Bought and Redeemed

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For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's
I Corinthians 6 v 20
Each of us who believe in Jesus has been purchased at a heavy cost- the price paid with the life of Jesus. Our souls have infinite and eternal value. The price for salvation or eternal life is too heavy for a man to pay. Hence, God took it upon Himself to pay it in Jesus. Since we have been so purchased by God, we belong to Him. We are owned by Him. We are joined to Him. We are one with Him in Christ. Being so joined with the Lord, we are to be separated from the world and its lusts. We no longer belong either to the enemy or to ourselves. Just as we buy things in the market for a purpose, the Lord has purchased us at a heavy cost for a purpose. We cannot now and hereafter side track that purpose or get distracted or diverted from the purpose. The price tag on our bodies, minds and spirits reads "JESUS". It is our new identity and purpose. It is the owner's responsibility to take care of a thing bought. Likewise, we can trust our new Owner, the Lord to take good care of us.
Since we are part of the body of Christ, our purpose in life is to honour Him, to glorify Him or make His name great in and through our lives. We cannot do anything that will either hurt or dishonour Him. Whatever we do hereafter, we need to do it for the greater glory of the Lord. All the parts of our lives and our bodies are to be employed as servants of righteousness, to serve the Lord. Our minds, our tongues, our hands and limbs, our various faculties, our our spirits, our emotions, our inner organs and external organs are to be used to serve Him. Where formerly we used our various organs or members of our bodies to serve the enemy and to pander to our own whims and desires, we are to now focus on using these to please the Lord.
The image that this uni-verse throws up is that of a person who has mortgaged his soul with the enemy. It once belonged to the enemy. The word “mortgage” means as the root “mort” or death suggests it is a dead asset. Our lives had become dead assets but now that Jesus has redeemed us in full, we are living assets that belong to the Lord. As living assets, we are to be useful to Him in all that we speak, think, do. Half heartedness or half measures will not do.
Prateep V Philip