Dialing the "Way Back Machine" to the late '50s and setting the search pad to S&H Green stamps=
You would receive Green stamps with purchases at participating stores as kind of a bonus (and hook to keep you shopping there).
They went into a little book.
When the book was full, you could truck off to one of the redemption centers (usually you had a bunch of them to turn in).
The Redemption center only took the books. Cash was out.
Maybe you perceive where this is going.
We are redeemed when we accept what Christ did for us- a gift (like the green stamps).
We do not present our own works (cash) as payment for what we want.
It will ever and always be insufficient.
You would receive Green stamps with purchases at participating stores as kind of a bonus (and hook to keep you shopping there).
They went into a little book.
When the book was full, you could truck off to one of the redemption centers (usually you had a bunch of them to turn in).
The Redemption center only took the books. Cash was out.
Maybe you perceive where this is going.
We are redeemed when we accept what Christ did for us- a gift (like the green stamps).
We do not present our own works (cash) as payment for what we want.
It will ever and always be insufficient.