"A Ransom Paid"

 

“A Ransom Paid”

 

For you know that God paid a RANSOM to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors.  And the RANSOM He paid was not mere gold or silver.  It was the PRECIOUS BLOOD of Christ, the SINLESS, SPOTLESS LAMB of God.  God chose Him as your RANSOM long before the world began, but He has NOW revealed Him to you in these last days.    1 Peter 1:18-20

 

REDEMPTION is the act of ATONEMENT for the WRONG DOINGS (SINS) of INDIVIDUALS.

The Almighty God, the CREATOR of ALL THINGS, in His omniscience or His ability to KNOW all things, KNEW, that in order for MANKIND to be REDEEMED from their SINS, and RESCUED from an ETERNITY in HELL, they MUST be a PRICE or RANSOM PAID, and the ONLY PRICE that would be ACCEPTABLE would be the SHEDDING of BLOOD from a PERFECT, SPOTLESS LAMB.  This RANSOM could not be mere silver or gold, which perishes.  It HAD TO BE the PRECIOUS BLOOD of JESUS CHRIST, GOD’S ONLY SON, who was the ONLY PERFECT, SPOTLESS LAMB of GOD. 

 

This transaction of a RANSOM for the REDEMPTION of MANKIND, was planned LONG before the WORLD began, and Jesus was CHOSEN by God as the RANSOM for the sins of ALL MANKIND.   He was the SINLESS, Lamb of God, who was QUALIFIED to carry out the SAVING act of REDEMPTION.  And the ONLY ONE, who takes AWAY the SINS of the WORLD.  

 

Time is SHORT, have you been to God for the REDEMPTION of your wretched, sinful soul?  The RANSOM has been PAID in FULL, and all you have to do is come to the foot of the Cross, and ADMIT that you are a SINNER, in NEED of a SAVIOR.  And you MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART, that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful life-style, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and be able to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  And RECEIVE an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  And be THANKFUL that a RANSOM was PAID for your REDEMPTION.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!