The Gift

Got a credit card? It makes life easy and many times too easy. Just whip out the plastic and pay for whatever. But then the unwanted statement comes at the end of the month. There is the gas you bought and the price, the dress and the price, the shoes and the price and on and on it goes. Buy now, pay later, good concept; but for who? We attempt to repay what we owe but if we let it the card will take over and we will owe more than we can pay. That's what happens in our life if we think we can repay for sins done. There are a few problems with thinking like that. First, we don't know the cost of each sin. The price of gas is easy, the new dress and shoes is easy. But what's the cost for getting mad in traffic? Ticked off at some fellow who cuts in front of you, what is the cost for that? My credit card allows a minimal payment and then rolls the debt into the next month. Does God have the same policy? If I leave a sin on my statement for several months, does it incur more sin? The statement, where is it? Can I see it? Who has it? How do I pay it off? How in the world do I deal with the debt I owe God? Rom 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Rom 3:25
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

The cost of my sins is more than I can pay. The gift of God is more than I can imagine. Let me give you an example. What if when you left home to go to college your dad gave you a credit card with his name on it and told you to use it wisely. As you left how would you feel? Would you have thoughts like this?

"I'm free. I can go anywhere I want. I could be in New York before the sun sets." I mean when your Dad gave you the card he didn't put any regulations on it. No contract to sign, rules to read, no placing your hand on a Bible not a word of reimbursement or a work of payment at all. So what keeps you from doing that? Could it be the love of your father and his trust in you? Is this not what God wants to do for each of us? He gives you His grace through the redemption of His Son Jesus Christ and the payment by His blood of sins past, present& future. Like the card your Dad gave you, you can go and buy what you want, but when the statement comes I am sure he'll be calling you. Live like you please but just remember the statement is coming and there will be a pay day some day. Rom 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. I think I will just take the gift. I know you probably knew this already but it is good to hear again from time to time.