The Enormous Price

December 26

Our Lord and Savior came to earth for only one reason--to redeem fallen man from the consequence of sin--to buy him back from his plummet into sin. When man became separated from God in the Garden of Eden, the plan of salvation was already in place Prophetically, it is told in the same passage where it is revealed that the dragon and the beast will be worshiped by those who have not claimed Jesus as Savior.

Revelation 13:4-8 shares this woesome tale but reveals the fact that the awesome plan to reclaim God's prized creation has been in place forever. Specifically, verse 8 tells us that salvation is through, "...the Lamb of God, slain from the foundation of the earth." Jesus, God's sinless lamb, set the plan for your salvation in motion before the earth began.

Anyone who is among those who believe sin is of little consequence--after all, nobody is perfect; after all, this is just a small thing that can't separate me from God; after all, this isn't hurting anyone but myself; after all, a loving God wouldn't send anyone to hell--have another think coming when this verse is considered in the full weight of its implications.

If the Holy One abhors sin but loves mankind so much that He devised the plan of salvation before time began, there must be a totally horrific consequence to the sin that caused the separation of man from his Maker in the first place! If He paid the enormous price of Himself to buy you back, doesn't it behoove you to lay your blood-bought life at His feet?