“Jesus Is The Only Lienholder Who Will Give You Time To Get It Right”

Colossians 2:13-14

Lienholder is defined as a person, company, or financial institution that co-buys that property or sells it to you on credit. 

Jesus paid our debt in full. When Paul said, “You were bought with a price,” he meant that believers were purchased and paid for with the sinless, spotless perfection of Jesus Christ’s blood. Jesus Himself said that He came to give His life as a ransom for us. Since we were obtained at such a tremendous expense, we are to use our bodies to honor God with good deeds: “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” Paul reminded the Corinthians that ownership of their bodies had been transferred to Christ. They no longer had the right or freedom to use their bodies any way they wished. Just as slaves were purchased in the ancient world, we were bought with the price of Christ’s blood on the cross. We now belong to Him. We don’t have the right to rebel against our Master by using our bodies in ways He forbids. Believers are set free from the dominion of sin through the death of Christ. Our spiritual freedom comes at the price of Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross. Consequently, since we now belong to Christ, we must not let ourselves come under the control of other humans. We are not to let human ideas and worldly systems rule over us. The blood of Christ paid for our liberation, setting us free from sin; but in another inference, His sacrifice changed our ownership, making us slaves to God alone. “You were bought with a price” means God was willing to obtain possession of us on Calvary by paying the ultimate price, the blood of His own Son. 

I come by this morning to let you know Jesus is our Lienholder and He is the Author and Finisher of all things. Don’t you ever forget that He is our all and all. There is nothing too hard for Him. He will never give up on you like people will. Be bless and I love you!!! JE