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Son of Man Has Ransomed Us On High




The cross is the center symbol of our Christian faith. For upon the cross our Great God and Savior Jesus Christ nailed the separation (sin) between us and God; destroying it forever. There is now no barrier between God and us; Jesus is the stairway and His blood the covering that lets us enter the holiest place, “And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus.” (Hebrews 10:19). Christ our Lord has tore down the altars and veil (Matthew 27:46-51) and now lives in us and we live in God)! (1John 4:15) 

The glorious sacrifice of God our Savior  should ever be on our minds. For the great apostle himself said “For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified,” (1 Corinthians 2:2) and “As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world’s interest in me has also died.” (Galatians 6:14). Jesus is the LORD God, One with the Father and Spirit, He has given us full access to God’s presence because He is God!, “Now all of us can come (have access) to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us.” (Ephesians 2:18). We may enter in because of the Son of God and be called sons of God through faith in Jesus (Galatians 3:26). Iesus has crowned us with His approval, and we are sealed by The Spiritus Sancti (Ephesians 1:13). The Holy Trinity has reconciled us through Jesus’ sacrifice and our response, i.e. faith and trust in Him and His sacrifice. Christ sacrifice alone saves us; He is the Savior! 

The Gospel ought to provoke us to blow trumpets and shout for joy! That God was not content to leave us at a distance, but came near to us and became flesh! (John 1:1-17). O Immanuel praise be your name! Who has washed us from our taint and protects us from wrath, “For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Thessalonians 5:9). O Jesu, Lord of Man’s desire, you have chosen us when we were enemies, “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!  For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!  Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.” (Romans 5:8-11). 


The Son of God has ransomed us. The inferno’s flames cooled by His maimed body and blood. Thanks be to God Most High: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Three in One. Amen. 

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