1 Pe 1:17-21
We have all probably seen a TV show or movie in which someone is kidnapped and a ransom is required to get them back. Most shows have the parent or spouse willing to pay any ransom price for their loved one. Redemption is one of those words that has grown to be a Bible word. I like how the ESV uses ransom. We were kidnapped by our futile lives and Christ paid the ransom price to free us. I can get that. The ransom price was impossibly high, but he was willing to do anything to pay the ransom price.
17 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you 21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
- How does being holy lead to a discussion about your conduct on earth?
- How does knowing that God judges impartially make you feel?
- Why should you conduct yourself in fear while on earth?
- How effective is fear as a motivator?
- How does fear relate to being ransomed by Christ's blood? - What was your futile way of life?
- What does concept of ransom mean to you?
- What was the Jewish concept of ransom / redemption?
- What does ransomed by Christ's blood mean to you? - Why did Christ appear on earth?
- How are you a believe in God through Christ?
- Where is your faith and hope? - How holy has your life been this week?
- How often did you go back to your futile way of life?
- How would your behavior change if you realized God's presence and holiness?
We have all probably seen a TV show or movie in which someone is kidnapped and a ransom is required to get them back. Most shows have the parent or spouse willing to pay any ransom price for their loved one. Redemption is one of those words that has grown to be a Bible word. I like how the ESV uses ransom. We were kidnapped by our futile lives and Christ paid the ransom price to free us. I can get that. The ransom price was impossibly high, but he was willing to do anything to pay the ransom price.
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