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Losing Self for The Sake of Saving OthersMark 15:31“Likewise, also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.”This was said as Jesus hung on the cross. The chief priests were saying it in mockery. They did not know or understand that Jesus did not come to save Himself but to save others. And to save others He must lose Himself through His death on the cross.Hebrews 9:22“And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.”He came to die, that others might live!It seems to me that true New Testament Christianity in following Jesus is for one to lose self for the sake of the Gospel, in hopes of saving others. Is not this what Jesus said in Matthew 16:24-26“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. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 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?”One does not lose his own life that he might be some sort of hero. No, he loses his own life for Christ’s sake. All to Jesus I surrender, all to Him I freely give!The brave patriot soldier Nathan Hale is credited for saying, “I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.”All America should thank God for the Nathan Hales among her citizens. But my question is who in the church will say and live, “I only regret that I have but one life to give for Jesus’s sake”?