“Gift or Acquisition”

Gift or acquisition.  It’s good to be careful on this.

Sometimes gifts carry with them an obligation.  The recipient feels pressured to respond in kind.

Acquisitions are different.  Payment has been made.  The transaction is complete.  There is no further obligation.

So…be a grateful recipient of gifts freely given…but think twice if there is an implied obligation.

And…that brings us to this.  What is salvation?  A gift…or an acquisition?

Both.  It’s a gift to every follower of Jesus.  But…it’s an acquisition for Jesus.

“You are not your own; you were bought at a price.”

Jesus acquired you…bought you with His blood.  It’s a completed transaction.

Both gift…and acquisition.