Bought with a Price
“… the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.” (Matthew 13:45-46)
The merchant man is a picture of Christ; the pearl portrays the Church.
The Lord Jesus Christ left the glories of heaven to become a man. He sacrificed all to do it. He “sold” all that he had to buy the “pearl.” In the process, He never stopped being who he was (God) because of what he became (man).
In Ephesians 5, we read that Christ loved the assembly and gave himself for it.
He went willingly to the cross of Calvary to die in our place, shedding his own blood to redeem us to God.
“Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:” (1 Peter 1:18-19)
“For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” (1 Corinthians 6:20)
“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.” (1 Timothy 3:16)
‘Twas the life of Christ, my Lord,
Paid my ransom, set me free;
He redeemed me by his blood
Shed on the cross of Calvary.
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Bought with a price, not of silver or gold;
Bought with a price of a value yet untold;
‘Twas the blood of Jesus, shed on Calvary,
Purchased by redemption and set me free.
2. O the cross, uplifted high,
So that all the world might see;
Bears the Lamb of God, to die
There on the cross of Calvary.
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3. Such a ransom ne’er was known,
Such a love, to die for me!
Wondrous love, to leave a throne,
Choosing a cross on Calvary.
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4. Can a sinner know the cost?
Was it worth a love like mine
That a King, to save the lost,
Pays the great price with life divine.
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(C. Austin Miles, Author)