Living as One Bought by the Blood
You were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. — 1 Corinthians 6:20 (NASB)
The blood of Yeshua was not a suggestion; it was a purchase. It was not symbolic; it was substitution. When the apostle Paul wrote that we were bought at a price, he anchored our worth not in our own goodness or effort, but in the costly and deliberate offering of the Son of God. To be bought means we are no longer our own (1 Corinthians 6:19). We are vessels of mercy, redeemed for His glory, and consecrated for His purposes. This is not metaphor—it is covenant reality.
Honor God with your body. This command pierces our modern ears. We live in a culture that celebrates autonomy over submission, indulgence over discipline, and gratification over holiness. But the Spirit says otherwise. The body is not a tool for sin, nor merely a shell to be tolerated. It is a temple—the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, every act done in the body—speech, appetite, sexuality, rest, labor—must reflect the ownership of God. The King who bought us now resides within us.
But here is the mercy: God does not expect uniformity, but surrender. He has given each of us a distinct temperament, a unique personality shaped by His creative will. One sings. Another serves. One prays in solitude. Another weeps in intercession. The office of the Holy Spirit is to guide each believer, personally and powerfully, into a walk of holiness that fits their frame yet conforms to His will. He does not flatten our differences—He sanctifies them.
The spiritual transaction of salvation is real and unforgettable. Whether dramatic or quiet, when a soul meets God in true repentance and faith, the Holy Spirit bears witness. A divine line is crossed, and something eternal begins. As Paul said in 2 Corinthians 5:17, “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.” Though the moment may be brief, the evidence lasts a lifetime. There is a shift—a deepened awareness, a quickened conscience, a holy longing. That soul can never again be content in compromise.
Yet we war within. The flesh still pulls. Our carnal desires whisper old lies, and our human leanings try to find shortcuts to what only God can give. But we cannot trust the flesh. Paul warns plainly in Romans 8:13, “For if you are living according to the flesh, you are going to die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.” The path of victory is not in trying harder but in yielding deeper. It is the Spirit who sanctifies. It is the Spirit who empowers. It is the Spirit who guards what has been purchased.
Beloved, we must come back to the altar. Not once, but daily. Not in theory, but in our bodies. As Paul wrote in Romans 12:1, “Present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.” This is the great offering of the redeemed. Not burnt offerings or incense, but our yielded hands, pure thoughts, surrendered appetites, and consecrated lives. In so doing, we do not earn grace—we respond to it.
This is why we honor God with our bodies. Because the price paid was not small. The cross was not neat. The suffering was not symbolic. The Lamb was slain. The wrath of God fell on Him so that it would not fall on us. “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21). Every drop of blood cries out: “You are Mine.”
And so, we live differently. We listen to the Spirit, not the crowd. We pursue holiness, not popularity. We trust God’s Word, not our feelings. And we remember always: this body, this life, this breath—it belongs to Another.
O Lord, You shaped me in the womb,
Yet bought me on that darkest day.
So take my hands and feet and frame—
Let all I am reflect Your way.
A Closing Prayer
Father, I thank You for the blood of Yeshua, which bought me completely. You paid the highest price to redeem me, not only my soul but also my body, my choices, and my daily walk. Holy Spirit, teach me how to honor You with this life. Sanctify my desires, correct my wanderings, and stir up a deeper awareness of Your presence. May my body be a temple pleasing in Your sight. Let every member be an instrument of righteousness, and let my life reflect that I have been bought by God. In Yeshua’s name, amen.
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