Matched Set
Originally scheduled for
March 1
Perhaps
you have someone like Aunt Alice. She was an avid collector of collectables,
one of which I inherited. It’s interesting to see how the makers of these
things try to create value for the collector. For example:
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These two medallions commemorate a historic event – Nixon’s trip
to China. They’re big – the silver one is over five ounces.
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The two medallions are a matched set, one of only three hundred
sets ever minted.
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The silver one is almost pure silver.
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There’s an impressive display case, and several items documenting
the authenticity of the set.
She paid seventy-five dollars for the set in 1972. They are now worth
seventy two dollars. Sometimes things just aren’t as valuable as they might
seem. Sometimes value just doesn’t keep.
It is not so with the atonement of Christ. Its value never diminishes
or changes.
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The value never changes, for it brings salvation from sin and
eternal life.
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It is the same value for each and every one of us. There is no
such thing as a “better” atonement.
The value is eternally unchanging, for
God is eternal.
Christ asks in return that you remember his sacrifice. You didn’t pay
for it, he did. The price was his very life itself. For this God has given
him the name above all names. All he asks of you is to remember what he did.
So ask you take the cup and the bread, remember the price that he paid – and
thank God that its value is eternal, and eternally yours.
