Samuel Medley’s beautiful hymn of
worship and praise, “His Matchless Worth”, concludes with this magnificent
declaration, “Triumphant in His grace, Triumphant in His Grace.” Haldor Lillenas in his epic hymn “Wonderful
Grace of Jesus” begins his chorus, “Wonderful the matchless grace of
Jesus”. What can compare to the grace of
Jesus? What can stand alongside it and
say, “I am just as good as that.” What
else could gain eternity for sinful man and bless him on his way? Nothing! Absolutely nothing! The grace of Jesus Christ is matchless.
The author of Hebrews tells us in
chapter 11 that there are passing pleasures of sin. The King James Version calls them “the
pleasures of sin for a season”. They
look all shiny and bright. They beckon
us from every TV ad, every billboard, every magazine or computer ad we
see. They shout out, “Come to me and be
satisfied. I will meet your need. I will make you happy. You deserve me.” People pay thousands of dollars on seminars
to learn how to be happy. The things break. The next seminar comes along with a new idea
because the old one just didn’t work that well after all. They all offered things to the flesh and the
flesh perishes and all that feeds the flesh will also perish. They look good. They sound good. But they don’t match up to their hype.
Jesus isn’t like that at all. His offer is matchless. He surpasses all expectations. He never fails. He never breaks. His truths don’t need an update. Jesus does not perish and those who come to
him will never perish either. Every
promise that He makes is a lasting promise.
They are heaven guaranteed promises.
The things of earth are bought with
a price. The more we value them the
higher the price. Jesus gave a matchless
price for us. Peter says that we have
not been redeemed with corruptible things like silver or gold (how odd that
what we covet God calls corruptible) but with the precious blood of
Christ. Don Aldridge in his song “It
Wouldn’t Be Enough” includes this line, “And I couldn't pay
the price for one single drop of blood that was shed for my salvation.” Why wouldn’t
it? The triumphant and priceless grace
of Jesus is truly matchless. Not gold
nor silver nor the passing pleasures of sin for a season are enough. The wonderful grace of Jesus is matchless.
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