Who do you think would love you more?
The person you gave $1 - $100 - $1,000 - $10,000 - or $100,000?
Now before we get into the whole "you can't buy love" discussion, yes I am aware of that. This is merely to prove a point.
If I gave you $1 you would likely be thankful but could easily forget the gesture. If I gave you $100 you would probably think I had lost my mind. If I gave you several thousand dollars you would likely want start being best friends. But if I gave you $100,000 or more I imagine that for most people they would feel forever indebted to the giver. I know I would. I would feel obliged to answer when the call, help when they ask, and check in with them regularly always having time and energy reserved for when they may need me.
I wonder if that's why some of us love God more than others. If you've lived a very good moral and holy life committing very few sins, you perhaps received $100 worth of forgiveness. But if you've lived a life that you realize is vile and repulsive, you know the price that God paid for your atonement, that it far outweighs and dollar value we can try to imagine.
Our sins may come in actions, or even as impure thoughts that cross through our minds. But we have all sinned (Romans 3:23). And we will all be judged for our sins. But the story doesn't end there. Romans 5:10-11 reads, "For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, whom we have now received reconciliation."
We were all on the outside of God looking in, but through the blood of his Son, Jesus Christ, we have been reconciled to Him, forgiven, atoned for! Our sin debt has been paid. So why do I love God and his Son so much? Because I've received much more than a few thousand dollars in forgiveness.
The person you gave $1 - $100 - $1,000 - $10,000 - or $100,000?
Now before we get into the whole "you can't buy love" discussion, yes I am aware of that. This is merely to prove a point.
If I gave you $1 you would likely be thankful but could easily forget the gesture. If I gave you $100 you would probably think I had lost my mind. If I gave you several thousand dollars you would likely want start being best friends. But if I gave you $100,000 or more I imagine that for most people they would feel forever indebted to the giver. I know I would. I would feel obliged to answer when the call, help when they ask, and check in with them regularly always having time and energy reserved for when they may need me.
I wonder if that's why some of us love God more than others. If you've lived a very good moral and holy life committing very few sins, you perhaps received $100 worth of forgiveness. But if you've lived a life that you realize is vile and repulsive, you know the price that God paid for your atonement, that it far outweighs and dollar value we can try to imagine.
Our sins may come in actions, or even as impure thoughts that cross through our minds. But we have all sinned (Romans 3:23). And we will all be judged for our sins. But the story doesn't end there. Romans 5:10-11 reads, "For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, whom we have now received reconciliation."
We were all on the outside of God looking in, but through the blood of his Son, Jesus Christ, we have been reconciled to Him, forgiven, atoned for! Our sin debt has been paid. So why do I love God and his Son so much? Because I've received much more than a few thousand dollars in forgiveness.
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