Greetings...
"But God will REDEEM my soul from the power of the grave...for He shall RECEIVE me. Selah." (Psalm 49:15)
I like the idea of my soul (my mind...my will...my emotions...the totality of who I am)...being redeemed...bought...traded...substituted...with the cause and effect that the grave has no power over me. (Read I Corinthians 15 for the power of the RISEN Christ...our hope...and the last enemy destroyed...with final victory....with death being swallowed up).
The grave should have power over me...but IT DOES NOT. Why? Propitiation. I have been bought with a price...the blood of Jesus. Death, Burial, and Resurrection...sealed the power of the grave over me. The critical key is that He RECEIVED me...because I RECEIVED Him. I had the POWER to RECEIVE Him...so He could...would...RECEIVE ME.
"But as many as RECEIVED Him...to them He gave the RIGHT to become children of God...to those who believe in His name." (John 1:12)
Hmmm...I'm noticing a lot of R's....redeem...receive...right....Rodney (sorry).
"He paid a debt He did not owe...I owed a debt I could not pay...I needed someone to wash my sins away. And now I sing a brand new song...Amazing Grace how sweet the sound...Christ Jesus paid a debt that I could never pay." (He Paid A Debt)
rlb
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