Sand Mountain Sermonette 30
John’s Gospel 1:12-14; Isaiah 1:18
Jesus Paid it All!
When my mother was a little girl, there was country store down by the creek near her home. One day mother’s dad sent her to the store to pick up some items and when she took them up to the counter, Irvine the storekeeper said, “That will be five dollars.” To which my mom replied, “Just charge it!”
Today is not that far away from yesterday, is it? In a world of credit cards and other means dependent upon buy now and pay later; there was a central point in the history of the world; a time chosen of God, in which His one and only Son, Jesus Christ was born into the world. Before the world was even created, God had a plan in place to reconcile sinful humanity back to Himself through the blood of his innocent Son, shed upon the cross!
When one repents of sin and turns in faith to the work of Jesus Christ’s death upon the cross as full payment for his or her sin disease, the Bible says that individual is declared “Not Guilty!” This is the meaning of Christmas: Jesus Paid it all! His love through salvation is His free gift offered to you! As the Holy Spirit speaks to your heart, would you invite Him into your heart this day if you have never received Him as your Lord and Savior?
John writes, “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the word (Jesus) became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John’s Gospel 1:12-14
“Jesus paid it all, All to Him I owe, Sin had left a crimson stain-He washed it white as snow.”
Hymn: “Jesus Paid it All.” Written by Elvina M. Hall one Sunday morning in 1865, while seated in the choir loft of the Monument Street Methodist Church in Baltimore, Maryland. (Explore Isaiah 1:18 in the Old Testament).
Pastor Louie