Hey guys, it has been ages since I posted on here. I'm still trying to make it a habit. But here is a good thought for the day...or life, whatever. I don't know why I thought of this one morning last week. But your soul is not a used car. Have you ever bought a used car? The guy asks a certain price; say 5K. You decide you want that car. So you offer the guy $3500. He says, "Um...How about $4500?" Then you finally agree to $4000.
God has told us the price of our salvation. Jesus says in Matthew 7:21, "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord" will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." We can't just offer God lip service and act like that should be enough to cover it. We have to give him his asking price. No less. Jesus says again in Mark 8:34-35, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it." We have to deny ourselves. That's heavy. But it is necessary. Paul says in Romans 12:1, "I appeal to you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, to present bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship." A living sacrifice. What does that mean? To deny ourselves. To do the will of the Father. To serve others. That is the asking price for our souls. And we must pay it all, or we get nothing. We can't bargain hunt with the Lord.
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