The Redemption Price

[Daily Devotional]

The Redemption Price 

Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in
once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. Heb. 9:
12. 

Every soul is precious, because it has been purchased by the precious blood
of Jesus Christ. 

Some speak of the Jewish age as a Christless period, without mercy or grace.
To such are applicable the words of Christ to the Sadducees, "Ye know not
the Scriptures, neither the power of God" (Mark 12: 24). The period of the
Jewish economy was one of wonderful manifestations of divine power. . . . 

The very system of sacrifices was devised by Christ, and given to Adam as
typifying a Saviour to come, who would bear the sins of the world, and die
for its redemption. . . . 

The blood of the Son of God was symbolized by the blood of the slain victim,
and God would have clear and definite ideas preserved between the sacred and
the common. Blood was sacred, inasmuch as through the shedding of the blood
of the Son of God alone could there be atonement for sin. Blood was also
used to cleanse the sanctuary from the sins of the people, thus typifying
the blood of Christ which alone can cleanse from sin. 

Our Saviour declares that He brought from heaven as a donation eternal life.
He was to be lifted up upon the cross of Calvary to draw all men unto Him.
How then shall we treat the purchased inheritance of Christ? Tenderness,
appreciation, kindness, sympathy, and love should be shown to them. Then we
may work to help and bless one another. In this work we have more than human
brotherhood. We have the exalted companionship of heavenly angels. They
cooperate with us in the work of enlightening high and low. . . . 

Christ determined in council with His Father to spare nothing, however
costly, to withhold nothing however highly it might be estimated, that would
rescue the poor sinner. He would give all heaven to this work of salvation,
of restoring the moral image of God in man. . . . To be a child of God is to
be one with Christ in God, and to put forth our hands in earnest, self-
sacrificing love to strengthen and bless the souls that are perishing in
their sins. 

>From God's Amazing Grace - Page 54