"There are some things money can't buy - but these days, not many" according to Michael Sandel, author of "What Money Can't Buy". A person can buy a prison cell upgrade for $90 a night, the right to shoot an endangered black rhino for $250,000, and your doctor's cell phone number for $1,500. It seems that "almost everything is up for sale".
But one thing money can't buy is redemption - freedom from the stranglehold of sin. When the apostle Paul began writing about the rich nature of God's plan of salvation through Jesus, his heart erupted in praise: "In Him, we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that He lavished on us" (Eph. 1:7-8). Jesus' death on the cross was the high cost of delivering us from sin. And only He could pay that price because He was the perfect Son of God. The natural response to such free but costly grace is spontaneous praise from our hearts and commitment to the God who bought us through Jesus (1:13-14). Praise to our loving God - He has come to set us free! Only Jesus' death could purchase our freedom.
AMEN
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