July 1926
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436 “ Son!, soul, thou hast much goods,” etc., as he talks to him self (Luke 12:19). Objectively, soul Is descriptive of the life as lived. Christ charges us to “ take no thought for your life’* (psuche) (Matt. 6:25 ). That is, we are not to be burdened with anxiety about It. Christ warns us that If we find ourselves in selfishness and the world, we shall lose our life; and If we would save our life for these ends we miss the meaning of life; whereas on the other hand, if we lose our life we shall find It; and then He asks the question, “ What shall a man give in exchange for his soul” (or life )? (Matt. 10:39; 10:25). Note “ Psuche" four times in Matt. 16:25, 26, twice rendered "life” and twice "soul.” Olive Schreiner expresses the aim of a true life. She says, "Holiness is an infinite compassion for others; great ness is to take the common things of life and walk truly among them; and happiness is a great love and much serving." Christ illustrates these traits, for He was ever giving Himself out, as He Infers when He said that His mis sion was, “ Not to destroy men’s lives” (souls), "but to save them” (Luke 9:56 ). The poet sighs as he writes: “ Oh! for a man to rise In me, That the man I am may cease to be.” That man alone is Christ, not as the same poet says: "Men may rise on stepping stones Of their dead selves to higher things.” It is in the displacement of the self-life and making place for Christ in our lives that we become saved and found In the realm of fellowship with Him (Gal. 2:20). The inner life of the heart and the outer life of the con duct are often put in unison and contrast. Thus we are to love the Lord with all the heart and soul, mind and strength (Matt. 12:30). “ Heart” and "mind” being the inward, and the "soul” (or life) and “ strength” being the outward. Of the early disciples It is said: "They were of one heart and of one soul” _ (Acts 4 :3 2 ); “ heart” Indicating the inward purpose of their life, and "soul” declaring the unity of their aim to live for God in serving each other. “ Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless His holy name” (Psa. 103:1). Here "soul” is undoubtedly meant for life, for it is the complement of “ all that is within me..” Metaphorically, the “ soul” denotes the emotion», the desires and the inward feeling. The Old Testament word “ nephesh” Is variously rendered “ soul,” “ life,” “ lust,” "mind,” "heart,” "pleasure,” "appetite,” and “ desire.” Passion: Shechem, In his passion, caused "his soul to cleave unto Dinah” (Gen. 34:3). Affection: Jacob’s love for Benjamin was summed up by Judah when he said "his life” (soul) “ is hound up in the lad’s life" (soul) (Gen. 44:30). Anger: Pharaoh’s desire to avenge himself upon Israel is expressed In his words “ my lust” (soul) "shall be satisfied upon them” (Ex. 15:9). Desire: A Levite who wished to serve the Lord with “ all the desire of his mind” (soul) was permitted to have his heart’s wish (Deut. 18:6). Intent: No one was allowed to defraud a hired laborer of his wages, for he would not only be disappointed because he had set “ his heart” (soul) “ upon It, but the Lord would avenge hiB cry” (Deut. 24:15). Discretion: Pharaoh’s committal of his affairs Into the hands of Joseph is described in several particulars and
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