This morning, God spoke to me about something I had never thought about before. I was reminded of the price that was paid for the removal of my sin, but then I was given the thought that someone had to set that price......the price that each of us is worth.....the price set in advance so we could be bought back. Interesting.
We often think about how hard it must have been for God to give up His son. It's interesting to me that God is also the one who made the price for us so incredibly high that no one could pay it except for He himself.
Does this help you to realize in a better way just how much you are worth? I hope so! You are loved dearly and worth more than you will ever be able to know. The words I have just typed are merely words and nothing more. There are no words in any language to express the love for you that God has.
Remind one another DAILY of these thoughts.
(An interesting thing just happened. As I was finishing this message, Zoe woke up in the next room singing loudly. She was singing "I stand. I stand.....". It sounded alot like the song we sing with the words "I stand in awe of you". I think that was God just putting some icing on the cake this morning.)
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(I begin with an apology for the following theologization)
I recently purchased "The Transforming Word," a single volume commentary of the Bible published within the SCM. I have been reading through James Walters' chapter on Romans.
Walters notes that Paul never speaks of our salvation as something presently realized. Rather, in the present we experience reconciliation and justification due to our belief in Christ. For Paul, salvation will be realized when Christ comes again and concomitantly we are finally and fully freed from the power of sin and death.
Therefore (getting back to Jennifer's post), if God is so generous in spending for our reconciliation/justification, imagine the party that will be our salvation fully realized. That is a powerful thought for me.
Great thoughts Jennifer. I agree wholeheartedly.
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