THIS WILL COST YOU

THIS WILL COST YOU
IN THE BEGINNING...THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
I Peter 1:18,19

When Jesus shed his blood to take away our sins and to justify us as eternally righteous, it cost him everything.  And he gave everything willingly.  In like manner he makes the demand on his followers.
Luk 14:33So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.


We often hear that salvation is a free gift, and that is true.  But it cost us everything.  There are very serious terms to the salvation agreement. According to I Corinthians 7:23: " Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men."
Christ wants us established in His kingdom, under His blessed rule and dominion.  He wants us beautiful and glorious, at peace under His authority.  He wants us leaving the old lives behind so that he can make us completely new: born again from above.
Today, let us count the cost of this great salvation.