HE PAID DEARLY FOR IT

HE PAID DEARLY FOR IT

Many considered him weird as they saw him searching dustbin after dustbin in search of what they could not understand. By the way this man was the wealthiest and most respected person in this community and everyone looked up to him for the right answer and solution to all their problems. He owned the only school in the town and wrote all the books used in the school. He was responsible for supplying light and water to the community because he owned the machinery used for drilling their boreholes and all the vehicles for haulage including the haulage of cranes.

All of a sudden, he came out searching all the bins in town all day from morning to night not talking to anyone. Another weird thing about this rich man was that at the end of each day, he went back home with a look of disappointment on his face. Many thought he had lost his mind but the strange thing was that even though he was not talking to people, he still had the courtesy of exchanging greeting with the people around him.

Then, he suddenly stopped searching in the bins; he began to dig around town. No one bothered to stop him because in spite of his wealth, he treated people kindly and was particularly interested in their general welfare. His kindness made him to charge only time for his services to them not bothering about the money since he already owned everything.

Then one day he came home rejoicing and calling for a party requesting the entire community to be in attendance because He finally found what he had been tirelessly looking for. By the way his search had turned from months to years and then to hundreds of years and now about four thousand years.

Guess what this great man found eventually; on a parcel of land in his back yard was a piece of ground where; while prospecting, he found that the land potentially could generate more wealth than the entire world if properly cultivated. He knew his search was over and this became a crown of his efforts.

In Matthew 13:44, we read: “again the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath and buyeth that field.”

Several years ago in Bethlehem of Judea in Israel, a Savour was born without the involvement of a man. He was called the Son of God because his birth came in fulfilment of words spoken on behalf of God to a virgin which words were preceded by a previous prophecy. The virgin believed and the word was converted to a human being in her womb without sex. See Isa.7:14; Isa.9:6-7; Mt.1:18-25; Lk.1:26-37 Jn.1:1&14

Like the angel told Joseph, the mission of the Saviour was to save the lost from their sins. Sin is really the biggest question of man. Take sin away from man, like the treasure in our story above, he has the capacity to generate all the wealth on earth. Sin cost man his place and he came under the influence of the devil also known as the wicked for a while. This explains the evil and sorrows on earth today. God has nothing to do with it. On the contrary, God has since provided the solution to the crisis of man. He is a person; his name is Jesus Christ. As the word also foretold his birth, his death and resurrection was also foretold and they came to pass. Likewise his return to the earth as the judge was also foretold and they are about to come to pass. When he comes to judge; he will also come to reign on earth as the king of kings and Lord of Lords until the end determined by the father when the final judgement called the white throne judgement will come to pass.

On the final day, there will be a distinction between His disciples and others. If you have not yet received Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord because He is man’s solution provided by God, you will not be like the treasure found by the rich man in our story, you will be lost forever. This is not because he stopped loving and seeking you, but because of his justice. Without the shedding of blood there can be no remission of sin. So his blood was shed so sin was forgiven. See Ps.22:1, 16-18; Isa.53; Mt.8:14-17; 1Pet.2:24; Heb.9:22; Mt.:16:21; Mk.8:31; Lk.9:22; Lk.17:20-37; Rev.15:11-21; Rev.20:1-15 and Rev.22:12-13.

If you remain unsaved until death, you will be lost forever and that is not what you want. You can avert that death sentence today by saying the prayer below and you will be saved:

Heavenly Father,

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.

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