No business can operate very long without making a profit. Many enterprises have gone under in spite of the hard work, good service and excellent products they offer to the public. Failed businesses are far more common than are successful ones.
In the world of commerce it is 'the bottom line' that seals the fate of endeavors that succeed or fail based upon the ability to operate profitably and the one day of the year when the bookkeeping transforms from red to black ink is the day after Thanksgiving.
Whether a company can go forward or must close its doors is settled on
that great shopping phenomenon known as Black Friday. If a business is
able to get into black ink on that day, it will succeed for the year.
But there was another Black Friday long ago that is another kind of turn around point. It is the day Christ was crucified for the sins of all men. On that day Jesus took the sin of all mankind upon His sinless person and bore them to not only the cross but to the grave.
Man's sin--my sin--was placed on Him and He died because of it. Man's sin--my sin--required the death penalty and the Savior paid its price in full on the blackest of Black Fridays.
Because HE did, that day has come to signify the moment in time when the blackest of sins can be washed away by the blood of Jesus. Unlike business success which is signified when red ink becomes black, spiritual success comes when the black ink of sin is transformed to the red ink of salvation.
Let the shed blood of Jesus make you new, set you free; let the shed blood of Jesus cause you to become a profitable child who labors for the Kingdom of Christ.
But there was another Black Friday long ago that is another kind of turn around point. It is the day Christ was crucified for the sins of all men. On that day Jesus took the sin of all mankind upon His sinless person and bore them to not only the cross but to the grave.
Man's sin--my sin--was placed on Him and He died because of it. Man's sin--my sin--required the death penalty and the Savior paid its price in full on the blackest of Black Fridays.
Because HE did, that day has come to signify the moment in time when the blackest of sins can be washed away by the blood of Jesus. Unlike business success which is signified when red ink becomes black, spiritual success comes when the black ink of sin is transformed to the red ink of salvation.
Let the shed blood of Jesus make you new, set you free; let the shed blood of Jesus cause you to become a profitable child who labors for the Kingdom of Christ.
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