Last time we considered v7 of Psalm 121,'The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil,and praise God He does,let us'thank Him for looking after us, especially from evil that could destroy us. The verse does not stop there,for it goes on to say,'He shall preserve thy soul',how important is our soul? our Lord Jesus said,Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.Rather ,be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell',( Matthew 10 v28)We place great value on our bodies,and so we should,unfortunately the majority of people stop there.They put all their efforts into preserving their bodies to the exclusion of their souls.Our Saviour reminds us that our souls are eternal and to neglect them has grave consequences and He mentions what that means.Barnes writes the following,'Men hath no power to injure the soul,the immortal part. The body is a small matter,in comparsion with the soul ,Temporal death is a slight thing, compared with eternal death; but to fear God, who can destroy both soul and body forever in hell'.
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