"For the Lord has ransomed Jacob and has redeemed them
from the hand of him who was too strong for them."
Jeremiah 31:11
Forgiven
Yongsung Kim
Korean artist
"You must know and recognize that you were redeemed,
ransomed from the useless ways of living inherited by tradition
from your forefathers, not with corruptible things
such as silver and gold.
But you were purchased with the precious blood of
Christ the Messiah, like that of a sacrificial lamb
without blemish or spot.
It is true that He was chosen and foreordained before
the foundation of the world, but He was brought out to public view
in these last days for the sake of you.
Through Him you believe in God, Who raised Him up from the dead,
and gave Him honor and glory, so that your faith and hope
are centered in and rest in God.
Since by your obedience to the Truth, through the Holy Spirit,
you have purified your hearts for the sincere affection of the brethren,
see that you love one another fervently from a pure heart.
You have been regenerated, born again, not from a mortal origin,
but from one that is immortal by the ever living and lasting Word of God.
For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like flower of grass.
The grass withers and the flower drops off.
But the Word of the Lord, His divine instruction, the Gospel
of grace, endures forever. And this Word is the good news
which was preached to you.
1 Peter 1:18-25
Rejoice In His Light
Yongsung Kim
Korean artist
There's a ransom paid to purchase me,
By the Lord Who died on Calvary;
Yes! from every chain I am set free!
I am ransomed and redeemed!
-Charles Conway
(1907)
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