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Introduction

Is it worth it? This question comes in lots of forms. “Is this the best deal?” “Does it meet all my needs?” “Is it going to last?”

My wife, Yvonne, and I purchased our first home in August of 2017. In the months leading up to our purchase we pent hours on Zillow, we would walk around time and critique and dream what life would be like in every house we passed, and when we got tired of walking we would drive around town looking for for sale signs and trying to guess the price of the home.

Decisions can be hard. The bigger the decision the hard it is.

We eventually contacted a realtor and started seriously looking. We would get a call or text in the middle of the day from our agent that a new house had hit the market. We would rush across town on our lunch breaks to take a quick walk through. At the end of a quick walkthrough our agent would ask “what do you think? Is this the one?” We would look at each other and try to read one another’s minds, ask a few questions, and then give our answer. It was so stressful. We knew that the decision was a big one and that we needed to know it was the right one. We couldn’t say yes, do all the paperwork, pay all the fees, sign even more paperwork, move in, and then decide we wanted out of the deal. We were either all in or not.

Transition: Jesus isn’t looking for

The passage

The Purchase Problem: Is this the right purchase for me? Am I getting the best deal? Am I settling for something when I should wait for something better.

The Relationship Connection: We make decisions about relationships as well. We decided what we can and can’t deal with, what we can overlook, what we can accept, what level of commitment we are willing to give and receive.

Young vs Older: When we are young we enter into things quickly as we age we consider a more complete picture. Implications:

A quick or young commitment to Christ will be tested and will prove itself genuine or not.

When we share the Gospel with adolcents and adults we are asking them to give things up. We aren’t just asking them to add Jesus to their life.