You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things such as silver and gold, but with the precious blood of Christ like a lamb without blemish or spot (I Peter 1:18-19).
One of the programs I enjoy watching on television is American Pickers--it's on the History Channel. The "pickers" are Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, who are from Iowa, incidentally, and they travel the United States looking for junk that is really treasure. So, as they drive their van, they are looking for places that have lots of junk. Finding one, they will ask the owner if they can look through their junk. If they find some junk that is really a treasure, they will make an offer to buy that object for a certain amount of money, knowing they can re-sell that object for more money and make a profit on it.
Mike & Frank are funny to watch, but their program reminds me of one of the basic principles taught in economics 101: An item is only worth what a buyer will pay for it. Mike & Frank will not buy an object on which they cannot make a profit. If the seller wants too much money for an item, then they simply move on.
The point I want to make here is that God has established the value of every human being here by what He has paid for them. God did not cheap out here, trying to redeem us, buy our salvation, with mere gold and silver, but He bought us with the precious blood of Jesus Christ, His Son. God's motive is not the profit motive; the reason God is so extravagant in the payment price is that He loves us as much as His very own Son who was sacrificed on the cross for you and me.
Our Father's Love
Tom
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