WE WERE BOUGHT AT A PRICE -
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST
*For you were bought at a price.
(1 Corinthians 6:20; 7:23)
*Guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock—His Church, purchased with His own blood.
(Acts 20:28)
*For you know that God paid a ransom to save you. It was the precious blood of Christ.
(1 Peter 1:18-19)
*You were bought with the precious blood of Christ.
(1 Pet 1:18-19 NCV)
*God sent Him to die in our place to take away our sins. We receive forgiveness through faith in the blood of Jesus.
(Romans 3:25)
*In Jesus, we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.
(Col. 1:13-14; Eph. 1:7)
*The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
(1 John 1:7)
*Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission.
(Hebrews 9:22)
*To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood.
(Revelation 1:5)
*You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
(Revelation 5:9)
*His Church - purchased with His own blood.
(1 Tim. 2:6; Acts 20:28)
*For you were bought at a price.
(1 Cor. 6:20; 7:23)
*The redemption of their souls is costly.
(Psalm 49:8 NKJV)
*The price for a life is very high. The price to be paid for his soul is too costly. No payment is ever enough.
(Psalm 49:8 GW; NIRV)
*It is worthless to have the whole world if they lose their souls. They could never pay enough to buy back their souls.
(Matthew 16:26) (Mark 8:36-37)
*I've blotted out your sins; they are gone like morning mist at noon! Oh, return to Me, for I have paid the price to set you free.
(Isaiah 44:22 TLB; NLT)
God's Love Story ♥
What Jesus Really Went Through ♥
The Price God Paid to Save Us ♥
"He was led as a lamb to the slaughter."
(Isaiah 53:7)
"Many people were shocked when they saw Him. His face and form was so deformed, He did not look like a man; they could barely tell He was human."
(Isaiah 52:14)
"The Cost of Souls"
(A Scriptural Story)
*Various translations have been used in the creation of this scriptural story of Jesus; primarily, the 1599 Geneva Bible & Footnotes.
Jesus offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the One who could rescue Him from death. (Heb. 5:7) He fell on His face, praying, "My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from Me! Yet, not what I want, but what You want!" He felt great sorrow, and was grievously troubled. His soul was very heavy, even unto death. Christ was in such agony and distress, not only with the fears of death, but with the fearful judgment of His angry Father, which is the most fearing in the world. He would take the burden of all our sins upon Himself. Jesus was about to suffer the punishment, which was due unto us, and He had a terrible conflict with the horror and fear of the curse of God. And there appeared an Angel unto Him from Heaven, comforting Him. Jesus prayed more earnestly, and His sweat was like the drops of blood, trickling down to the ground...
He gave His back to those who beat Him - who smote Him with rods. And the scourging tore away His flesh, for the whip had fragments of bone or metal spikes bound into the tips. Much of His body was severely wounded from brutal torture. Jesus offered His cheeks to those who plucked out His beard. He did not hide His face from mocking, slapping, and spitting. Christ was oppressed and treated harshly, yet He never said a word - He opened not His mouth. He was blindfolded and struck on the face, repeatedly, as they continued to blaspheme Him. After Jesus was beaten, whipped, and severely flogged, they put on Him a purple garment, mocking His claim to kingship. Then twisted and wove long thorn branches into a crown, placing it on His head - to cover entirely, to inflict much pain, humiliation, and more suffering. They mocked Him, slapped Him, spitted upon Him, took a reed and smote Him on the head many times, and then beat Him with their rods. Jesus was so disfigured that He hardly seemed human; He no longer looked like a man. Christ carried His cross, yet His strength was dried up like broken clay. And no longer could He carry it alone, He fell, and laid in the dust of death. They seized Simon of Cyrene, placed the cross on his back, and made him carry it behind Jesus. The women who followed Him, were mourning and wailing, yet, Jesus turned to them, and prophesied of the great suffering that would happen to their children. He expressed compassion and concern. The mind of Christ was not on Himself, but on people, as He was on His way to be crucified - such selfless love! And when Jesus died for the world, all charges against us - the punishment of sins - the deserved damnation, were canceled, having nailed it to the cross. Christ disarmed the Principalities, and Powers - Satan and his angels, had made a show of them openly, and had triumphed over them in the same cross. As a conqueror of those captives, He put them to shame. The cross was as a chariot of triumph. No conqueror could have triumphed so gloriously in his chariot, as Christ did upon the cross. Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.” He gave Himself for us that we might have eternal life, and escape the judgment of Hell! Jesus purchased our freedom and forgave all our sins at the cost of His blood - such love is this! Moreover, even on the cross, He forgave, saved, and gave! On the cross…
Christ prayed for His enemies,
forgave what they’ve done,
saved a criminal, and
gave His mother a son.
“I am poured out like water. My heart is like wax; It has melted within Me. My tongue sticks to the roof of My mouth. Evil men have surrounded Me; The wicked have encircled Me. They pierced My hands and My feet. All My bones are out of joint, and can be seen - I can count them! By the stretching and strain of the body, suspended on the cross. They look and stare at Me. I am a worm, and not a man, scorned by men, and despised by the people. They divide My garments among them, and for My clothing, they cast lots.” Jesus was tormented both in soul and body. He was afflicted and rejected. A man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, heartbroken, and crushed. In misery, Christ cried out with a loud voice, saying, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" For He felt the wrath of God, which is due to our sins.
If the devil tried to tempt Jesus before the cross, saying, "It costs too much," one thing is for certain, it's paid, for God loved the world that much.
*Created and compiled by Jennifer Lynn O'Connor
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Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them (He shamed them publicly), triumphing over them by the cross. †
(Colossians 2:15)
Before Jesus was raised from the dead, He met Satan in his own throne room, stripped him of the authority that Adam had given to him in the garden. Jesus conquered the forces of Hell - absolutely defeating them. He left Satan and his cohorts, defeated; stripped them of their authority, and then He rose from the dead. Satan has been dethroned; his dominion has been broken. Jesus conquered the devil!
"I Am He that liveth...and have the keys of Hell and of death."
(Revelation 1:18)
