A BAG may be used for what is good or bad. Notice these:
A Bag of Gold: “They lavish gold out of a bag, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.” Isaiah 46:6. Those men made very bad use of their bag of gold.
A Bag of Silver: Judas “was a thief and had the bag.” he said, “What will ye give me, and I will deliver Him (Jesus) unto you?” They agreed “for thirty pieces of silver” (John 12:6; Matthew 26:15). Could a bag have a more awful use than to hold the money Judas received for selling the Lord Jesus? No, surely not.
A Bag of Sins: Job said his sins “were sealed in a bag” (Job 14:17). This is a strange bag, but each of us has one. Our wrong words, looks, or ways would fill for each of us a big bag. Yet if we believe in the Lord Jesus’ death for those sins, the bag of our sins is sealed up, and God “remembers them no more” (Jeremiah 31:34).
A Bag of Stones: David “choose him five smooth stones out of the brook and put them in a shepherd’s bag” (1 Samuel 17:40). David believed in God’s power, and he slew the wicked giant who had come to destroy God’s people, with one of his small stones. Boys, now who believe in God do not fight a giant, but He will show them what they can do for Him as He did David.
A Bag with Holes: “He . . . earneth wages to put into a bag with holes.” Haggai 1:6. Aren’t we like that man if we let our best treasure, the words of God, go from our minds and hearts? Jesus said:
“Provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in heaven that faileth not, where no thief approacheth.” Luke 12:33.
Where can we get these last bags? Only from the Lord: they are His rewards for what is said or done for Him. But first be sure your bag of sins is put away by God.
ML 04/25/1937