Price and Preeminence

“He did put his life in his hand… and the LORD wrought a great salvation” (1 Samuel 19:5).  “What?  Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?  For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's” (1 Corinthians 6:19,20). 

As David, the shepherd boy, stood

With courage before his great foe, 

He foreshadowed Jesus who would

Deliver to Satan His blow.

Our Lord put His life in His hand,

For this was the price of salvation. 

He satisfied every demand

To grant us His justification. 

Our Savior thus counted the cost!

He purchased our souls with a price:

He laid down His life for the lost;

How great was our Lord’s sacrifice!

Since we are redeemed as His own,  

Indwelt by our Lord’s Holy Spirit,

We glorify God and make known

The Gospel to those who will hear it.

Your temple, O Lord, is within

Each heart that will open the door,

As You, by Your grace, enter in

To dwell in our hearts evermore. 

Lord, come now, and have Your own way

Since You paid the price for each soul.  

Come reign with preeminent sway,

As gladly we give You control.