"Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. (25) For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. (26) 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?"
How graciously the Lord took occasion, from the mistaken views of Peter, to warn and teach all his disciples to be on their guard against all such influence. All the disciples, as well as Peter, were tainted with the same misapprehensions. And, Reader! are we not all? But ease, in this life, is not attainable with following the cross of Jesus. And the profit of the whole world, with the loss of the soul, would leave a man poor indeed.