• Mark 10:45

  • Allegorical

    • Metaphor using known term for broader message

    • Price of releasing someone

      • From punishment or obligation

      • From being captive

    • Must be careful

      • Understand the broader message

      • Take care not to exceed the message

    • Other terms used

      • Redeemed

      • Debt cancelled

      • Purchased/bought

      • Reconciled

    • Included: Jesus died on the cross for us

      • It has lessons for our learning

      • It has great meaning for us.

    • Not included:

      • Who kidnapped us?

      • To whom was the ransom paid?

  • Ransom was part of the law of Moses

    • Exodus 21:28-30 is an example

    • Ransom paid to save from capital punishment

    • Amount agreed upon at conviction

    • Other examples

  • Nature of ransom

    • Measure of perceived worth or ability to pay

    • Sometimes fixed or formulated amount

    • Often negotiated

  • All of us are under similar condemnation

  • Ransom can remove our sentence of death

    • Just as in the law of Moses

    • Jesus is the ransom – I Timothy 2:1-6

    • That ransom frees us from sentence of death

  • Our ransom set by God

  • No negotiating

  • Ability and willingness to pay

  • Establishes what we are worth to God

  • What are we to God?

  • God’s love for us runs deep

  • How is His ransom received?