our souls.They however depend on our physical actions for victory to be won.The greatest thing the devil has to give,is this world.He is willing to give people whatever they want in this life at the expense of their souls.He is not interested in anything that has to do with man,but the soul,he'll do everything possible to get it.
Jesus on the other hand knew the danger that lies ahead of those who submit themselves to the deceiver whose target is to rob them of their souls,gives more time for people to repent [2 Peter 3:9],but instead,they are falling the more.Hence people kept rejecting the grace given to them to repent by the Lord Jesus,it reached a point where He had to say,"Let those who do wrong keep on doing wrong.Let those who are evil continue to be evil.Let those who do what is right keep on doing what is right.And let those who are holy continue to be holy.Look! I am coming soon." -Revelation 22:11-12.
Jesus wants your soul to be saved.But the devil can give you the entire universe just to get your soul,and once he gets it,what can you give him to have it back? Don't let the devil rob you of your soul just because he advertizes eye catching curruptible earthly things to you.Remember: a lost soul,is lost forever.That is the greatest loss ever.Say yes to Jesus and live for Him [2 Corinthians 5:15].He said,"I am the resurrection and the life.Those who believe in me will have life even if they die." -John 11:25.So who do you believe,the soul destroyer,or the giver of life?