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word rendered "risking" means venturing, reck lessly exposing one's life, like a gambler throw ing down a stake. The Greek word for life in verse 30 is psuche, the word for soul. Hence, to say that Epaphroditus risked his life means that he risked his soul. Epaphroditus was one who was willing to sacrifice his soul for the churches and the saints. This sacrifice of soul is revealed clearly by the Lord Jesus in John 10:11, where He says concerning Himself that, as the good Shepherd, He was ready to lay down His soullife so that we could receive His divine life.

In Philippians 2:19-30 we see two crucial points concerning the soul. First, we need to be one in soul; second, we need to be willing to sacrifice or risk our soul. Both are necessary if we are to have a genuine concern for the churches with all the saints. Timothy was a like- souled person, and Epaphroditus was a soul- risking person. We also should be those who are one in soul and who are willing to risk our soul. We should be ready to sacrifice our mind, will, and emotion to be one with our dear co-workers.

Instead of loving your soul, learn to risk it, to sacrifice it, and to pay the price for the church life. If we love the Lord and the church, we should first experience the Lord in our spirit

and then be like-souled in the experience of Christ for the concern of the church and also ready and willing to sacrifice our soul for the sake of the saints. If we are one in soul as well as in spirit, our experience of Christ will reach the peak.

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