Purchase Power

“Now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I… And, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said… thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.  And the kinsman said… redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it” (Ruth 3:12, 4:1-6).  “The law worketh wrath… What He had promised, He was able also to perform” (Romans 4:15,21). 

The portraits have been beautiful

Displayed in Boaz and in Ruth. 

The great Redeemer of our soul

Is manifested there in truth. 

Yet now we see a nearer kin

Which, to this point, we never saw,

Who cannot save the lost from sin: 

The nearer kinsman is the Law! 

The Law cannot redeem the stranger,

As Ruth, the Moabitess, was. 

It cannot ransom us from danger,

As our Redeemer surely does. 

The Law cannot provide redemption,

It only clarifies our guilt. 

For sinners it has no exemption

For an acquittal to be built. 

The Law, therefore, requires wrath,

The just reward for sinful deeds. 

Salvation has another path,

For our Redeemer met our needs! 

What You had promised, Lord, You did:

You gave Your life in that dark hour!  

Our ransomed souls in You are hid,

Which You have purchased by Your power!

Lord, thank You for the price You paid

When You became our Sacrifice. 

Your purchase power is displayed:

You gave Yourself to pay the price!