Faith by Value
When you were held captive by sin and death, a ransom was necessary to purchase your freedom. The devil demanded a price so high that he thought Heaven would never pay it. Satan was only willing to let you go in exchange for the murder of the Son of God. The devil was blinded by his hatred for Jesus. While the devil demanded Jesus’ death in hate, God willingly gave Him in love. Love never fails.
The human body is worth less than 5 dollars when considering its value in carbon, salt, and other minerals. The human spirit was worth the Blood of the Son of God. The Father is sitting upon a throne of light. His streets are made of divinely polished pure gold. The walls of His city are layered gemstones. God owns all the gold and silver on earth. The oil fields, titanium, and platinum are all His. God’s servants, the angels, are dressed in gowns that look like the brilliance of shimmering diamonds. The galaxies could have been His currency. He could have placed all this upon a scale, added up the value, and offered it for your ransom. That would have been love but it wouldn’t have been ultimate love. For if there had been something that God wouldn’t give, the world would have had reason to doubt His love.
In our modern society, currency should be backed by something of worth for it to be valuable. The American dollar used to be backed by gold. In times past, each dollar you had represented that much gold in the National Treasury. But now people are losing faith in the dollar. Why? Because it has lost it’s gold backing. In a like manner, the faith of Christians is failing because they have forgotten their backing. Christians are on the Jesus standard: You have been valued with His value. His worthiness is your worthiness. If Christ is worth it then you are worth it. Faith believes your God given value.
Romans 8:32 says, “He that spared not His own Son but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him freely give us ALL THINGS.” Fact: The only good thing that God won’t provide for you is something worth more than the Blood of Jesus. There isn’t anything more valuable than that! When you realize this, faith won’t be something you try; it will be something that you have. If you can believe that God would give it to Jesus then you can believe that God will give it to you. God set the standard when He gave Christ. Is the healing of your body greater than Christ’s Blood? Is the financial help you seek greater than God’s Son? Is the restoration of your marriage bigger than the Gift of Jesus? This is how God wants us to approach Him. He wants us to compare all our necessities to the cross. Will your need swallow God’s love or will God’s love devour your needs? My need is never greater than His love.
Pastor Tim
Family Church Jamestown is a non-denominational church located in Chautauqua County in Jamestown between Lakewood and Busti NY. The senior pastor of Family Church is Pastor Tim Stahlman a native to the Jamestown, NY area.
