On your birthdays thus far, I bet you've accumulated tons of gifts, but have you ever asked those who gave you the presents, how much was it??? You might say that they might ask favors from you in the future... Based on the amount of presents they gave you till this age, do you think there's any favor in the world that can repay back their sincerity??? You might want to question their sincerity, but if they weren't sincere in the 1st place, they wouldn't have endured such 'great pain' in putting up masks just to please you for years in order to ask for your help... There you go, evidence of 'free lunch'...
Have you ever wondered why were you delivered into this world??? Why would a woman knowing that she will bear the most unbearable pain in this entire God-made-universe to give birth to a tiny little 'demon' like us??? Especially it has to last through 9 months of suffering and cautiousness in taking care of her own body to sustain this puny life of ours... Let's say in some miraculous way, the baby that just came out of the womb can talk instantly, do you expect that little thing to ask the woman how much was it??? NEVER!!! Now is this 'free lunch'??? Just an add on to this undefeatable case of 'free lunch', that woman would give in everything to protect that small and precious thing of hers even it takes up her life...
Are the above examples categorized as 'free lunch'??? Yes... That's because they are so priceless that you just can't measure it... Are they the most logical and rational thing to do??? This you should think about it yourself...
Now, there's even something greater than all these... The best 'free lunch' in the world or rather amazing grace(grace means unmerited GIFT, which I don't think it is sufficient to describe this) is God's love!!! Do you know why??? Let me tell you... God the Creator who made everything, sees us as rulers of the world... But we, sinful depraved Satan follower human beings, just like to be our own gods with our own lives... We just like to do things our own way because we like to control, I mean who doesn't want to??? My destiny is in my hands right??? And that is how we failed to live up to God's standard and we might not even tried to live it... Some of us might say that we believe in the EXISTENCE of God, but then do you really mean it??? Do you even know who He is??? If not, then do you still say you believe in Him??? Or are you just making up your very own image of god to suit your bloody needs???
In seeing what kind of deep shit we are in, there was a Man that came to solve this problem of the fallen world... And He was sent by God the Father HIMSELF... We totally had nothing to do with it in a sense that we never wanted Him to come anyways... This Man is Jesus!!! He solved our foolishness by dying in our place on the cross... And He never asked anything from us, other than following Him, so that we too, can have fellowship with Him... Be remembered that, it was God the Father Himself who sent Jesus even though we never wanted Him and continued to rebel against God... That's the supremacy of God's love!!! The ULTIMATE FREE LUNCH!!! Again, if we were to try to repay it, then we're just missing the point!!! Well, even now, this truth has been preached to so many people, but some of them are still rejecting and suppressing the truth... It just shows you how much we really don't want God in our lives and we just want to take charge of our so called destiny... Try imagining those days before Jesus came... What state was it then... I don't think there's any difference though...
Just to clarify, submitting and living your life for Jesus is NOT a way of repaying God's grace... Instead it is the most natural reflex action that we can give... It's like you've been living in a sick and filthy place for your whole life, suddenly someone asks you to follow him for a better life, what more can you do other than to work for him???
Christmas is coming up... The day when Jesus The Christ was born... So what are you going to do about this 'free lunch'???
May God soften your heart to let you in to His Kingdom...
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