Membership Fee
Do you belong to a gym? A club? How do you become a member? You pay a membership fee - maybe an entry fee, monthly or annual dues. It costs money to belong. Guess what? You cannot afford not are you qualified to pay the membership fee into heaven. Wait? Yes, that is correct - you cannot get in on your own, you can't buy your way into membership into Heaven. So, how do you get in?
“For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.”
1 Peter 1:18-19 NIV
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”
Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV
Jesus bought our membership for us, he paid the price covered forever and eternally. Only He was qualified to pay that price for us, to cover the membership fee. Without Jesus you will never get in
“he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.”
Titus 3:5-7 NIV
Accepting Jesus and acknowledging He paid it all for us is the beginning of your membership into the best family you could ever be a part of.
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