Share the Treasure

You want to get someone’s attention – say “it’s free.”  Free is an eye-popper, a real breath-stopper in a nothing-is-for-free world.  Mr. Bill’s basement is full of “free” junk … oops, I mean stuff.

 

O. S. Hawkins writes, “What Christ has to offer is free.” (The Joshua Code, 2012).  One of my favorite lines is “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.”  Tell Mr. Bill something is free and he says, “Danger! Danger! Danger!”  One of my personal favorites is “one man’s junk is another man’s treasure.”  God’s salvation to man is free and without condition, however, to say that was without cost to Him is horribly false!  “For the Grace of God has appeared, bringing Salvation for all people,  training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed Hope, the appearing of the Glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, Who gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession who are zealous for good works.” (Titus 2:11-14).  Believers experience the Treasure of God’s Salvation each day, but do we share the free offer of Christ with others?  Or, are we hoarders, withholding the same free offer to family, friends, and neighbors?  Recently, someone gave a friend of Mr. Bill’s a hog trap for free; the friend, in turn, offered it to Mr. Bill for free.  A timely illustration of how God’s free gift of Salvation isn’t ours alone to hoard and enjoy, but realizing Its cost was the Life-giving blood of God’s Son to all people.  The powerful words of Ephesians 1:7 continue, “In Him … we have redemption … through His Blood …”  Christian, is your salvation a treasure?  It may sound “to good to be true” but It is True and It is a true Treasure.  Share the Treasure!