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On the average, the elements of your body are worth a total sum of $7.93. Insurance companies put varying values on your life depending on a variety of factors including age, gender, health and occupation. BUT, depending on where in the world you were born, your value may increase or decrease from a sum value of $0.00 upward to millions upon millions of dollars, depending on the local economy, social morales, religious views and cultural standards.
In other words, life is like pork bellies – supply and demand determine its value.
You see, whether we assess the value of the lives of our friends, our chlidren or perfect strangers, we often tend to consider these factors: supply and demand, relationship and potential and productivity.
BUT, did Christ die on the basis of any variables?
He did not die for our earthly lives, but for our eternal souls. And whether we learn the value of a soul through Christ’s parables, life’s illustrations or Star Trek, the truth is when it comes to the value of a soul, the needs of the one (soul) outweigh the needs of the many (lives).
As God said (and I paraphrase): If it takes 99 lives of souls that are okay to save one soul that’s not okay, that’s a very good trade.
…and there you have the principle for missions.