The Price is Right

I was waiting on my car to be fixed and sitting in the waiting room.  There was a TV in the room and the channel was on some game shows- "Let's Make a Deal" then "The Price is Right".  It had been a long time since I watched The Price is Right  show, the last time I watched it was when Bob Parker was the host, it was interesting to watch the show as although the host was different, the people were the same.

 Bob was no longer the host, a new host was emceeing the game.  Those in the audience were anxiously hoping their name would be called.  An announcer was calling the names of those lucky contestants, "Come on down";  those randomly chosen to participate and play the game were so excited, some were jumping up and down screaming, so happy to have been chosen to try to win some prize e.g.-a car, money, household appliances, trips...I could not help but immediately think of the judgment seat of Christ. 

  But those whose names are in the book of life, Jesus will say "Come on down" He will say, "come My faithful servant into the  inheritance prepared for you".  

The contestants in the game show jump up and down when they find out they have a chance to win a car, they haven't even won the car yet, but they are running around the stage like crazy...people get so excited about worldly things, that get old, break down and thieves steal. On that Day, when and if Jesus calls your name that will be something worth jumping up and down screaming about. Actually, we should be jumping and shouting for joy NOW!  The Lord is worthy to be praised, now, His mercy and grace are so AWESOME!

But, there is a serious issue, because Jesus said that many on that Day, will want the prize of eternity in paradise, but just like the contestants in The Price is Right who don't win the prize because they didn't guess the right price, (choose the right Savior), those who choose the wrong will lose the game of life.  This is not about not winning some car or money, this is about losing an eternity with God in heaven.  If that person's name is not written in the Lamb's Book of Life, Jesus will say, "Depart from Me, you worker of wickedness, go into hell, the place that was prepared for the devil and his angels, because you have rejected My free gift of salvation, now onto to your willful choice to be away from Me forever". 

 What a very sad Day that will be for those who are are not chosen.  Many are called but few are chosen.

Winning some prize on some game show does not compare to winning the prize of salvation.  We don't have to wait anxiously on our names to be called. True Christians have assurance their name will be called.

The price was right, Jesus took our rightly deserved death upon Himself and paid the exact right price needed to free us from the bondage of sin. There are many trials and tribulations on this earth including death, but death for the believer is just a doorway into paradise.  To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord and what a glorious Day that will be.

There is going to be a Day of Judgment, and God will judge everyone who has ever lived, His wrath is going to be poured out on all the wicked and ungodly. The eyes of the unrepentant wicked need to be opened and their ears unplugged so they can see and hear the truth.  The Good News  is Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, born of a virgin; Jesus lived and was brutally tortured and shed His blood and died but He rose from Dead, and now offers anyone who will believe in Him Salvation. What is a person being saved from? Hell, the most horrible place we can imagine, it is an eternal place of torture away from the true and living God in a place in which all of God's goodness is removed. Salvation is not just about being saved from hell and going to heaven, Salvation is also about being adopted into the kingdom of God, you can become a son or daughter of the Most High and you inherit all the privileges of being a child of God.   Salvation is a free gift from God, anyone who will believe will receive and have a real relationship with the true God.  You can't work for it or buy your way into heaven because the price has already been paid with the Blood of Jesus Christ and  Believing in Jesus gets us into the Kingdom of God and saves us from the righteous wrath of God. But that is not all, He gives us a new heart and mind NOW, and we receive some of His blessing from heaven NOW and are equipped to be able to live a life that is holy and acceptable to Him NOW.

1. Believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is real,  He lived and died and rose from the grave. 

2. Believe that you are a sinner, repent-turn from your sins and realize and accept you need Jesus.

3. Believe in the blood that was shed for you and the forgiveness of your sins, and Confess that Jesus is your Lord and God.

4. Find a local Bible preaching church that does obey the commandment for water baptism for the remission of your sins and to identify yourself with Christ.

This is just the first step to a lifelong journey of growing in truth and love with the God who created this earth and everything in it, including every human being that has ever lived.

Bible verses related to this post:   Revelation 14:11, Matthew 7:21-23, Matthew 25:41, Matthew 22:14; 1 John 5:13; 2 Corinthians 5:8