Christ pays the ransom.

Christ pays the bride price for his church.

But in so far that it is a moral payment and not a financial transaction, God is not required

to accept that payment.

I was in a store once where a little boy came in,

it was an ice cream store and walked up to the counter and ordered an ice cream

cone.

And when the person behind the counter fixed the ice cream cone and handed it to the little boy,

the waitress said that will be two dollars.

And the little boy reached in his pocket and pulled out one dollar and just handed it to the

waitress.

And she said, I'm sorry. but you need two of these and the little boy was

crestfallen and he said but my mommy only gave me this one dollar and so there

was a problem there and I stepped forth as any parent would right then and

there and walked over to the counter, pulled out a dollar from my pocket and handed it to the

lady and I said here that'll cover the rest of what is owed.

Now here's my question did that store owner or the waitress have a legal obligation to accept my payment in behalf of this child?

Can one person pay a financial or pecuniary debt for another?

Well, the principle in our society is this.

As long as the money is paid, the person who is owed the money is obligated to accept that payment that is rendered.

And so the store owner really had no choice

but to accept my payment of the debt that was incurred by this child. But suppose we had a second scenario

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