Today as we continue to look at Godliness. I want us to focus on verse 18-19. Why should we be holy as God is holy? Answer verse eighteen and nineteen. The word redeemed means to buy back something from bondage by the payment of a price or to set free by paying a ransom. Peter wants to make clear that you and I were not bought with earthly things like silver or gold. Rather we were redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ. You may ask what we were redeemed from. Great question, the answer is a life of sin and separation from God for eternity. Jesus Christ paid our debt on the cross. He gave His life to redeem or pay our ransom. We owe the ransom (the debt for sin) which is death, but Jesus took it upon Himself to pay it for us. That should cause us to stop and praise Him. That should cause us to stop and count the cost of serving Him. Dying for me was the most He could do, living for Him is the least I can do. Are you living for Him today?
Father thank you for the cross. Thank you for the cross my friend. Thank you for paying my ransom. Thank you for giving your life willingly that I might find and have life for all eternity. Today help me to live for you.
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