Why did He die? He died for the souls of men—not for our material welfare, not to reform this world, but to save our souls. “The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10). And it is the soul that is lost. The world knows nothing about the soul, but it is in you and in all of us—this imperishable thing in us that goes on beyond death and the end…
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones and Robert Backhouse, Walking with God Day by Day: 365 Daily Devotional Selections, (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2013).