What Shall it Profit a Man | Matthew 16:26 | Soul Is Greater Than World | Red Earth White Cross | Orthodox Christian Canvas ArtThen said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then

I arise today

From death to life

as recorded in his Apocalypse:

make the most of your time for getting heavenly blessings through earthly goods

political utopia

to be born

For if Thou hadst desired sacrifice

When they beheld the angel seated on the stone

and not another

that ye may prove what is that good

Thou didst pour forth life from Thine own light

For it says in the Scripture