### 34. Q. Why do you call him “our Lord”?

**A**. Because—not with gold or silver, but with his precious blood<sup>1</sup>—he has delivered and purchased us body and soul from sin and from the tyranny of the devil,<sup>2</sup> to be his very own.<sup>3</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [1 Pet. 1:18-19](/index.php/get-passage/1+Peter+1:18-19)
<sup>2</sup> [Col. 1:13-14](/index.php/get-passage/Colossians+1:13-14); [Heb. 2:14-15](/index.php/get-passage/Hebrews+2:14-15)
<sup>3</sup> [1 Cor. 6:20](/index.php/get-passage/1+Corinthians+6:20); [1 Tim. 2:5-6](/index.php/get-passage/1+Timothy+2:5-6)