“You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot” (1 Peter 1:18-19, RSV).

What does Peter mean here when he says that we were ransomed?

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When Peter speaks about Christ’s atoning death on the cross, the “ransom” or price idea to which he refers brings to mind the ancient practice of a slave being freed from his bondage after a price had been paid (often by a relative). In contrast, Christ ransomed us from the slavery of sin and its final fruit, which is death, but He did it with His “precious blood,” His substitutionary and voluntary death on Calvary. Again, this is the foundation of all the covenants: without it, the covenant becomes null and void, because God could not have justly fulfilled His end of the deal, which is the gift of eternal life bestowed upon all who believe.

Look up the following verses: Romans 6:23, 1 John 5:11, 1 John 5:13. What message do all of them share in common?

We have this promise of eternal life, because Jesus alone could repair that breach that first caused us to lose that eternal life. How? Because the righteousness and infinite value of the Creator alone could cancel the debt we owed to the broken law — that is how wide the breach caused by sin was. After all, what would it say about the seriousness of God’s eternal moral law if some finite, temporal, and created being could pay the penalty for violating it? Only Someone who is equal to God Himself, in whom life existed unborrowed and underived and eternal, could have paid the ransom required to free us from the debt owed to the law. This is how all the covenant promises are fulfilled; this is how we have the promise of eternal life, even now; this is how we have been ransomed from sin and death.

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This quarter “The Week at a Glance” shows God’s covenant is spoken of mostly. God has made his promises (covenant) with many people in the Bible and continues to give us promises for today, hence for a theme hymn I find that I wish to keep standing on the Promises that God has given to us all –
Hymn 518 – Standing on the Promises as
My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less – Hymn 522.

The title of this week’s lesson studies shows
My Faith Looks Up to Thee – Hymn 517. By the end of the week’s study we are able to state categorically
My Faith Has Found a Resting Place – Hymn 523.

We find on Sunday
Burdens Are Lifted at Calvary – Hymn 476 with our request being
Lead Me to Calvary – Hymn 317. We can then say
I Am Going to Calvary – Hymn 288 and it is there that we can state clearly
In the Cross of Christ I Glory – Hymn 237 because
God Is My Strong Salvation – Hymn 339.

Monday reminds us that we are ransomed and this is found in
Hymn 229 – All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (verse 2) due to the precious blood shed for us –
Hymn 94 – Nature With Open Volume Stands (verse 2),
Hymn 164 – There Is a Green Hill Far Away (verse 3),
Hymn 177 – Jesus, Your Blood and Righteousness,
Hymn 179 – The Wonders of Redeeming Love,
Hymn 279 – Only Trust Him (verse 2),
Hymn 281 – I Gave My Life for Thee,
Hymn 294 – Power in the Blood,
Hymn 302 – Deeper Yet,
Hymn 334 – Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (verse 2),
Hymn 336 – There Is a Fountain, and
Hymn 410 – Thy Broken Body Gracious Lord.

With all these hymns we may finalize our thoughts in
I Do Believe – Hymn 486.

To follow on into Tuesday’s study, faith is then manifested in each of us. The first hymn to mind is
Hymn 517 – My Faith Looks Up to Thee. This is followed by
Hymn 523 – My Faith Has Found a Resting Place and
Hymn 533 – O For a Faith. It is then that we find we are
Standing on the Promises – Hymn 518 (Thursday), and
I Am Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus – Hymn 535.

To learn unknown hymns, you will find the accompaniment music for each one at: https://sdahymnals.com/Hymnal/

Another great resource is for when there is a hymn you wish to sing, but can’t find it in your hymnal. Go to https://www.sdahymnal.org and in the search bar type a special word in that is in the hymn. I am sure you will be amazed at the help you will be given.

2 Timothy 2:15 KJV – “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

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