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One
Glass of Milk
Dr.
Howard Kelly was a distinguished physician who, in
1895, founded the Johns Hopkins Division of
Gynecologic Oncology at Johns Hopkins University.
According to
Dr. Kelly's biographer, Audrey Davis, the doctor was
on a walking trip through Northern Pennsylvania one
spring day when he stopped by a farmhouse for a drink
of water.
A little girl answered his knock at the door
and instead of water, brought him a glass of fresh
milk. He
visited with her briefly, and then went his way.
Sometime after that, the little girl came to
him as a patient and needed surgery.
After the surgery, the bill was brought to her
room and on it were written the words....
"PAID
IN FULL with one glass of milk." *
Because
of our sin, WE owe a tremendous debt to God (see
Matthew 18:21-35; Luke 7:36-50).
It is a debt so enormous that we could NEVER
repay it. However,
when Jesus died on the cross, He paid for the debt of
sin with His OWN blood.
"In Him we have redemption through His blood,
the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of
His grace" (Ephesians 1:7).
Jesus'
payment for the sins of the world was offered
NOT because we have done anything to deserve it (1
John 2:2). He
is not "paying us back" for some "glass of
milk" that we have given to Him.
We don't deserve salvation; we deserve the
wages of sin: DEATH (Romans 6:23)!
However, because of His GREAT love for us, God
sent His Son to pay the price for our sins (1 John
4:10). "But when
the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man
appeared, NOT by works of righteousness which WE
have done, but according to HIS MERCY He saved
us, through the washing of regeneration and
renewing of the Holy Spirit" (Titus 3:4-5).
Salvation
is not a WAGE to be "earned"
but a GIFT that must be "accepted"
(Ephesians 2:8-9).
We
ACCEPT God's gift of salvation by: believing
in Jesus (Acts 16:31), turning
from our sins to Him in repentance
(Acts 17:30-31), confessing
Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and being baptized
(immersed) in the name of Jesus Christ
for
the forgiveness of our sins (Acts 2:38).
We CONTINUE to be cleansed by the blood of
Christ as we CONTINUE to follow Him as a way of life
(1 John 1:7).
For those who accept His gift on His terms,
He graciously writes upon their account... "PAID
IN FULL."
Has
YOUR debt been PAID IN
FULL?
God
bless you!
David
A. Sargent /
Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
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