I HAVE BEEN REDEEMED
© 1987 William C. Highsmith

I accept THE TRUTH - I have been redeemed.
I know that a premium was paid for me and I've
been taught, that I was bought for a price.
Although I know the buyer was GOD!
And though I know the cost the HOLY BLOOD of
JESUS THE CHRIST - THE LAMB OF GOD;
And even though I know the considered value - it was me,
My question is:
Who was the seller - who owned me in the beginning?
The BIBLE says in Colossians 1:16 that everything created
was made by and for JESUS - Since JESUS made me, HE owned me.
So - was I sold - that I must be re-purchased?
I was NOT sold. JESUS created me and GAVE me away.
HE gave me to myself -- THE LORD created me as a creature with
a free choice - my eternal destiny was to be my decision.
After a fashion - I was in possession of myself. I was
similar to someone who owned some swamp land in Florida.
I, owned myself but, was unable to achieve any good from
that ownership - I was completely without power, except
that of free-will. I 'sold out' to GOD and I received the best part of the deal. By HIS GRACE, HE agreed to take me 'off my hands' and away from a sure HELL and to give me a home in GLORY.
I, for my part, merely had to surrender my soul and trust in HIM and the saving power of HIS SON'S PRECIOUS BLOOD and thus I could be redeemed. I have been redeemed! PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME, I have been redeemed!