Jesus Paid It All

"Jesus paid it all,
All to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain,
He washed it white as snow"
(Elvina M. Hall)

This famous hymn is very powerful in that it recalls how our Savior, Jesus Christ, gave His life for us to wash us clean from our sin. He suffered and died to pay the ransom for our sin (cf. Matthew 20:28, Mark 10:45).

Isaiah tells us how: "But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed." (Isaiah 53:5 ESV)

Jesus tells us why: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16 ESV)

"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13 ESV)

Jesus was the sacrificial lamb; the lamb without blemish or stain; the perfect, sinless sacrifice offered to God on our behalf in atonement for our sin.

It is in this great sacrifice, this substitutionary atonement, that Jesus died in our place and our sin-debt has been paid. We have been freed from death and the bondage of sin. Jesus died for us that through our faith in Him, we receive God's grace and mercy and are saved (cf. Ephesians 2:8). 

Grace can be defined as “unmerited favor to the infinitely ill-deserving,” or, in other words, “God’s riches at Christ’s expense.”

Although we do not deserve to receive God's grace, Jesus paid it all - and all to Him we owe.

Lord Jesus, we thank You for Your sacrifice on the cross. We thank You for dying in our place to pay our debt that we may be washed clean from our sin. There is no greater love than the love You showed to us by giving Your life for us. By Your wounds we are healed. Thank you, Lord Jesus. In Your Holy Name we pray, Amen. †