The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the culmination of all Jesus intended to do to accomplish redemption—the buying back of your life for God. It is the culmination of what Jesus promised to do when he said, “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45) Jesus came to pay whatever the cost to get you home. He saves us not by a mere show of power, nor by his teaching, nor by his example, nor by moral influence, nor by emotional influence over his followers, nor by mystical spirituality, but “as a satisfaction to divine justice, as an expiation for sin and as a ransom from the curse and authority of the law, thus reconciling us to God, by making it consistent with his perfections to exercise mercy toward sinners, and then renewing them after his own image, and finally exalting them to all the dignity, excellence, and blessedness of the sons of God.” (Charles Hodge, ST, p520) We cannot save ourselves. Our efforts to fix what is wrong and reconcile ourselves to God all go wrong and make things worse. But we have a Redeemer, Christ the Lord. He paid the price on the cross to remove the guilt of our sins and set us free for eternal life. The resurrection of Jesus is not something to be argued or considered. It is something to be proclaimed and believed (verse 9). What Christ has purchased by giving his life is yours as a gift to be received. You have been Redeemed.