Comments on: “What can a man give …” http://rexboyles.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/what-can-a-man-give/ I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread. Job 23:12 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:47:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: sherryfisher http://rexboyles.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/what-can-a-man-give/#comment-950 sherryfisher Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:35:05 +0000 http://rexboyles.wordpress.com/?p=379#comment-950 Peter is someone that I would love to sit down and talk with and learn from. I didn't give him a whole lot of thought in my early years as a Christian. Maybe I would read what he did and shake my head in disbelief at his attitude. Or what I perceived to be his attitude. But since coming home, he has become the person to whom I can most easily relate. One point you made...had never crossed my mind: That Jesus saw temptation in Peter's words. I just always thought that Jesus called Peter satan since Peter was trying to stop Jesus from going to the cross and all the evil that would have allowed. I never thought about the aspect of temptation...but it makes perfect sense. Thank you for teaching me to see new things in the Word....yet again. "Whoever loses his life for me will find it"....in going thru the divorce, I lost what had been my life...and I found a life so much better, so much sweeter, so much more worth living when I turned back to God. I'm not sure that's really what is being discussed here in these verses, but it certainly fits what I have experienced. Peter is someone that I would love to sit down and talk with and learn from. I didn’t give him a whole lot of thought in my early years as a Christian. Maybe I would read what he did and shake my head in disbelief at his attitude. Or what I perceived to be his attitude. But since coming home, he has become the person to whom I can most easily relate.

One point you made…had never crossed my mind: That Jesus saw temptation in Peter’s words. I just always thought that Jesus called Peter satan since Peter was trying to stop Jesus from going to the cross and all the evil that would have allowed. I never thought about the aspect of temptation…but it makes perfect sense. Thank you for teaching me to see new things in the Word….yet again.

“Whoever loses his life for me will find it”….in going thru the divorce, I lost what had been my life…and I found a life so much better, so much sweeter, so much more worth living when I turned back to God. I’m not sure that’s really what is being discussed here in these verses, but it certainly fits what I have experienced.

]]> By: cemotosnack http://rexboyles.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/what-can-a-man-give/#comment-949 cemotosnack Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:54:06 +0000 http://rexboyles.wordpress.com/?p=379#comment-949 “What will a man give in exchange for his own soul?” The church answer would be that I would give my life. I will give my life to Jesus if He will dwell in my soul forever. My life has not really lived this "church answer" though. Like Peter I have told Jesus that He is the Son of God and then turned right around and done the opposite. I looked for anything that would make me numb ... make me feel valuable ... give me escape ... if just for a moment. I was willing to exchange these moments for a lifetime in Hell. I'm grateful that God didn't let me go. Jesus didn't quit talking to Peter after that rebuke. He just needed Peter to realize what was going on. The road Jesus had to take was going to be hard enough ... He needed support, not someone trying to get Him out of it. He hasn't quit talking to me either. Although He's had to rebuke me pretty severely in my life He never treated me any different afterwards. I have always been His child. So after what He's done for my soul I need to give something in return. I don't have much to give but I can offer my service ... my heart ... my devotion. I can use the life He has spared to honor Him. “What will a man give in exchange for his own soul?” The church answer would be that I would give my life. I will give my life to Jesus if He will dwell in my soul forever.

My life has not really lived this “church answer” though. Like Peter I have told Jesus that He is the Son of God and then turned right around and done the opposite. I looked for anything that would make me numb … make me feel valuable … give me escape … if just for a moment. I was willing to exchange these moments for a lifetime in Hell.

I’m grateful that God didn’t let me go. Jesus didn’t quit talking to Peter after that rebuke. He just needed Peter to realize what was going on. The road Jesus had to take was going to be hard enough … He needed support, not someone trying to get Him out of it. He hasn’t quit talking to me either. Although He’s had to rebuke me pretty severely in my life He never treated me any different afterwards. I have always been His child.

So after what He’s done for my soul I need to give something in return. I don’t have much to give but I can offer my service … my heart … my devotion. I can use the life He has spared to honor Him.

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