Years ago, there was a radio show on Saturday nights called Live And Local. They played only local bands. They had a “name that local band” contest one time during each show. They’d have listeners call in and try to name the band whose song had just been played. As I was listening one night, I heard my old band come on the radio! Being the shameless eighteen-year-old that I was, I called in and won the prize! I won a $50 gift card to a music store. All I had to do was go down to the radio station and redeem my prize. I didn’t go. Those fifty dollars never got used because I never redeemed the prize.
Colossians 1:13-14 says, “He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”
Jesus came and delivered us from sin and death. He has redeemed us! He has saved us! He has won! We sing, “We are His portion and He is our prize, drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes.”
We have a Great Redeemer who loves us and will never leave us or forsake us. He is Jesus Christ, the King of Kings — “I am His and He is mine, bought with the precious blood of Christ”.
Redeemed,
Billy
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