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We find that they are empty bubbles
(J. C. Ryle, "The Gospel
of Luke" 1858)
"And how do you benefit if you gain the
whole world but lose or forfeit your own
soul in the process?" Luke 9:25
The possession of the whole world, and
all that it contains, would never make a
man happy.
Its pleasures are false and deceptive!
Its riches, rank, and honors, have
no power to satisfy the heart.
So long as we have not got them they
glitter, and sparkle, and seem desirable.
The moment we have them we find that
they are empty bubbles, and cannot
make us feel content.
And, worst of all, when we possess this
world's good things to the utmost bound
of our desire, we cannot keep them!
Death comes in and separates us from all
our property forever. Naked we came upon
earth, and naked we go forth, and of all our
possessions we can carry nothing with us.
Such is the world, which occupies the whole
attention of thousands! Such is the world, for
the sake of which, millions every year are
destroying their souls!
"And how do you benefit if you gain the
whole world but lose or forfeit your own
soul in the process?" Luke 9:25
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