1st Peter 1:18. “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;” REDEEMED. It was there every day making demands of perfection Wherever you turned, it came from every direction. Condemning each action not done by true faith – Charging the supreme penalty; showing no grace. The mind was not immune from its challenging claim Words were examined, especially when speaking God’s name. The things one’s hands approached waited to be judged The places feet took one as forward they trudged There was no place to escape the demands of the law It condemned at every turn all things one did and saw.
As a schoolmaster it was skilled at pointing out one’s wrong But the demands it imposed didn’t promote any song – For perfection in every case was what the law required There was no relief from guilt for a sinner in anything he tried. Is there no deliverance from the law’s high demands? Is there no way one can be free if he does the best he can? Am I doomed because of sin and the law I often break? Is there not some antidote, something I can take? Yes, there is, some One has come near to make your case His own, Redemption from the wages of sin has come through God’s dear Son.
“Holy God, I thank Thee today for Thy Son who came to redeem me from the fatal curse of the law. The traditions demanded death. Jesus brought me life and I praise Thee in His name, Amen.”