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In 2009, Forbes magazine came out with a list of the top billionaire art collectors (http://www.forbes.com/2009/07/24/top-billionaire-art-collector-picasso-g...), with the top honor going to Philip Niarchos, the son of a Greek shipping mogul. His art collection is estimated to be worth somewhere in the range of $2 billion, with such famous pieces as Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait with a Bandaged Ear," or Picasso's self-portrait. He, and other wealthy art collectors, endeavor to possess exquisite, one-of-a-kind pieces of art by the great artists and sculptors of history. Each one is carefully chosen by the collector, and they are willing to spend fortunes on them.
According to Paul, God is not all that different from one of these art collectors, choosing each of us far in advance, "before the foundation of the world" (v. 4) to be his own. And he was willing to pay the greatest price of all: "In him we have redemption through his blood" (v. 7).
According to Paul, God is not all that different from one of these art collectors, choosing each of us far in advance, "before the foundation of the world" (v. 4) to be his own. And he was willing to pay the greatest price of all: "In him we have redemption through his blood" (v. 7).
