The Price Of Redemption

 

The price
of our redemption

God’s own
precious Son

the firstborn
of His Holy Spirit

the cost –
eternity won.

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“And Moses gave their redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the LORD commanded Moses.”

Numbers 3:51. NKJV

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Camp Around

 

The tribes of Israel
camped around

the tabernacle of
meeting

as we too
must keep you as

the center of our
everything.

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“. . .the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony . . .”

Numbers 1:53 NKJV

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May There Be Peace

 

To all of us
who are in Christ

may ever there
be peace

His kind that fills
our very thoughts

and grants us sweet
release.

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“Greet one another with a kiss of love. To all of you who are in Christ, may there be peace.”

1 Peter 5:14 AMP

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Commit Our Souls To Him

 

Let us who suffer
according to God’s will

commit our souls
to Him

in doing good
as to a faithful Creator

who suffered
for our sin.

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“For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit . . .”

“Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to doing good, as to a faithful Creator.”

1 Peter 3:18, 4:19 NKJV

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Precious In His Sight

 

Let the hidden person
of the heart

just keep
shining through

His gentle
quiet Spirit

seen in
all you do.

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“Do not let your adornment be merely outward – arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel – “

“rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.”

1 Peter 3:3,4 NKJV

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Christ Also Suffered

 

When we do good
yet suffer

and take it
patiently

we honor Him
who always judges

His children
righteously.

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“But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God.”

“For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:

“Who committed no sin,
Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;

“who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously . . .”

1 Peter 2:20,21,22,23. NKJV

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Called Out Of Darkness

 

Once we knew
not mercy

and walked in the darkest
night

but now we too are
God’s people

called into His marvelous
light.

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“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people. That you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;”

“who once were not a people, but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.”

1 Peter 2:9,10 NKJV

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Rest Your Hope

 

Let’s rest our hope
upon the grace

brought to us
by Christ

being obedient
and not conforming

to former lusts
and vice.

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“Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ,”

“as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance, . . .”

1 Peter 1:13,14 NKJV

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Genuineness Of Faith

 

We greatly rejoice
in all that still

waits ahead
for us

even while now
we’re grieved by trials

our faith glorifies
Jesus.

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“In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,”

“that the genuineness of your faith, being made more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,”

“whom having not seen you love.”

1 Peter 1:6,7,8. NKJV

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Precious Blood

 

We’ve not been redeemed
with corruptible things

like silver or
like gold

but with the precious
blood of Jesus

our Lamb without blemish
to behold.

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“. . . conduct yourselves throughout the time of your sojourning here in fear;”

“knowing you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or like gold, from your aimless conduct received from your fathers,”

“but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”

1 Peter 1:17,18,19 NKJV

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