God is Serious About Redemption

Monday, February 18, 2013. Deena Serafin
God is Serious About Redemption
Today's Reading: Numbers 3-4; Acts 25
Scripture: Numbers 3:41. "And you shall take the Levites for Me-I am the Lord- instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel..."

Observation:
God is serious about redemption. To pay for the sins of the Israelites, God told Moses to take all the males from the tribe of Levi to represent the firstborn of every family. When Moses counted, he found that their were more firstborn sons than Levites, so God told him to take money for the additional sons and give it to Aaron and his sons. The plan was exact and personal.

Application:
God is serious about redemption. Make no mistake, there is a price to be paid for your sin and for my sin. Only Jesus, God's Holy Firstborn Son, could redeem us so that we could be His children. I know that as a nine year old girl I accepted God's gift of His Son and became a child of God forever. I have friends, family, and neighbors who think they belong to God because they try to be good and love others. Do I care enough about them to tell them the truth and keep telling them?

Prayer:
Jesus, thank you for giving Your life to pay for my sin. Help me to be relentless in sharing the truth with others.