It was the blood

"Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many." (Matthew 20:28)

The thought that the death of Jesus and His shed blood were somehow the ransom price paid to redeem lost sinners from an eternal prison in hell has been a stumbling block to many of those very sinners. Yet that is the teaching of Scripture, whether it appeals to their reasoning's or not. "Ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold.But with the precious blood of Christ" . In the Old Testament economy, ransoms were paid for various reasons, to free slaves, for example. The last use of "ransom" in the Old Testament, however, seems to foreshadow the New Testament concept. "I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death" (Hosea 13:14).

But to whom was the ransom of Christ to be paid? Not to Lucifier, or to any human king. It can only have been paid to God Himself, for He had set "the wages of sin" to be "death" (Romans 6:23). For a time, these wages had been paid in part "by the blood of the lamb and also goats and calves" offered on the altar as a temporary covering for sins. But that was only until the true ransom could be paid. "How much more shall the blood of Christ, who  offererd himself in our behalf without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?"  He paid a price that none of could afford,, not Abraham, not Issac not even Moses or David could pay that price, only the son God could do what man had failed to do which is to live a perfect and upright life.

Such a sacrifice was not foolishness as the scoffer claims, but "the power of God, and the wisdom of God". "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and man kind, and that is Christ; Who gave himself a ransom for all. By his blood we are redeemed, by the precious blood of the lamb of God.

I know it was the blood,
I know it was the blood,
I know it was the blood for me.

One day when I was lost
He died upon that cross,
I know it was the blood for me.

Verse 2
They nailed Him to the cross,
they nailed Him to the cross,
they nailed Him to the cross for me.

One day when I was lost
He died upon that cross,
they nailed Him to the cross for me.

Verse 3
They pierced Him in His side,
they pierced Him in His side,
they pierced Him in His side for me.

One day when I was lost
He died upon that cross,
they pierced Him in His side for me.

Verse 4
He never said a mumbling word,
He never said a mumbling word,
He never said a mumbling word for me.

One day when I was lost
He died upon that cross,
He never said a mumbling word for me.

Verse 5
He hung His head and died,
He hung His head and died,
He hung His head and died for me.

One day when I was lost
He died upon that cross,
He hung His head and died for me.

Verse 6
He rose up from the dead,
He rose up from the dead,
He rose up from the dead for me.

One day when I was lost
He died upon that cross,
He rose up from the dead for me.

Verse 7
He's coming back again,
He's coming back again,
He's coming back again for me.

One day when I was lost
He died upon that cross,
He's coming back again for me.