Think your cell phone bill is high? It’s likely a bargain in comparison to the tab that Bob and Mary St. Germain of Dover, Mass. were hit with in 2006. Their bill from Verizon Wireless hit almost $18,000 after the couple’s son used his cell phone as a modem for connecting his laptop to the Internet.
The problem was that the St. Germain’s plan, which included phones for three family members, charged them for each kilobyte of data they downloaded. Bryan St. Germain, the couple’s son, who is now 26, used his phone as a tethered modem for his laptop, and downloaded songs on nights and weekends, when he thought he had free minutes. Instead, he was charged for each of the 816,000 kilobytes he downloaded, which bumped the St. Germain’s monthly bill up to $12,233 (http://cellphones.about.com/b/2010/05/02/family-hit-with-18000-cell-phone-bill.htm).
An $18,000 cell bill is nothing compared to the problem of sin. God says sin separates man from his Maker (Isa. 59:1-2) and valuable items such as “silver and gold” cannot pay for man’s transgressions (1 Pet. 1:18).
Have you had your debt of sin paid and paid in full?
The “method of payment” is clearly found in the Bible.
We cannot please God without faith (Heb. 11:6).
We cannot be a child of God without repentance (Lk. 13:3).
We must confess that Jesus is the Son of God (1 Tim. 6:12; Acts 8:36-38).
Finally we must be baptized into Christ (Gal. 3:27) for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38; 22:16).
Brad Price