"But I say the claim of the Deity to us is more frequently based on redemption than on any other principle. This is the most usual argument by which He would make us feel our obligations to Him. We cannot now enter into this article. A full examination would require a volume. But if you will notice, as you read your Bible, on what principle God claims you, you will find it the principle of redemption more frequently than the principle of creation even. It has been said that the most perfect right is that of creation; that God has more entire right over us because He created us, than for any other reason. I will not say that His right, based on creation, is not perfect, but I do say it is not more perfect than His right based on redemption, & is not so often mentioned in His Word. The principle of redemption forms even the very preamble of the moral law, the system which embraces everything of holiness: I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage (Exodus 20:2). And this redemption, you know, was typical of the spiritual deliverance of Jesus Christ. It is similar to the argument of the apostle: Ye are bought with a price, therefore glorify God (1 Corinthians 6:20).”
- Dr. Ichabod Spencer
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