I sat there in my heartache, cold, without much to survive on. Constantly prodded, teased and insulted, I never knew I could escape. In short, I had lost all hope.
But, my heart cried out, it did, even when I had thought I had lost it all. I was answered. Indeed I was.
We don't think about it so much, but we are saved like someone who was kidnapped and has a ransomed paid for them. The kidnapped person cannot save themselves, so us in our sin.
The psalmist cries out
not because we deserve it, but because of love that never fails...The psalmist knew that we could not do it ourselves;
"Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death by paying a ransom to God" Psalm 49:7
Elihu, one of Job's friend makes the statement, what if there was someone that could rescue us, what would happen?...
“But if an angel from heaven appears—
a special messenger to intercede for a person
and declare that he is upright—
he will be gracious and say,
‘Rescue him from the grave,
for I have found a ransom for his life.’
Then his body will become as healthy as a child’s,
firm and youthful again" Job 33
a special messenger to intercede for a person
and declare that he is upright—
he will be gracious and say,
‘Rescue him from the grave,
for I have found a ransom for his life.’
Then his body will become as healthy as a child’s,
firm and youthful again" Job 33
We then learn the good news that Jesus is our ransom!
"For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Mark 10:45
"For you know that God paid "a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value." 1 Peter 1:18
Oh what Joy, and Love for ever!!!
"He ransoms me and keeps me safe from the battle waged against me, though many still oppose me" Psalms 55:18
"I will shout for joy and sing your praises, for you have ransomed me" Psalms 71:23
"He has paid a full ransom for his people. He has guaranteed his covenant with them forever. What a holy, awe-inspiring name he has!" Psalm 111:9
"And they sang a new song with these words: “You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals and open it. For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation" Rev 5:9
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