Fantastic Offers
Dave Branon
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 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 $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 dash 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 Roman 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.
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? - Wesley
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" Our salvation was infinetly costly to God, but it is absolutely free to us. "
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