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| Redeemed by Love By Billy Graham “You were redeemed … with the precious blood of Christ.” —1 Peter 1:18–19, NIV The word redeem means to “buy back”—to recover by paying a price. The word redeemed can be illustrated from the ancient world by the position of a slave who had been captured in battle or enticed into serving one who was not his legal master. His real master, however, intent on recovering his slave’s service and love, would buy him back—redeem him from the enemy—at great personal cost. That is what God did for us. Captured by Satan and enticed into his service, we were slaves of sin, without any hope of deliverance. But God still loved us, and He was determined to restore us to His household. By His death on the Cross, Jesus paid the price for our deliverance, a price far greater than our true value. He did it solely because He loved us. Now we have been redeemed!  Hope for TodayAn object is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. God looked down from Heaven, saw us stained with sin and trying to cover ourselves, and was willing to sacrifice His Son to redeem us. | ||
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| Billy Graham Minute Are you going to be shaped by the world around you or by the Spirit within you? | ||
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| Devotion text from Hope for Each Day with Billy Graham, © Billy Graham, published by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Bible translation used with permission. | ||
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