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"Clunkers"
Redeemed
Since
the inception of the U.S. Government based Car
Allowance Rebate System (C.A.R.S.), informally called “Cash for Clunkers,” it was estimated earlier this week that
more than $775 million of the original $1 billion has
been spent. All
of this in less than two weeks!
Nearly 185,000 “clunkers” have been traded
in for new, more fuel-efficient vehicles.
Because
of the popularity of the program, along with hopes of
stimulating the economy and helping the environment,
Congress has now refueled the incentive program with
an additional $2 billion.
The program is now extended to Labor Day and it
is hoped that it will prompt the sale of another
500,000 new vehicles, while getting the same number of
“clunkers” off the roads and highways.
Under
the program, passenger car owners are given cash
incentives to trade in their gas-guzzling cars for
more fuel-efficient vehicles.
The greater the difference in the gas mileage
of the “clunker” and the gas mileage of the new
vehicle, the greater the incentive – up to $4,500!
However, there is an
even GREATER redemption plan available…
Because
of our sins, OUR LIVES become devalued, deteriorated,
and destined for destruction (Romans 6:23; Matthew
7:13-14).
BUT,
God LOVES you and me!
He loves us so much that He wants to REDEEM us
from sin. The
price for our redemption, however, is so great that it
cannot be calculated in dollar amounts.
All of the money in the world cannot secure our
redemption.
But
God paid the price for our redemption.
It cost the life of His Son, Jesus Christ.
Jesus, the sinless Son of God, died on the
cross for OUR sins to redeem us from sin.
The Apostle Peter reminded some Christians of
that tremendous ransom that was paid:
“For
you know that it was not with perishable things such
as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the
empty way of life handed down to you from your
forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a
lamb without blemish or defect” (1 Pet
1:18-19)
To
be covered in this wonderful plan of Redemption, we
must: believe
and trust in Jesus (Acts 16:30-31), turn from our sins in
repentance
(Acts 17:30-31), confess
Him before men (Romans 10:9-10), and be baptized
(immersed) in His name for the forgiveness of our sins (Acts
2:38).
“In
HIM we have redemption through His blood, the
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His
grace” (Ephesians 1:7).
Sin
renders US “CLUNKERS,” but God doesn’t consider
us to be JUNK!
He
loves us and wants to REDEEM us to make our lives
useful, beautiful, and lasting (for eternity)!
And He will, IF we surrender our lives to Him
on His terms.
Won’t
YOU?
David
A. Sargent, Minister
Church
of Christ at Creekwood
1901
Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
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