Proverbs 23 10 and 11 says, Remove not the old landmark, and enter not into the fields of the fatherless, for their Redeemer is mighty. He shall plead their cause with thee. If you love Jesus, you love passages like this one. Of course, at the time that Proverbs 23 was written, the new covenant name of Jesus hadn't been revealed yet. But with biblical hindsight, we know that when we look back on the Old Testament now and see these references to the Redeemer, those refer to our one and only Redeemer, Jesus. The New Testament speaks often of the fact that Jesus has redeemed us. One of my favorite passages is in Revelation 5, 9, and 10, and they sung a new song saying, It's a lot of fun. And Colossians 1.14 is obviously talking about Jesus when we read, in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins. We are redeemed by the blood of Jesus. He is our Redeemer. And it gives depth of meaning when we read passages like Job 19, 25 through 27, where Job says, for I know that my Redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God, whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another, though my reins be consumed within me." Jesus is our Redeemer and we will stand in our glorified flesh and bones and see him with our eyes. We were held ransom by our sin. The price for our redemption was too great for us to pay for even a single sin. But Jesus shed his blood in death on the cross to pay the full price for all sin. And those who will believe on his death, burial, and resurrection for eternal life are redeemed. And based upon that truth, we ought to willingly serve our Redeemer out of love and appreciation for what he's done to redeem us. That's what Paul is speaking of in 1 Corinthians 6 20. For ye are bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are God's. We are God's precious possession in body and spirit because we are redeemed by him. We were bought by him. That's why passages like Psalm 116 15 says precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints because we are precious to him as his purchased possession. And that's why Romans 12, 1 says, I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Having been redeemed from the penalty of eternal damnation in an everlasting lake of fire, it's only reasonable that we present our bodies for His use and in service of His will. That's the true biblical Christian lifestyle. Daily presenting ourselves to God. dead to self. As Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15, 31, I die daily. As we daily look for Jesus to come and take us home in the rapture, when the dead in Christ will rise first, then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord, our Redeemer. and we should have no attachment to this sin-sick world. And in the words of Titus 2, 13 and 14, looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us. that He might redeem us from all iniquity and purify unto Himself a peculiar people zealous of good works. There's nothing better than dying to self and living fully for Jesus with the expectation of an imminent rapture and eternal glory that is ours because of our Redeemer, Jesus.