the price
If you really do put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. How is true value determined? Not by anyone's estimate- but by the price someone is willing to pay. In human experience it is a rare thing for one man to give his life for another, even if he be a good man, though there have been a few who have had the courage to do it. However no one on earth would allow their child to die for someone else. They don't value you that much. But God clearly proves His love for us: even while we were still sinners, His Son Jesus Christ died for us.This is equivalent of someone trading their son not just for a nice person, not even for someone that annoyed them, but for someone like a terrorist. And then inviting that terrorist to come and live with them forever!
God has payed the highest premium foryou. Christ is far above any ruler or authority or power or leader or anything else--not only in this world but also in the world to come (Ephesians 1:21). This King, royal & sinless, payed for you, not with gold or silver, but with His blood to ransom you & let you know your value has skyrocketed beyond measure! God loves you so much, even the angels are amazed (1 Peter 1:10–12). They witnessed the splendors of creation & the wonders of heaven. Yet they know nothing about grace and mercy and forgiveness. They’ve never experienced the wonder of deliverance from sin. That which we have experienced in Jesus Christ, the angels never knew and will never know. We are far more privileged than they.
It's as if God is continually pressing "Like" on the page of your life.
God has payed the highest premium foryou. Christ is far above any ruler or authority or power or leader or anything else--not only in this world but also in the world to come (Ephesians 1:21). This King, royal & sinless, payed for you, not with gold or silver, but with His blood to ransom you & let you know your value has skyrocketed beyond measure! God loves you so much, even the angels are amazed (1 Peter 1:10–12). They witnessed the splendors of creation & the wonders of heaven. Yet they know nothing about grace and mercy and forgiveness. They’ve never experienced the wonder of deliverance from sin. That which we have experienced in Jesus Christ, the angels never knew and will never know. We are far more privileged than they.
It's as if God is continually pressing "Like" on the page of your life.
