The price of human life is high. The human soul is precious, each unique and fearfully made. When born all of Adam are slaves of sin and are thus owned by death. All born of Adam sin and thus die. (Romans 3:23; 1 Corinthians 15:22) No one is perfect, not even one. Benjamin Franklin and Roy Rogers said, “Nothing is certain in this world except death and taxes.”
Even the richest person ever to have lived does not have enough wealth to redeem themselves from sin and death. Riches cannot redeem a person or pay his ransom to God that he should live on forever and not see decay though many have tried.
Yet, hope exists for the sinful. Jesus gave himself as a ransom to set free from sins those who are called by God. (Hebrews 9:15; 1 Timothy 2:6) What riches could not do, Jesus did with himself. Jesus proclaimed, “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45)
