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Bought By the Blood of Jesus
(Ps34:22; 1Pe1:18-19)
God is the Redeemer, the Owner (Ps78:35).
He created all things and is their Owner (Ps100:3), and
He paid the price of His blood to purchase souls and is their Owner (1Pe1:19).
While there were times in the past when slaves were traded,
Human trafficking, albeit illegal, is still present today and
There are professionals who are paid astronomical amounts of money legally for their bodies.
Looking at the Bible for the set value of people (Lev27:3-7), however,
We can see how worthless our flesh is.
Faith is knowing the value of the Owner of my soul and of my soul, and
The life of this faith is living for the Owner who gave Himself for me (Tit2:14).
Because of Adam's sin, all men became slaves of the devil (Ge3:4-6; 2Pe2:19), which was
Materialized in Israel's slavery under the pharaoh.
God sent Moses and began His work of redeeming mankind (Ex15:13; Neh1:10):
Through the sprinkling of the blood of lamb,
God redeemed the Israelites from the hands of their enemies, from troubles (Ps25:22, 106:10) and
Made them His (Is43:1).
The prophets spoke of the One whose name was
Their Redeemer from of old (Is63:16) who would
Save them from the hands of the wicked (Jer15:21),
From the power of the grave (Hos13:14) and
He would come to Zion (Is59:20).
Thus the sanctuary where the name of the Lord was became
The obsession of Israel who had lost their sovereignty (Lk2:29).
Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days (Jn2:19-20), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of HIs body
He would pay the price of His life, His blood and
Reclaim souls from the devil (Mt20:28).
As He died, He said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Acknowledged that the Father alone is the Redeemer who paid the price of His own blood
and reclaimed the Son from Hades (Ps34:22; Ac2:27);
2) Condemned the devil who stole souls (Jn10:10); and
3) With His own blood repurchased all men, their souls from the devil (He2:14; Rev5:9).
He resurrected and sat on the heavenly throne and
He is the Redeemer of all souls.
The Holy Spirit who comes in
The name of the Redeemer from of old, Yeshua (Is63:16; Jn17:11)
Summons by name the souls who belong to Him from
The power of the grave, the ruler of death, from sin (He2:14).
The true Christian is he who
Knows that at the price of the blood of Yeshua
He has been forgiven and justified (Rm3:24; Eph1:7) and thus
His soul, his body, his time, talent and treasures all belong to the Owner.
Therefore, he neither defiles himself by the word
Nor becomes a slave of human beings (1Co6:20, 7:23),
But rather willingly serves the Master with all he has (Mt13:44; Ex21:5-6) for
He longs to be redeemed from the earth in that day and
Follow the Lamb and be offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb (Rev14:1-5).
O Lord,
You paid the highest price of Your precious blood for me, for my soul,
Such a worthless being¦
Yet You delight in that and do not regret it!
Let me know my true worth, my true value and
Let me not be sold cheaply to become a slave to human beings.
Rather, let me use my body for my Owner who
Paid the highest price to purchase me! Amen.