“因为知道你们得赎，脱去你们祖先传下的妄行，不是凭着能坏的金银等物，而是凭着基督的宝血，就像无瑕疵无玷污的羊羔的血。”
彼得前书 1:18-19
“knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.”
1 Peter 1:18-19
There is a story that in 75 bc a young Roman nobleman named Julius Caesar was kidnapped by pirates and held for ransom. When they demanded 20 talents of silver in ransom (about $600,000 today), Caesar laughed and said they obviously had no idea who he was. He insisted they raise the ransom to 50 talents! Why? Because he believed he was worth far more than 20 talents.
What a difference we see between Caesar’s arrogant measure of his own worth and the value God places on each of us. Our worth is not measured in terms of monetary value but by what our heavenly Father has done on our behalf.
What ransom did He pay to save us? Through the death of His only Son on the cross, the Father paid the price to rescue us from our sin.
God loved us so much that He gave up His Son to die on the cross and rise from the dead to ransom and rescue us. That is what you are worth to Him.
Father,
thank You for the love You have shown to me and for the price You paid for my forgiveness.
Help my life to be an ongoing expression of gratitude,
for You are the One whose worth is beyond measure.
Our worth is measured by what God paid to rescue us.
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