1 Kings 21:20
"And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD."
The pleasures of evil always come with a far heavier price. This price outweighs any perceived benefit of sin. God established the rules of the universe, and the price that will be paid when they are broken.
Elijah, speaking God's words, says that Ahab sold himself in order to perform this evil. What was the value of the vineyard? What kind of vineyard would be worth selling your self to evil?
As Jesus said, "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?"
Matthew 16:25-26
When Ahab died, that precious vineyard passed on to another person. But his soul has already been sold, and there was little hope of redemption.
What is my soul worth to me?
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