Michael Hunt

Michael Hunt

Its Sunday Night

And I was thinking about “The Cost”

The cost of hurricane Katrina was over $200 Billion. The projected cost of hurricane Harvey- $190 Billion; a lot of money, and a lot suffering and agony.

The 2017 United States National Budget, 3.21 Trillion dollars, a

whole Lot of money.

There is another cost I want to look at – and that is the cost, the price, for our Salvation.

The Bible says, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

First let me say Jesus cares about the needs of your life; He cares about all your needs; He is concerned about your life, the suffering, the sorrow, the despair. He came to make the ordinary better; to transform the person.

And what He gives, has to offer, is not just enough, it is more than enough; with plenty left over. He gives His life, on the cross, for our sin, and that offering, that sacrifice, is more than enough.

John three sixteen was written to show the heart of God; the heart of the gospel. That while we were yet in our sins, Christ died for us, to meet the spiritual need of the people; the need of our Salvation, and that came at a great cost – the only Begotten Son of God.

He offered His life on the cross, was raised up in three days, his sacrifice on the cross and victory over death and the grave gives us the means of our deliverance from sin, and eternal separation from a holy God.

The heart of the gospel is that all men have sinned; that we have fallen short of the glory of God; that in spite of what we have done, God loves us; that while we were yet in our sins, Christ died for us.

That Jesus draws us to Him by the love of God; from the cross He met our needs, to give us new life.

Nobody made Jesus come from Heaven to earth. Nobody ordered Jesus to give His life on the cross; He did it freely; because it was the only way to pay the cost, the price, for the sins of the world.

Not anything we have done. But because of God’s love. There is nothing we have done to deserve this; it is the grace of God. It is a gift of God, to us.

As we accept that gift of Salvation, our sins are forgiven, past, present and future. We are a new creature, a new life in fellowship with God.

“Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things have passed away; all things are become new.” {II Corinthians 2: 17}

He is the object of our Salvation. He is the consummation of our hope.

John three sixteen is the Bible, the gospel, in miniature.

It says Jesus came from heaven to earth for the express purpose of going to the cross, that man should not perish, but Shall be saved.

That he who believes, does not come under the judgment of God.

That God is Life; and that His mercy and grace, follows after us.

That Salvation is the gift of God; and nothing which we earned, to save the world, man, from their sin.

The cost of hurricane Katrina was over $200 Billion. The projected cost of hurricane Harvey- $190 Billion; a lot of money, and a lot suffering and agony.

The 2017 United States National Budget, 3.21 Trillion dollars, a Whole Lot of money.

But the cost, the price, for our Salvation, was the Only Begotten Son of God, which is un-measurable; unfathomable.

It is more precious than silver or gold.