Moment of Meditation: Blood Money (Matthew 27:6)

''But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is blood money." (Matthew 27:6).''

There are few things more despicable to sensible people than blood money. Throughout history, bounty hunters have been thought of as about as evil as the criminals they were chasing. Doing anything to secure the money placed on someone else's head.

In God's continual series of ironic twists, the chief priests cannot take the thirty pieces of silver because it's "blood money." But God accepts Jesus' blood as the payment for our sins. Something else the chief priests couldn't accept.

Jesus paid the price for your sin. Not with gold or silver. He paid for it with the blood He shed on the whipping post and the cross. His passion evidences His great love for you.

As he head near the Christmas holiday, Jesus' death brings us back to the wise men who brought Him presents as a child. One present was myrrh. Embalming fluid. Even these foreigners knew that Jesus was born to die. To shed His blood as payment for you. Amen.