Pick and Save
Thomas Norman of Spring Valley, California, reminds us
of a common occurrence with a great application:
This
world will ever have at least one event that could
cause a furious race to a given location; that event
is known to us as a good old fashion “property
sale.” It hardly makes a difference where
the land sale might be, people will attend that affair
struggling to, “Pick and Save.”
The
truth of the matter is that it is sensible to get
something as cheaply as viable, and if at all possible
getting it free is paramount. But let’s be mindful,
land giveaways (whenever we have them) motivate
horrendous stampedes of people scratching and clawing
to receive any bit of real estate they can; the
"Oklahoma land rush" taught us that.
That
land was a dust bowl then, as it well is today. For
sure, man has applied an abundance of technology, to
that area, striving to change the nature of that
territory. However, it took an enormous amount of
funds and effort to transform the land, making it
something of worth, rendering the place much more
costly than free.
Norman then reminds us: “In this day there is only
one thing that is truly free for all mankind … There
is no need to claw or fight for a portion, for there
is enough for all”:
“For the wages
of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
-- Romans 6:23
What we “earn” by our sin is DEATH.
If not forgiven, our sin leads to eternal destruction
(see Matthew 7:13-14).
But God desires to give us ETERNAL
LIFE. This is the GIFT that
He has offered to us through His Son, Jesus Christ.
Jesus DIED so that we might LIVE (1 Thessalonians
5:10). His gift of salvation and life must be
accepted on His terms:
We
must place our
faith
and trust in Him (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). Then, as we continue to walk in the
light of His word, His blood will continue to cleanse
us from our sins (1 John 1:7).
The wonderful Gift is there for us, but we must "Pick
and Save," or rather, “Pick and BE Saved.”
Won’t YOU choose to
accept His gift of salvation on His terms?
David A.
Sargent,
Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
* From “Pick and
Save,” a bulletin article by Thomas Norman, Education Minister of the
Grand Ave. Church of Christ in Spring Valley, CA. See
ttp://www.churchofchristsv.org/
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