Paradox

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it".What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? Matthew 16, 24-26

Paradoxes seem to be self-contradictory, but its enigmatic meaning is intended to create a reflection on something important. This biblical paradox is not concerned about enigmatic phrases said by our Lord, but just very deep truths that must be considered seriously because of their importance for eternal soul salvation. A paradox calls our attention and also can be seen as an insistent way of telling us that from a religious perspective things work totally different in this world.

The idea is not to be satisfied by the things that we have in this world but to follow the Gospel model, which guides us to take the right path. Only when you live under the kingdom of God, you can understand the concept that to save our life eternally we have to give it up to the extent of being willing to lose it because of Him.