“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?” – Mark 8:34-36
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So sad but true. I once saw a similar picture of Noah’s ark during the flood with people on the outside of the ark drowning with big smiley stickers on the side of the ark claiming “Smile! Jesus loves you!”
Accurate soteriology actually helps appreciate the sacrifice and atoning love of God.