Support the Bailout!
We read lots in the paper these days about bailouts, whether it is for homeowners who are facing foreclosure, businesses that are struggling to make payroll or entire industries that may have to shutter their doors.
One definition of bailout is:
to relieve or assist (a person, company, etc.) in an emergency situation…
Dictionary.com
Sometimes bailouts work, other times they fail miserably. Sometimes those that need the bailout go to the government or other governing body, hat in hand, humbly making promises that they have no intension of keeping, kind of hedging their bets. Other times, the person or entity asking is seeking to fix mistakes of the past, a sort of redemption.
And that is the final goal of any bailout… redemption. A definition of redemption is:
Atonement for guilt… recovery by payment, as of something pledged.
Dictionary.com
Bet you see where I’m going with this now, huh?
More than 2,000 years ago, the ultimate “bailout” was born in a stable in Bethlehem. He was promised to us by the Old Testament prophets, pledged to us. His birth began the process of redemption, began the bailout for the world’s sins. Thirty-three years later, he payed the ultimate price to purchase this bailout, and three days later, the redemption was completed
… The cross, our bailout.
… The resurrection, our redemption
… His life, our eternal life.
See, sometimes bailouts work really well! And the terms of this bailout are pretty straightforward and easy. Just accept Him and believe. Confess your sins to Him. Accept the bailout.
As we celebrate the birth of our Lord this Christmas, remember His death and resurrection. One is nothing without the other. And the two together have consequences that you can live with… eternally!
December 19th, 2008 at 11:25 am
What a great way to look at all of this. I never even thought of it that way.
December 19th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Great post!!!!
May 26th, 2010 at 9:31 am
great post very much
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