Ye Are Bought With a Price
We are free from the bondage of sin through the atonement of Christ, and experience the effects of being bought with a price when we feel the entrance of gospel light.
J.C. Philpot delves into the deep and dreadful nature of sin, emphasizing the magnitude of Christ's atonement required to put it away. He paints a vivid picture of the bondage to sin, Satan, and the world, describing the captivity, degradation, and hopelessness of guilty man. Philpot challenges his audience to reflect on their own bondage to sin and the profound liberation experienced through Christ's sacrifice, leading to a sweet gospel liberty and a newfound light in God's presence.
Text
1CORINTHIANS 6:20
How deep, how dreadful, of what awful magnitude, of how black a dye, of how ingrained a stamp must sin be, to need such an atonement-no less than the blood of him who was the Son of God-to put it away. What a slave to sin and Satan, what a captive to the power of lust, how deeply sunk, how awfully degraded, how utterly lost and undone must guilty man be to need a sacrifice like this. "Ye are bought with a price." Have you ever felt your bondage to sin, Satan, and the world? Have you ever groaned, cried, grieved, sorrowed, and lamented under your miserable captivity to the power of sin? Has the iron ever entered into your soul?
Have you ever clanked your fetters, and as you did so, and tried to burst them, they seemed to bind round about you with a weight scarcely endurable? But have you ever found any liberty from them, any enlargement of heart, any sweet going forth from the prison-house, any dropping of the manacles from your hands, and the fetters from your feet, so as to walk in some measure of gospel liberty? "Ye are bought with a price." Ye were slaves of sin and Satan ye were shut up in the dark cell, where all was gloom and despondency; there was little hope in your soul of ever being saved. But there was an entrance of gospel light into your dungeon; there was a coming out of the house of bondage; there was a being brought into the light of God's countenance, shining forth in his dear Son.
Now, this is not only being bought with a price, but experiencing the blessed effects of it.
Sermon Outline
- The Atonement for Sin
- The Bondage of Sin
- The Experience of Gospel Liberty
- Entrance of gospel light
- Coming out of bondage
- Experiencing the effects of being bought with a price
Key Quotes
“What a slave to sin and Satan, what a captive to the power of lust, how deeply sunk, how awfully degraded, how utterly lost and undone must guilty man be to need a sacrifice like this.” — J.C. Philpot
“Ye are bought with a price.” — J.C. Philpot
“Now, this is not only being bought with a price, but experiencing the blessed effects of it.” — J.C. Philpot
Application Points
- Recognize the depth of your bondage to sin and the magnitude of the atonement required to redeem you.
- Experience the entrance of gospel light and the freedom from sin's captivity through faith in Christ.
- Understand the significance of the atonement for sin and its effects on your life.