19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.- 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Most of us hear from a young age that Grace is Free, that if we just say that we believe in Jesus then He comes and rescues us and we are free people. we won't go to hell. Basic economics however teaches us so differently. In economics there is a general rule, "Nothing is free". Give aways, promotional items, gifts, and etc may be free to consumer but it is never "free", someone paid the cost. It also aligns with the fact the we can never get "something from nothing".
When we think about worldly and secular things this concept is logical and makes so much sense to us. Then why is it that when we thinkg about Jesus and Christianity our minds revert back to Cheap Grace and we take everything for granted. We have stained the pure meaning of what Grace really is.
I think for myself many times I calculate. My mind starts to turn without me even knowing. Many times I catch myself thing "If I did this for them...why are they not doing this for me in return?" or "I was gracious to them...why are they not gracious to me?" or something of those lines. In the end it really means that I do things because I want others to do something back for me, or its something I subconsciously expect.
Then I think about Jesus. Grace, although we were told as a child in Sunday School that its free that we don't have to do anything to deserve it...it was paid for by a cost, the cost of Jesus Christ. Everything from the time of Genesis there was always a blood sacrifice or a cost for forgiveness. I think in our generation many of us have forgotten that. That the Grace that we've received has been paid for by Christ. I think about Jesus that He knew from the beginning of time that I would sin, betray, and nail him back on the cross day after day after day...yet He still chose to go on the cross...wanting nothing back from me except for me to realize one day that He loves me that much.
I don't understand God sometimes...why He would do the things He's done...and how could his love me that great and compassionate. He humbles me daily because even with all this knowledge I sin and I fall and I betray. I forget, I'm such a human...and no act of mine is righteous or good compared to Christ.
Christian Economics...nothing is ever "free", maybe it seems free to us but in reality Jesus bled and died for our freedom...we will never be perfect in our words or our actions but let's at the least never forget what He's done.
When we think about worldly and secular things this concept is logical and makes so much sense to us. Then why is it that when we thinkg about Jesus and Christianity our minds revert back to Cheap Grace and we take everything for granted. We have stained the pure meaning of what Grace really is.
I think for myself many times I calculate. My mind starts to turn without me even knowing. Many times I catch myself thing "If I did this for them...why are they not doing this for me in return?" or "I was gracious to them...why are they not gracious to me?" or something of those lines. In the end it really means that I do things because I want others to do something back for me, or its something I subconsciously expect.
Then I think about Jesus. Grace, although we were told as a child in Sunday School that its free that we don't have to do anything to deserve it...it was paid for by a cost, the cost of Jesus Christ. Everything from the time of Genesis there was always a blood sacrifice or a cost for forgiveness. I think in our generation many of us have forgotten that. That the Grace that we've received has been paid for by Christ. I think about Jesus that He knew from the beginning of time that I would sin, betray, and nail him back on the cross day after day after day...yet He still chose to go on the cross...wanting nothing back from me except for me to realize one day that He loves me that much.
I don't understand God sometimes...why He would do the things He's done...and how could his love me that great and compassionate. He humbles me daily because even with all this knowledge I sin and I fall and I betray. I forget, I'm such a human...and no act of mine is righteous or good compared to Christ.
Christian Economics...nothing is ever "free", maybe it seems free to us but in reality Jesus bled and died for our freedom...we will never be perfect in our words or our actions but let's at the least never forget what He's done.
there's no such thing as a free lunch!
ReplyDeleteare you pondering these things at work? hahaha :D i do some of my best thinking while in my cubicle!