How Much are You Worth to Jesus?
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Resurrection
is God’s personal response to who we are. The heart of Jesus pierced on Calvary
blankets us with the blood of salvation. The warmth of Christ’s love touches
the loose ends of our lives. Christ has died for us and we want to be with him
forever. Resurrection is much more than a destiny; it is the fulfillment of
love. Christ’s love of the Father, even to death on the cross, promises a stake
in heaven when we own Christ’s death. The Cross and Resurrection of Christ are
our salvation and our foothold in heaven.
Do we have
any idea the value of a life? To Judas, Jesus was worth thirty pieces of
silver. Joseph was worth twenty pieces to his brothers. the value of Jesus, who
we know are priceless. But what are you worth to Jesus? I want to get more
personal, closer to home, if you please.
Do you
sometimes feel worthless? Or, at times, have you been slighted or treated as
though you were of little value? Should
we value some people more/less than others? And how should we set a value upon each other?
How much
does God care for us? And how much does He value us?
Matthew
10:29-31
Are not two
sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground
without your Father. But the very hairs
of your head are all numbered. Fear ye
not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
God cares
for his creation (the sparrows in this case) so much! In fact not even one
sparrow dies and falls on the ground without God noticing it. But to us
sparrows seem so small and worthless, in fact in the Bible times two sparrows
were sold for a farthing (less then one cent)!
If God values the sparrows so much, how much
does He care for, and value us? Are not we of more value than many sparrows?
Yes! In fact, God knows so much about us that even every hair on our head is
numbered!
And this is
the key to seeing and understanding the value of you and me and all other
people in the world, that is, to see our value in light of what Jesus did to
save us!
Isaiah 13:12
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden
wedge of Ophir
God says
that he will make a man, that is you and me, more precious than fine gold!
(Ophir was a place famous for its gold). And truly, when we look at the greatness
of the price paid to save us it is much, much more precious than gold!
How much
Jesus loves us! Think about how Jesus, the great powerful Creator, became a man
and walked among us, and then was crucified in the hands of those He had
created!! And He did it because he loved and valued us so much, that He wanted
to save us from our sins! So are we not of far greater value than anything in
this world?
The worth of
a human soul can be estimated only by the light reflected from the cross of
Calvary. ... It was the joy set before Christ in accomplishing so great
salvation, that led him to submit to shame, agony, and death. How do all the
treasures and the glories of earth sink into insignificance when compared with
the value of a human soul! {ST, February
16, 1882 par. 17}
Frankly, I
wonder if we really know the value lives? I am certain that a few know what
they are, and I am sure they would die for some of them; but so many know
nothing of true values, and they won’t know until those things which are of
real worth are touched or taken away. It is then that they will walk through
the dark valley of the shadow of death, the valley of fires, and this valley
awaits us all. If our values are not golden, of high value, of great worth,
they will burn to ashes in those awesome flames of that vast valley while those
of gold will be greatly refined
“One has the
most gallant and trustworthy escort when he passes from this world through the
portal we call death -- the Morning Star, the Dawn of the Ages, the Guiding
Light -- Jesus Christ, the Captain of souls. He breaks the chains of carnal
bondage, sets the imprisoned spirit free, closes the toilsome career of
frustration, opens the door of immortal happiness, and returns the soul to its
own, original, and glorious home, to go out no more forever.
“In a
moment's time, Jesus, the anchor of Life, the dispatcher of all pleasure, and
the sum total of reality, swallows the agony of toil, bringing peace to the
weary soul. Sleeping in Christ is the end of all travail and futile passions,
the stepping-stone and door to everlasting desires, the gate of gladness, the
port of paradise, the haven of heaven, the entrance to serenity, and the
continued progression of all blissfulness. Jesus is the very bed of feathery
down wherein the doleful souls of God's elect rest. In Him they rise from
corruption and awake fresh and most hearty to everlasting life
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