Come, all you who are thirsty,
Isaiah 55:1
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost...
I noticed an ad for wine in which the stream of liquor effortlessly and elegantly flowed into a wine glass… It was posted near the liquor section at my local grocery store. I thought about how liquor ads give you intimations of ‘the good life’, but never publish the consequences of continuous alcohol consumption, including renal failure, liver cirrhosis, brain damage, etc. This is how sin functions…as temptation provokes us to consider what the ideal life ‘could be’ if we would just exercise autonomy and gratify the desires of the flesh. Christ, however, absorbs all the consequences of our self-indulgence, and while God’s Law serves as a PSA warning against the dangers of living for self, through the gospel, Jesus literally gives us Himself as life. The former we have to pay for with our wallets and ultimately our health…the latter is freely given at the expense of the Son of God.
It Is Finished…
Law, Grace, & Daily Living 