September 29, 2020: SOAP #3953:  Zechariah 4-6; Luke 12    

Scripture:  Luke (NIV) 12:6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. 7 Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Matthew (NIV) 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. 30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Observation:  The value of sparrows is exceedingly small—even half a penny!  They are of such little value that if one buys four, a fifth one will be added for nothing.  Yet even the one that brought no price is noticed by God.   “Not one of them (not even the fifth one) is forgotten by God.” 

The emphasis of these verses is on the value God has placed on man!  It is without question that people are worth more than sparrows.     

Application: This past Sunday, Pastor Steven Bishop preached a powerful message about ending life in the womb.  If we understand the development of the life in the womb, we are sinning when we do not speak against this sin.  Killing the life in the womb is illogical.  It is a sin against that which carries the image of God.  It is a sin against the life that God places within man.  It is a sin against the value that God has placed on man.  We would not allow people to treat animals as the doctor treats the baby in the womb.         

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, the Bible teaches me what to do with sin.  I acknowledge it as sin.  I confess my part in the sin.  I accept the death of Jesus as payment for my sin.  I thank Him for His forgiveness, invite Him to live in me, and make Him the Lord of my life. This I do.  Amen

Pastor Leon
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