Topics:<\/b> Christ\u2019s Sacrifice; Cross; Grace; Repentance; Sin<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> Luke 1:46\u201350; Romans 6:1\u20132; Hebrews 10:26\u201331; 1 Peter 1:17\u201319<\/p>\n
I was in a store shopping for a sweater. The cost needed to be minimal, so I went to the clearance rack. As I flipped through the sweaters, one caught my eye. It was the right color and the right size, and, best of all, the price tag said $8. Without much more thought, I made my purchase.<\/p>\n
At home I slipped on the sweater. Its texture was like silk. I had made my purchase so quickly that I hadn\u2019t noticed how smooth and elegant the sweater was. Then I saw the original price tag: $124.<\/p>\n
I gasped. I had never owned a sweater that expensive. I had come home with what I thought was a \u201ccheap buy,\u201d but the original price was much higher. And I had been oblivious to its value.<\/p>\n
At times I have treated the power of Jesus\u2019 blood like a cheap buy. God\u2019s grace, though free to me, carried the highest price tag of all: the life of his own Son.<\/p>\n
\u2014Karen R. Morerod, \u201cLesson Learned from a Sweater,\u201d Decision<\/i> (November 1999)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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