The Self Life and the Christ Life

“If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” (Mat. 16: 24). “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ.” (Gal. 2: 20).
HERE lies the great difference between the world’s gospel and the Lord’s Gospel. The world says, when it bids you good-bye, “Take care of yourself.” The Lord says, “Let yourself go, and take care of others and the glory of your God.” The world says, “Have a good time, look out for Number One.” But the world gets left in the end, and the last comes in first. The man that lets go gets all, and the man who holds fast loses what he has, and the Lord’s words come true — “Whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.”