From Chapter 9: GOING FOR THE GOLD IN KING JESUS: “PRIDE Goes Before The FALLING Dollar! ” pp.182-183 * “Here’ s a BULLETIN to the “green thinkers” of our day...and zealous environmentalists: The absolute TRUTH is that the earth is crying out to HIM (its Maker), not us “green thinkers” for healing! “Elijah was a man with a nature like ours; yet he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land. Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land produced its fruit. My brothers, IF ANY OF YOUSTRAYS FROM THE TRUTH, AND SOMEONE TURNS HIM BACK, he should know that whoever turns a sinner form the error of his way WILL SAVE HIS LIFE FRO M DEATH and COVER a MULTITUDE of sins.” – James, a bondservant of God and the LORD Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes scattered abroad – James 5:17-20 Let us pray “prophetically, ” as Elijah did for God, to command his earthly Creation to “ produce ” as He originally purposed it to. Just as God “reactivated ” the reproduction cycle in the very elements he Created to “become fruitful” after a time of drought, so then may God in the same way, break up the dry and fallow ground of our “fruitless ways” of living; plowing our hearts deeply with the fertile see d of His WORD and Spirit which brings forth eternal life. We must pray without ceasing and continually give thanks to God for giving unto the world, His only son, the Heir of Heaven and Earth...J esus Christ; who has paid t he highest debts of human sin with His Holy Blood...that all the treasures in this world could never amount to enough for purchasing. “And they sang a new song: You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals; because You were slaughtered, and You redeemed [people] for God by Your blood from every tribe and language and people and nation. ” – John to the servants of God through Christ – Revelation 5:9 That word “redeemed” has the same meaning as “purchase. ” Whatever measurement tools we might imagine using to estimate mankind’ s riches; it would be wi sest... to consider the LORD’ s calculator. The wealthiest of men dwelling on the earth, could never afford the COST of salvation. “For what portion [would I have] from God above, or [ what] inheritance form the Almighty on high?” – Job ’ s discourse and oath of innocence – Job 31:2