The Greatest of All

This is currently one of my favorite songs.  We have sung it at my church several times, and I find its message to be so powerful.  Have a listen: 

"The Greatest of All"


The greatest of all transactions
The costliest purchase price
Father, Your Son’s atoning death
Was given in payment for mine
To buy me back from slavery
To set me free from my chains

Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it
Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb
Redeemed through Your infinite mercy
Your child forever I am

Now I’ll never know Your judgment
You ransomed and saved my soul
Jesus, Your death and Yours alone
Has canceled the debt that I owed
You satisfied the law’s demand
And new life’s been given to me


God is so very merciful and kind to have given Jesus for me.  I love the idea that God bought me back from slavery.  When I think of sin and how it has the power to enslave us if given a hold, I realize just how much I have been saved from.  I owed a debt because of my rebellion to a perfect God.  And only Jesus' death could have satisfied that debt.  


It truly is the greatest of all transactions.