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February 4
Wednesday


WHAT MONEY
CAN'T BUY

READ:
Ephesians 1:3-14
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In Him we have
redemption through His
blood, the forgiveness
of sins, according to
the riches of His grace.
__Ephesians 1:7
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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, according the the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward 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 (1:13-14).

Praise to our loving God__He has come to set us free!
__Marvin Williams

``````````````What amazing love You have for us, heavenly Father!````````````````
`````````````````````That You gave Your Son who willingly``````````````````````
`````````````````````died in our place. It seems too good``````````````````````
``````````````````````````to be true. Thank You!````````````````````````````
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Only Jesus' death could purchase our freedom.

*******************************Today's Bible Reading __ Ephesians 1:3-14********************************

3 Blessed be the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who has blessed us
with every spiritual blessing
in the heavenly places in
Christ. 4 Just as He chose us
in Him before the
foundation of the world,
that we should be holy and
without blame before Him
in love....7 In Him we
have redemption through
His blood, the forgiveness
of sins, according to the
riches of His grace 8 which
He made to abound toward
us in all wisdom and
prudence, 9 having made
known to us the mystery of
His will, according to His
good pleasure which He
purposed in Himself, 10 that
in the dispensation of the
fullness of the times He
might gather together in
one all things in Christ,
both which are in heaven
and which are on earth__in
Him.

11 In Him also we have
obtained an inheritance,
being predestined according
to the counsel of His will,

12 that we who first trusted
in Christ should be to the
praise of His glory. 13 In
Him you also trusted, after
you heard the word of truth,
the gospel of your
salvation; in whom also,
having believed, you were
sealed with the holy Spirit
of promise, 14 who is the
guarantee of our inheritance
until the redemption of the
purchased possession, to the
praise of His glory.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

God's generosity is immeasurable. He paid the price for the
forgiveness of our sins and purchased our salvation (Eph. 1:7). "All
praise to God"! (v.3 NLT).