Let’s make a deal cracks me up.
I don’t really get to watch the show very often, when I do,
it’s hilarious.
People have either a deal right in front of them or they
could take what’s behind the curtain.
It’s a guessing game with cash and giving up the sure thing
for something special.
Sometimes the people risk it and get behind in the curtain.
Sometimes it’s amazing and sometimes a zonk.
What if they were able to see what they were able to get and
they had to pay accordingly for it?
Might make the game kind of pointless unless they could get
a great deal.
What if you saw something like miracle, would you try to pay
for it?
Would you try pay to get what God was giving to the people?
A guy named Simon tried this.
He was a Sorcerer, but gave his life to Christ and got
baptized.
He witnessed the miracles performed by Phillip and saw people
receiving the Holy Spirit.
Him being a sorcerer and amazing people, he wanted this gift
for himself.
He offered the apostles money so he could receive this
special ability.
This was the response in Acts 8:20-23…
Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you
thought you could buy the gift of God with money! You have no part or share in
this ministry, because your heart is not right before God. Repent of this
wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having
such a thought in your heart. For I see that you are full of bitterness and
captive to sin.”
Tough love.
You can’t buy off God.
This goes along with the false pretenses of an oath to God
such as…
God if you allow me to pass this test I didn’t study for I
will show up in Church every Sunday for the next month.
It doesn’t work.
Peter responded boldly.
You can’t buy God off.
There is nothing you could give to God that would be worthy
enough, crazy how this can work.
You can’t pay off God but he can pay off you.
Paying the price for our sins Jesus died on the cross.
We cannot pay to have faith or to get rid of sin and get to
heaven.
Yet Jesus did this for us.
He died on the cross a horrifying death for us and our sins.
He paid the price for us to get into heaven.
All that is required is that we have faith, repent (Turn
away from sins) and turn our life towards God with action.
No amount of money can pay off sin.
No gift God gives like the Holy Spirit can be purchased.
Faith doesn’t work like that.
All we have to do is ask for forgiveness for our sins, have
faith in Jesus as the Savior and the one who died for our sins and we will be
saved.
That is the best deal we could ever make.
Someone else died for you and accepting this is the one of
the first steps you can make to guarantee you can get to heaven.
You can’t buy off God, but through Jesus, he paid the price
for your sins.
Where are you at with God and Jesus?
Have a great day.
