OUR DAILY BREAD
Tuesday
April 30, 2013
Fantastic Offers
Read: 1 Peter 1:3-9
[God’s]
abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection
of Jesus. —1 Peter 1:3
I am amazed at the
unbelievable offers that flood my e-mail box every day. Recently, I added up
the offers of free money that came to me in a week, and my “take”
totaled $26 million. But each of those offers was a fraud. Every one—from
a $1 million prize to a $7 million offer—was nothing but a lie
sent by unscrupulous people to squeeze money from me.
We’re
all vulnerable to fantastic offers—to scams that in
reality pay off with nothing but trouble. We are offered false hope that ends
in dashed dreams.
There is one offer, however,
that is genuine, though fantastic beyond belief. It’s
the offer God makes to us—salvation through faith in Jesus’
finished work on the cross: “Believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and you will be saved” (Acts 16:31). It is
an offer that cost Him greatly—and we get the
benefits. The book of Romans tells us, “He was delivered over
to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification”
(4:25 niv).
By saying yes to salvation,
we can have hope (Titus 1:2), peace (Rom. 5:1), forgiveness (Eph. 1:7),
incomparable riches (2:7), and redemption (4:30). This is the real deal. Jesus’
death and resurrection guarantees it. —Dave Branon
Amazing love! How can it be
That Thou, my God, shouldst
die for me?
Amazing love! How can it be
That Thou, my God, shouldst
die for me?
—John Wesley. © 1951 Singspiration
Our salvation was infinitely
costly to God, but it is absolutely free to us.
Goodmorning! Thank God for a
glorious April. May will be something else, see you thereO:)
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