A Word of Encouragement

January 3, 2026

FA152 - Lakeside

Grace, Hope & Peace, Friend;

After telling believers that we all belong to each other because we all belong to Christ and He belongs to God, (1 Corinthians 3:21-23) Paul wrote,

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought for a price: therefore glorify God in your body.
	1 Corinthians 6:19-20

You have been bought with a price.

Yes, we all belong to Jesus because He created us. (Colossians 1:15-17) But we rejected God and enslaved ourselves to Satan. (Romans 6:16)

Instead of rejecting humanity and leaving us in Satan's control, Jesus redeemed us to Himself.

Redeem: to recover ownership of something by paying a specified sum.

That 'specific sum' was His own life. (Titus 2:14)

What should our response be?

Bring glory to God in everything we think, say and do. (1 Corinthians 6:20)

Boreh Ketzot HaAretz - Creator of the ends of the earth - Use my life to bring You glory

I am the Lord, who sets you apart
	Leviticus 22:32c (ISV)

Redeemed,