The Price is Not the Issue!

The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to give the beast their power to rule, until God's words are fulfilled.

Revelation 17:16-17

The Bible does not specifically identify the “prostitute” in Revelation 17. The prostitute is apparently a nation or at least a culture. As the final events of history play out in the world, the exact identity of the prostitute may become very apparent.

Prostitution is bad because it is the other side of a very beautiful coin! A prostitute sells something of great value not just for a cheap price; rather it is something that should never be sold at all! A woman who sells herself for five dollars is a prostitute as is the woman who sells herself for five million dollars! The price is not the issue.

The man who tells nothing but untruths is a liar, as is the man who tells one “little” lie! The man who murders six million people is a murderer, the same as the man who murders one person!

It is the “I’m not as bad as other people” mentality. When you judge yourself by the standard of other sinners it is easy to feel good about your life. When you judge yourself by the standard of Jesus Christ there is only one way to be at peace.

Every man and woman who has ever lived will either be judge by their own righteousness or by the righteousness of Jesus Christ. That is the simple choice we make when we believe in Jesus!

Those who chose not to believe will be judged by their own deeds. The truth is depressingly simple. The most moral person who has ever lived deserves to go to Hell if they are judged by their own righteousness.

The prostitute who dresses like a nun is still a prostitute. But the prostitute who puts on and covers herself with Jesus is permanently changed and is forever credited with the righteousness of Jesus!