Matthew 13:45-46 ESV — "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it."
Isaiah 53:10 KJV — "Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand."
The cross was the ultimate manifestation of Jesus' heart to 'sell all that He had' to win our lives back. His heart won the Father's heart and His shed Blood satisfied the Father's justice and holiness.
Jesus. Faced with paying the ultimate price... paid it... He did not back down... a second Adam who is a quickening Spirit.
Sin is paid for but will we believe and then be made alive to enjoy the benefits of being alive? If we never believe we stay spiritually dead.
Mark 12:27a ESV — "He is not God of the dead, but of the living."
John 14:6 ESV — "Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
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