There’re those who ask if it’s possible for people tosell their souls to the devil. No one can sell his or hersoul to the devil; the reason being that all souls belong toGod. How can Satan possibly pay for the soul of any human

 

being and with what “currency” exactly? God paid for the soulof every man, woman, boy, and girl, with the precious blood

 

of Jesus Christ (1 Peter 1:18-19).

 

Satan lies to a whole lot of Christians, deceiving them

 

to think he’s in charge of their lives somehow, whereas hedoesn’t have such rights. Jesus bought the whole field andpaid for everyman. So, you can’t sell your soul to the devil.Even if you stood in front of the devil and said to him, “I sellmy soul to you.” He couldn’t buy it. Your soul neither belongsto you nor Satan; it belongs to God.

 

Even when you give your heart to Jesus, you’re not“selling” your heart to Him either. The terminology of “givingyour heart to Jesus” doesn’t really apply in the way we thinka lot of times, as to “bundling” yourself up and giving yourself

 

to Him. To give Him your heart is to give Him your attention.He said, “My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyesobserve my ways” (Proverbs 23:26). So, when we say, “Give

 

your heart to the Lord”, we’re saying, “Turn over to Him; yieldyourself to do His will.”

 

The reason you can do that is because He gave youthe right; He took the right off Satan, gave it to you, and said,“Give me your heart and follow me!” He told the Israelites,

 

“I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing:therefore choose life...” (Deuteronomy 30:19). He told them to choose life! Serve God truly, with your life. Love Him withall your heart, for your soul belongs to Him.

 

It’s important to understand, nonetheless, that there’ssuch a term as ‘selling oneself to do evil.’ This means willinglyyielding oneself to do evil or wickedness. In this way, onecould be said to have ‘sold himself’ to the devil or evil. “AndAhab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hastsold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD...But there

 

was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work

 

wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wifestirred up” (1 Kings 21:20, 25).