Precious Redemption

 Psa 49:6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

Psa 49:7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

Psa 49:8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever

The Word of God points out to us the folly of trusting in wealth or our riches.  There are many people in this world who are incredibly wealthy.  Every year Forbes magazine comes out with a list of the richest people in the world.  It's always interesting to look at these men and women and see where they made their fortunes.  It is tragic when these wealthy people put their trust in their riches instead of in the living God.  

The reason that the possession of great riches is futile is because riches will not allow you to redeem yourself or your brother from sin.  There are no amount of riches on earth that can pay the wages of your sin debt.  There is not enough wealth in the world to purchase redemption for one man, woman or child.  In verse 8 the Bible explains that the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever.  This means that you could never acquire enough wealth to purchase or redeem your soul.  We can't redeem ourselves and we can't redeem our brother.  The only person that could redeem us was the Lord Jesus Christ.  He paid the wages for our sin debt on Calvary.  His blood was the payment for our sin.  If we will trust Him by faith we are redeemed, purchased by His blood and totally forgiven of our sin debt.  Praise God for His redemption, it is precious!