In this thought-provoking sermon, Pastor Ed Hamilton explores the profound truths of salvation through the lens of sin, ransom, and redemption. Drawing from passages like Romans 6:23, Matthew 20:28, and 1 Peter 1:18-19, this message delves into the weight of humanity’s sin debt, the ransom demand fulfilled by Christ, and the ultimate purchase price paid by His precious blood. Through vivid illustrations and rich scriptural insights, Pastor Ed reveals the depth of God’s love and the cost of redemption.
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Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Matthew 20:28 Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve,
and to give His life a ransom for many.”
1 Corinthians 6:20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your
body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
1 Peter 1:18 Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver
or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,
1 Peter 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and
without spot.
Proverbs 22:7 The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Luke 14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and
count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it–
None of us can stay out of debt spiritually speaking.
I. THE SIN DEBT.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death …
Ezekiel 18:20 The soul who sins shall die …”
Matthew 6:12 Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Romans 8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors
Romans 6:23 (Phillips) Sin pays its servants: the wage is death.
“At Smith Barney we make money the old fashioned way … we earn it.”
” On planet Earth we receive death the old fashioned way … we earn it.”
Hell is a place where people pay an unpayable debt, that’s why it’s forever.
John 8:34 Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits
sin is a slave of sin.
Proverbs 23:35 “… when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Hebrews 11:25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to
enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
Hebrews 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to
enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
II. THE RANSOM DEMAND.
Matthew 20:28 Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve,
and to give His life a ransom for many.”
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men,
the Man Christ Jesus,
1 Timothy 2:6 Who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, …
Proverbs 13:8 The rich can pay a ransom for their lives, but the poor won’t
even get threatened.
Ransom 1956 movie title card
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Psalm 49:6 Those who trust in their wealth and boast in the multitude of their
riches,
Psalm 49:7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God
a ransom for him—
Psalm 49:8 For the redemption of their souls is costly, and it shall cease forever—
Psalm 49:9 That he should continue to live eternally, and not see the Pit.
Galatians 3:13 Christ has redeemed us …
Luke 1:77 To give knowledge of salvation to His people by the remission of their
sins,
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men,
the Man Christ Jesus,
1 Timothy 2:6 Who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, …
John 19:30 “…. He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.
Origen (c.185- c. 254) wrote: “Now it was the devil that held us, to whose side we
had been drawn away by our sins. He asked, therefore, as our price the blood of
Christ.”
Hebrews 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood,
he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy
him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Hebrews 2:15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime
subject to bondage.
Isaiah 53:4 Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed
Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin,
Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us,
an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
Hebrews 9:14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal
Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead
works to serve the living God?
III. THE PURCHASE PRICE.
1 Corinthians 6:20 For you were bought at a price;
1 Corinthians 6:20 (Berkley) For you were bought and paid for;
1 Corinthians 6:12 (NLT) For God bought you with a high price.
1 Peter 1:18 Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like
silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,
1 Peter 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and
without spot.
Implied – The soul needs redeeming.
Denied – Wealth, power, learning, none can redeem.
Supplied — a ransom by Jesus.
Applied — by the Spirit to our actual deliverance.
Charles Spurgeon said, “Redemption is our chief blessing–nothing better can be
said of you than this, “Ye are bought with a price.”… To every man of whom this may
be said, it is the best news he ever heard. An angel sent from heaven could not bring
to any man or woman here a more delightful message than this.”
The Puritan named Thomas Watson said this.
“Great was the work of creation, but greater the work of redemption.
It cost more to redeem us than to make us. In the one, there was but the speaking
of a word. In the other, there was shedding blood. ”
We’re in debt because of our sin
Therefore a payment or a ransom must be made on our behalf
We cannot pay our own debt of sin because we are sinners
God cannot forgive sins without the debt being paid
Only Jesus the God-Man could pay the debt of sin.
He paid a debt He did not owe, I owed a debt I could not pay
Jesus paid it all
Jesus paid it all,
All to Him I owe,
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow
Colossians 1:13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us
into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
Colossians 1:14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of
sins.
Colossians 2:14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against
us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to
the cross.
Scripture References:
- Romans 6:23
- Matthew 20:28
- 1 Corinthians 6:20
- 1 Peter 1:18-19
- Proverbs 22:7
- Luke 14:28
- Ezekiel 18:20
- Matthew 6:12
- Romans 8:12
- John 8:34
- Proverbs 23:35
- Hebrews 11:25
- 1 Timothy 2:5-6
- Proverbs 13:8
- Psalm 49:6-9
- Galatians 3:13
- Luke 1:77
- John 19:30
- Hebrews 2:14-15
- Isaiah 53:4
- Isaiah 53:10
- Ephesians 5:2
- Hebrews 9:14
- Colossians 1:13-14
- Colossians 2:14
