Section 11
but whoever loses his soul life for My sake, this one shall save it." To save the soul life is to allow the soul to have its enjoyment and not to suffer. To lose the soul life is to cause the soul to suf fer the loss of its enjoyment. If the followers of the Man-Savior allow their soul to have its en joyment in this age, they will cause their soul to suffer the loss of its enjoyment in the coming kingdom age. If they allow their soul to suffer the loss of its enjoyment in this age for the sake of the Man-Savior, they will cause their soul to have its enjoyment in the coming kingdom age. They will share the Lord's joy in ruling over the earth (Matt. 25:21, 23).
In Luke 9:25 the Lord continues, "For what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, but having lost or forfeited himself?" Matthew 16:26 speaks of forfeiting the soul life, but Luke 9:25, of forfeiting "himself." This indicates that our soul life is our self.
In Luke 9:1-26 we see that in order to spread the jubilee, the Man-Savior sent out the twelve to proclaim the kingdom of God, to cast out demons, and to heal diseases. Then the Man- Savior performed a miracle to indicate that to all the needy ones He applies the jubilee. He may have applied the jubilee to more than ten