Who Can Pay The Price?
Sunday February 16, 2020
In our time in addiction we often considered life, even our own, as pretty cheap. We are reminded today that our lives are precious to God. The life of God’s beloved son was also precious to Him and yet He allowed Jesus to come to earth to pay the price for our sin so we could live in relationship with Him forever.
No one can pay for the life of anyone else. No one can give God what that would cost. The price for a life is very high. No payment is ever enough. No one can pay enough to live forever and not rot in the grave. But God will save me from the place of the dead. He will certainly take me to himself. (Psalm 49:7-9, 15 NIRV)
Our lives may have become unmanageable, but they were never worthless. God is willing to remove the sin that we carry in ourselves. That sin is killing us. Jesus paid the price for our sin. Jesus made a way. Jesus has done what no earthly person could. Jesus lived a perfect life.
The Christmas story reminds us that Jesus was born as a baby. God was his father and Mary was his mother impregnated by the power of God’s Holy Spirit. In a remarkable way, Jesus never stopped being one with His Heavenly Father. By coming to earth Jesus demonstrated God’s love for each of us. He lived a perfect life. He died on a cross to pay the penalty for sin that He never committed. Jesus died to pay the price for our sin. He did not remain dead but was made alive again, proving the power of God over death, the penalty for sin. Jesus died once for eternal salvation for all who choose to obey God. That’s how precious we are to God.
When you sin, the pay you get is death, but God gives you the gift of eternal life. That’s because of what Christ Jesus our Lord has done. You were set free from an empty way of life … You know that you were not bought with things that can pass away, like silver or gold. Instead, you were bought with the priceless blood of Christ. (Romans 6:23, 1 Peter 1:18-19a NIRV)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Forgive me for the mess I’ve made of things. Thank you for Jesus who paid the price for my sin and reconciled me to You. Today I put my trust in You and turn my will and life over to Your care. Please guide me in the way I should go. Amen
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