Will You Profit?
Will you profit if you shall gain
The world’s great goods but suffer pain?
Eternal death in flames of hell,
Such agonies no tongue can tell,
The scorching pain of such a place
Apart from God for e’er you’ll face.
Will you then be able to give
A recompense that you might live?
Not one thing will help your soul,
Wages of death will take its toll.
“6They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: 8(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) 9That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.” (Psalm 49:6-9)
“For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:26)
But there is hope. There is a way. That way is the precious blood of Jesus.
“18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.” (I Peter 1:18,19)