A lady had taken a trip to Europe, and one day she decided to go out shopping. But she could not spend her money. She had plenty in her purse, and there were things in the shop which she wanted to buy in the worst way. But her problem was that her money was no good because she did not have the right currency for that country. She decided to go to the bank and have her money changed into that which was used; then she could buy what she wanted.
Have you ever thought that money will be no good in heaven? You cannot pay God for His blessings, and you cannot buy a ticket to admit you to heaven either. Some people offer God good works, others charity, still others fasting and prayers to pay for their admission; but this kind of money is no good there.
A newspaper once offered a prize for the best definition of money. The following got the prize:
“Money is a universal provider of everything but happiness, and is a passport to anywhere but heaven.”
Salvation cannot be bought with money, good works, charity, or anything else. Men are sinners— “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God,” (Rom. 3:2323For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:23)) and man needs redemption. The only redemption price that God will accept is the precious blood of Christ. Peter tells us, “Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things as silver and gold,... but with the precious blood of Christ.” This is the only redemption “money” that’s worth anything in heaven.
ML-06/11/1978