In Whom Will We Serve? Only Jesus - Part 548

In whom will we serve? In whom shall we place our trust today and until the end of time? When we think about Jesus -- who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom and in whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins, it only makes sense to worship the Almighty God who gave Himself a ransom for all. (Colossians 1:13-14) For the son of man came not to be ministered to but to minister and to give His life a ransom for you and I. Jesus paid the ransom in full so that we might have salvation. 


It was Jesus' blood that was shed to deliver the offspring of Adam -- us -- from sin and death. Indeed, Jesus redeemed us so that we could be set free. In Ephesians 1:7, the scriptures state, "In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace." Consider this message for a moment. The same Almighty God that holds the universe in His hands, became flesh so that our sins could be forgiven. He knew our innermost thoughts and desires before we even knew Him and still the Lord of glory only desired our hearts. Our 100% commitment to worship Jesus. To love Him with all of our hearts, our souls and our minds. 


So often, we think of the offering plate as our gift to the Lord. Our monetary gift to our Saviour who holds the universe. And as we do so without realizing that what Jesus really wants is our hearts. He wants us -- you and I -- to be the offering. Hebrews 9:12-15 asks us how much more shall the blood of Jesus purge our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. 

"Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh; How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?" 

How much more indeed? For this cause, Jesus is the mediator of the New Testament that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. Most of all, Jesus redeemed us from the curse of the law, having been made a curse for us even while we were sinners. Jesus paid the price in full. Stand in the offering plate.