Ep 86: In for a Penny

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What can the discontinuation of
the penny teach us about how we

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value others?
We'll talk about that in just a

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SEC.
Welcome to the show.

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I'm Daniel Dalp and this is for
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This is episode 86 In for a
penny.

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Let's go to church.
Are we there yet?

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If you've been keeping up with
the news lately, you might have

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seen where the penny has been
discontinued.

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Apparently, the little 1 cent
coin that is the least of our US

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currency was actually costing
more than it was worth to

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produce, around $0.04 per coin
in fact.

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So, amid a plethora of other
reasons, the US Mint has made

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the decision to cease its
production.

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The last penny was Mint on
November 12th of this year.

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Yes, the penny was of little
value, but it still took more

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effort than it was worth.
So for better or worse, it's

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been cast aside.
And I was thinking about that

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earlier this week, and my mind
shifted to how we treat people

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in much the same way, or at
least how we determine their

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value.
How sometimes, maybe, we see

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some relationships and people as
more trouble than they're worth.

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How sometimes, if we're honest,
we run people and by extension

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souls, through a cost benefit
analysis and determine they're

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just not worth the effort, or
that some people or groups

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aren't worth God's love.
Or even more telling, do we ever

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value the cross in this way?
Anyone else?

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Maybe it's just me, but I don't
think so.

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It makes me so, so glad that we
have a God and a Savior in

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heaven and that they, not me,
are responsible for assigning

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value to each and every soul.
That they meant.

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And dear listener, your value is
likely a lot higher than you

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think.
John 316 is probably the first

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verse that comes to mind, one of
many when trying to show

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heaven's calculation process for
the cost of a soul.

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For God so loved the world that
he gave his only begotten Son,

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that whoever believes in him
should not perish, but have

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everlasting life.
Clearly the Godhead thought

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their creation was valuable, and
I'll highlight here all of His

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creation was valuable, was so
precious that in order to extend

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salvation to it, the Creator
Himself was sent to die.

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And that fact alone should
instill in us just how valuable

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both the cross and the creation
are, because we couldn't

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accomplish that.
There's this beautiful

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connection that can be drawn
between Psalm 49 and First Peter

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chapter 1.
Psalm 49 verses 7 and 8 say no

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man can by any means redeem his
brother or give to God a ransom

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for him, for the redemption of
his soul is costly.

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Note here that the psalmist is
saying to redeem someone's soul

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is outside the bounds of human
payment, but thanks be to God

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that it was not outside of the
cost of the blood of Christ.

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First, Peter 118 and 19 says,
knowing that you were not

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redeemed with perishable things
like silver or gold from your

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futile way of life inherited
from your forefathers, but with

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precious blood as of a lamb,
unblemished and spotless.

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The blood of Christ, the message
that the soul is so valuable, so

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precious, that no human could
ever pay its price, so God paid

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it himself with the blood of His
Son.

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Doesn't that make you want to
say Hallelujah?

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What a Savior, what an awesome
God that he considered his

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creation worthy of one drop of
the blood of the perfect Christ.

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Doesn't that shift our thinking
about ourselves, about others,

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about Jesus?
If we, knowing our flaws, our

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weaknesses, and our sins could
be valued so highly by our God

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and Master, then shouldn't we
value others in the same way,

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and not just our brethren, but
the lost?

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Doesn't that cut through a lot
of the prejudice and rhetoric

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that we use to try to
consciously or not, diminish the

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value of our fellow man, with
sometimes the effect of

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minimizing the responsibility to
put in a real effort to relieve

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their suffering or lead them to
salvation?

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Because the price of each soul,
each and everyone, was the blood

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of Christ.
We don't determine our value or

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theirs.
Christ already did, and that

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makes each and every person
priceless.

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Period.
In terms of our salvation and

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our obligation to the lost, we
should follow the example of

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Jesus because he was in for a
penny, in for a pound.

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Well, those are my thoughts for
your Sunday morning drive.

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Now it's time to hear yours.
Our discussion questions for

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this week are how do we value
our fellow man in light of the

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sacrifice of Jesus?
How do we value the blood of

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Christ and what excuses do we
use for not valuing them in the

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same way that Jesus does?
Hey, thanks for listening.

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I hope you have a great week.
Thank you for making us a part

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of it.
I'll see you Sunday.