Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious.
1 Peter 2:4*
Human life is precious. They say you can’t put a dollar value on it, yet judges and lawyers do it all the time in wrongful death cases. They’re worth millions.
Precious gems are also worth a lot of money. Diamonds in the rough look a lot like blobs of melted glass or chunks of rock salt yet a small bag of diamonds can buy a hundred truckloads of salt and still have money left over; they are just that precious.
Some things are so precious they’re priceless. Some works of art can never be replaced and yet if you know the right people, they can tell you how much they are insured for.
The Lord Jesus Christ is the most precious entity in the universe. “There is no salvation in any other” (Acts 4:12); there’s also no real hope, peace, or joy outside of Him. If Christ didn’t come to die as a substitute for sin, we’d all still be lost and separated from God. No amount of faith, obedience, silver or gold could do what He has already done. Since absolutely nothing else can do or be what the Savior is, the best that can be said is that He is Precious.
Every year, news sources have stories about how masterpieces and rare antiques are sold at garage sales for a pittance. The reader usually has some envy of the buyer and feels sorry for the seller for failing to see the value of what he or she had. A sadder story is repeated a million times a day as the Incarnate Creator comes to his creation and is rejected by men. They don’t have a clue that He is Precious.
*see also John 6:48
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