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*Free From Sin’s Tyranny*
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*1 Peter 1:18-21*
Introduction:
I have a picture on my wall which was hand painted.
It is a picture of a barn by waterfall.
The ground is covered with snow and the barn is old and neglected.
If I were to try and sell this picture, I would get nothing out of it.
It was not painted by a professional.
It’s not widely acclaimed as a fabulous work of art.
However it’s value is not in its exquisite handiwork.
It’s value lies in who painted it.
When I came to school within the first week I met someone who would come to be a great friend.
Her name was Marian Barnes and she was the head cook in the cafeteria at Calvary Bible College.
Since I had no car I had to settle for a job on campus washing dishes---working for Marian.
She was a heavy set, gruff 60 some year old single lady.
She was often as course as sandpaper, but if you could see past that, she cared.
Over the course of a few years I got to know Marian a little better and we often talked about how things were going for us.
She took up painting and even painted this picture for me.
And then it happened.
Marian was diagnosed with cancer.
She went back to her family in Minnesota and was in the hospital.
She battled with it for some time and then one day, March 12, 1997, Marian Barnes passed away.
When my wife and I found out, we also were in a hospital, for you see it was on that day that my son Benjamin was born.
It was a bitter sweet day for us.
The painting on my wall will never bring the amount of money it is worth to me.
Marian gave it to me as a gift.
A gift of great worth.
This day, there is a gift, a gift of great worth being offered to you.
This gift will never bring a great amount of money in this world.
As a matter of fact, it can’t be sold.
*Big Idea: Freedom from sin is offered through the blood of Christ.*
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I. Jesus Christ is Your Ransom (vs.
18-20)
II.
Jesus Christ Wants You to Respond (vs.
21)
I.
Jesus Christ is Your Ransom (vs.
18)
Illustration: We often see people being taken hostage don’t we.
When someone wants something anymore, it seems that a hostage is taken.
In order for the hostage to be set free, a ransom must be paid.
The ransom may take the form of money or airplanes or power, or who knows what else.
Whatever the case, a price must be paid, and it’s usually very dear.
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Born a hostage
All of mankind is held hostage.
And the strange thing about it is that we */all/* were born hostages.
A great ransom has been demanded.
Who is our captor?
Our cruel, wicked captor is sin.
If you have lived in a human body for very long, have gone through very many experiences of life, you know of what I speak.
Sin is a cruel taskmaster.
It drives some to hate and kill and spend a life-time in jail.
It drives others to destroy their lives with a bottle.
Sin destroys families, wrecks marriages, scars for life.
It’s a cruel taskmaster, and it holds the world captive.
Sometimes it’s not quite so overt.
It can take on a secret life.
Hidden behind closed doors.
Holding it’s prisoner with vice-like jaws in some secret sin.
It tantalizes, it lures, and in the end, it always enslaves.
It has a tight hold on even the most moral of people, taking the form of self-righteousness and pride.
Regardless, it’s dictatorship is just as strong.
And my friend, it matters not who you are today, Christian or non-Christian, you were born a hostage to sin.
Never forget that!
No matter what the world says about you being born a moral “blank slate”, no matter how reformed or good you have become with or without Christ.
*You were born a hostage!*
A ransom must be paid.
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The Ransom Price (vs.
18, 19)
1. Redeemed-
a. a price paid for a release
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The illustration of the disciples on the road to Emmaus
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