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uke 18:28-30: ‘Peter said to him, “We have left all we had to follow you!” “I tell you the
truth,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or
children for the sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive many times as much in this age
and, in the age to come, eternal life.”’
It has become evident to me over the years that those people who sacrifi ced little to receive their salvation have
very little appreciation of what they have.
Although salvation is a free gift from God, in reality it inevitably requires some kind of personal sacrifi ce for us to
receive it. At the very least we must repent of give up our sinful ways! I have noticed that those who give very little
to Jesus frequently backslide before they receive the full revelation of what they can truly receive from God.
A poor person often holds on to the little that they have. Conversely, when a person who has much gets saved and
totally surrenders what they have to Jesus, they seem to more keenly appreciate the value of their salvation. It has
cost them much.
Why is this? Perhaps a person who has little gets saved too ‘easily’ in the hope of a quick-fi x solution to
their dire needs, whereas the (relatively) rich person takes longer to contemplate the cost (to
themselves) of making that commitment.
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