What Price Do You Put on Jesus?
August 9, 2020 · 1:20:13 · Watch on YouTube ↗
These notes - summary, key points, and highlighted thoughts - were generated by AI from the recording and are not the preacher’s exact words.
Summary
The service opened with youth-led worship and an open time of testimony. Believers shared how God moves in everyday life: a young man saw the Lord quietly advancing his career step by step, while another recovered from painful poison ivy at youth camp and used it to picture the far worse fire awaiting people who perish without Christ, urging everyone to share the gospel boldly. A sister recalled a near-death testimony and reminded the church that every new morning means God's plan for us is not yet finished.
One woman testified that God healed her swollen knee without a doctor's needle, then sent her out as His hands to pray with the elderly people she cares for, until even a Jewish woman named Donna came to faith before she died. The service host compared the Christian life to a saltwater aquarium: just as corals need exact water levels to grow, our prayer, worship and time in the Word keep us spiritually stable and ready to hear God's voice and witness in the moment.
The pastor closed with a short, pointed word on the value we place on Jesus. Judas traded the Son of God for thirty pieces of silver, while the merchant in the parable sold everything he had for one pearl. Since we were bought with the price of Christ's own blood, our body and soul belong to Him, and the only fitting response is to give Him everything.
Key Points
- God works step by step even in ordinary jobs and daily routines, so stay humble and give Him the glory.
- Every day He gives is proof that His plan for your life is not yet finished, so live it fully.
- People without Christ are like a building on fire, and love compels us to rush in with the gospel.
- Healing and answered prayer are testimonies meant to be told, so that others are drawn to Jesus.
- Keep your spiritual parameters right - prayer, worship and the Word - so you can hear God and witness when the moment comes.
- Judas traded Jesus for silver, but we are called to value Him above everything we own.
- We were bought with Christ's blood, so body and soul are His, and He asks for our whole life.
Devotional
What price have you put on Jesus? Judas valued the Son of God at thirty pieces of silver, yet Christ valued you at the cost of His own blood. Take an honest look at whatever still competes for first place in your heart - your comfort, your plans, your time - and lay it down before Him. When you finally give Him everything, you discover that His presence is worth far more than all you surrendered.
Judas traded Jesus for silver; the question is what price we put on Him to gain Him today.
You were bought with a price, so your body and your soul belong to God.
People without Christ are a burning building, and love will not let us walk past.
