Gospel Reflections #573: We cannot just pay God

1 Pet 1:18,19  "For you know that you ---- have been redeemed from a vain life, --- by the precious blood of Christ, who is like a lamb without blemish or spot."

Our vain life is a life in which we try to earn salvation in our own strength. No matter how many good things we do, no matter how righteous we live in this world, if we do not believe that Jesus shed His blood on the Cross to redeem us, we will only continue in our vain lives.

The blood of Jesus Christ is sufficient to cleanse us of all our sins, and in fact, atonement for our sins by His blood has already been given to us.

No matter how wealthy we become in this world, no matter how much we help others, no matter how happy we feel in our circumstances, we will never experience true peace, true wealth and true contentment without Jesus.

God has unconditional love for everyone.

But that does not mean that everyone can be happy unknowingly or naturally without accepting this love.

Those who accept and receive God's unconditional love will be blessed by God.

Jesus died in our place before we accepted Him.

This is God's unconditional love.

Now it is up to us to connect the pipeline with God by our choice to accept it or not.

God will never cut that pipeline.

AUTHOR'S BIO: This Gospel Reflections page is written by Masae San, who resides in Hiroshima, Japan. Masae is a dedicated student of the Bible with a deep passion for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She shares her daily reflections on Gospel perspectives to reach out to others and spread the message of God's true love through a Christ-centered approach. We are sharing her insights here so that you, too, can experience the joy that comes from knowing and understanding the true Gospel and the love of God through Jesus Christ.