Exchange

"Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?" Matthew 16.26

If people were aware of the extreme importance of the salvation of the soul, they would invest ALL OF THEIR LIVES in achieving and maintaining it. Such is its importance that the Lord God Himself says:What profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?

A grain of wheat

"Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain." John 12.24

The unchangeable law of multiplication demands death. By this, the Lord Jesus teaches that in order for one to be born of the Holy Spirit, they have to die to the world.

You ask amiss

"...You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures." James 4.3

Because of their fleshly nature, the children of the world ask and do not receive, since they ask to satisfy the flesh. But the children of God, when ask according to His will, receive.

Enemies of God

"Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God." James 4.4

The Holy Spirit considers all those who are friends with the world to be unfaithful. They are much more than unfaithful, they are considered as enemies of God, just as the devil and his demons.

The conditions to become an heir

 "Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you." Genesis 12.1

Abraham had to leave his land, his family and the position of leadership inherited from his father.God required him to sacrifice. And those who want to be sons and heirs of Abraham must pass the scrutiny of sacrificing this world. The Lord God must come before than nationality, relatives and our father's house.

The separation

"Depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!" Matthew 7.23

As sure as God exists, in the near future, there will be a great separation.
For the kingdom of heaven is like a fishing net that was let down at the sea, gathering all kinds of fish. And when it is full, the fishermen drag it to shore, and seated, they choose the good ones, put them into their baskets and throw away the bad.
Would the wicked coexist with the Holy Lord of Heaven and Earth?

I never knew you

"And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’" Matthew 7.23

Jesus addressed this strong word to the servants of the devil, who had the faith to perform miracles but had no faith to obey His Voice (sacrifice) and mold their characters according to Him.
Only those who hear God's Voice have the faith to sacrifice (obey) and enjoy its benefits for all eternity.