Matthew 10:39 (NASB) “He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it.”
Matthew 16:25 (NASB) “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.”
Matthew 16:26 (NASB) “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?”
Luke 9:24 (NASB) “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.”
John 12:25 (NASB) “He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal.”
Our notion of sacrifice is the wringing out of us something we don't want to give up, full of pain and agony and distress. The Bible idea of sacrifice is that I give as a love-gift the very best thing I have. Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) Draper's Book of Quotations for the Christian World.
