Redemption Part One

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Redemption Part One

Post by jessi2015 » Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:59 pm

Redeemed - Big Daddy Weave (With Lyrics)
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Part One partially taken from
(John Murray, Redemption Accomplished and Applied)
Redemption

What is the redemption of the soul?

In the Bible, redemption can mean to buy back or to loose and set free. All who know what it is to have their sins forgiven, having put their faith and trust in the Lord Jesus, are told in the NT that they have been redeemed "with the precious blood of Christ." (1 Peter 1:19). This means that we have been bought and set free through His blood. In order to buy back or to set persons free, a price has to be paid. The price was paid in full by the Lord Jesus at Calvary's cross when He shed His precious blood for us. "In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins." (Ephesians 1:7)

What does redemption mean to us?

Once we realize we have been redeemed by the blood of the Lord Jesus, the Lamb of God, we can be assured that we have been completely delivered from our sins and brought back to God. This is seen in the book of Exodus when God told Moses that He would redeem the people of Israel from Egypt "with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments." (Exodus 6:6). They were bought by God and set free from Egypt (which is a type or picture of the world system) so that they might become a special people for God's pleasure.

Why have we been redeemed?

We, like the people of Israel, have been redeemed so that we as believers might also become a people for God's pleasure, this time by being brought into Christ's Assembly or Church [His Bride]. This is set out in Revelation 5:6-10, where the new song that is sung in heaven is to the Lamb of God, our Lord Jesus, who "hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; and has made us unto our God kings and priests." So we have been established as royal priests with a real appreciation of our great Redeemer in our hearts, able to serve God by praising and worshipping Him for eternity. like Job, we can say "For I know that my Redeemer liveth." (Job 19:25)


What is the redemption of the body?

We are told in Romans 8:23 that our bodies will be redeemed. This means that when the Lord Jesus comes to take believers to be with Himself, our bodies will be changed to become like His own glorious body (1 Corinthians 15:52). This is the completion of our redemption, and is yet to come, perhaps very soon. Our souls have already been redeemed by the blood of the Lord Jesus but we are still here waiting to have our poor, weak mortal bodies changed "that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body." (Philippians 3:21). We will then be perfectly suited to enter with Him into heaven where we shall sing the new song of Revelation 5.

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Question: “What does redemption mean? It does not mean redeem-ability, that we are placed in a redeemable position. It means that Christ purchased and procured redemption. This is the triumphant note of the New Testament whenever it plays on the redemptive chord. Christ redeemed us to God by his blood (Rev. 5:9). He obtained eternal redemption (Heb 9:12)… It is to beggar the concept of redemption as an effective securement of release by price and by power to construe it as anything less than the effectual accomplishment which secures the salvation of those who are its objects. Christ did not come to put men in a redeemable position but to redeem to himself a people. We have the same result when we properly analyze the meaning of expiation, propitiation, and reconciliation. Christ did not come to make sins expiable. He came to expiate sins—‘when he made purification of sins, he sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high’ (Heb. 1:3). Christ did not come to make God reconcilable. He reconciled us to God by his own blood.”


Answer: Everyone is in need of redemption. Our natural condition was characterized by guilt: “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Christ’s redemption has freed us from guilt, being “justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24).

The benefits of redemption include eternal life (Revelation 5:9-10), forgiveness of sins (Ephesians 1:7), righteousness (Romans 5:17), freedom from the law’s curse (Galatians 3:13), adoption into God’s family (Galatians 4:5), deliverance from sin’s bondage (Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 1:14-18), peace with God (Colossians 1:18-20), and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). To be redeemed, then, is to be forgiven, holy, justified, free, adopted, and reconciled. See also Psalm 130:7-8; Luke 2:38; and Acts 20:28.

The word redeem means “to buy out.” The term was used specifically in reference to the purchase of a slave’s freedom. The application of this term to Christ’s death on the cross is quite telling. If we are “redeemed,” then our prior condition was one of slavery. God has purchased our freedom, and we are no longer in bondage to sin or to the Old Testament law. This metaphorical use of “redemption” is the teaching of Galatians 3:13 and 4:5.

Related to the Christian concept of redemption is the word ransom. Jesus paid the price for our release from sin and its consequences (Matthew 20:28; 1 Timothy 2:6). His death was in exchange for our life. In fact, Scripture is quite clear that redemption is only possible “through His blood,” that is, by His death (Colossians 1:14).

The streets of heaven will be filled with former captives who, through no merit of their own, find themselves redeemed, forgiven, and free. Slaves to sin have become saints. No wonder we will sing a new song—a song of praise to the Redeemer who was slain (Revelation 5:9). We were slaves to sin, condemned to eternal separation from God. Jesus paid the price to redeem us, resulting in our freedom from slavery to sin and our rescue from the eternal consequences of that sin.

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