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Redeemed by the God of grace...
"For as much as ye know that you were not redeemed with
corruptible things, like silver and gold, from your vain
manner of life received by tradition from your fathers, but
with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without
blemish and without spot." 1 Pet. 1:18-19
"Being justified freely by His grace through the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God hath set forth
a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His
righteousness for the remission of sins that are past,
through the forbearance of God." Rom. 3:24-25
I. The Doctrine of Redemption DEFINED
"Redemption - The act, process, of an instance of
redeeming."
"Redeem - To buy back; to get or win back; to free from
what distresses or harms; to free from captivity by payment
of ransom; to extricate from or help to overcome something
detrimental; to release from blame or debt: clear; to free
from the consequences of sin; to change for the better;
repair, restore." Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary,
p. 986.
Redeemed and redemption are described in the above
definition as rescuing or being delivered from bondage.
Someone must release the captives by paying their ransom.
Someone has to buy off the offended, for the offender.
The Lord Jesus Christ is both the redemption price and the
Redeemer of the sinner. He is the sinner's deliverance, his
ransom price. The believer is declared in the Word of God to be
delivered from:
A. The Penalty of the Law
"Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law,
having become a curse for us (for it is written, 'Cursed is
everyone who hangs on a tree')."
Gal 3.13; cf. Deut. 21.23
In this passage, we discover the Lord's Substitution
price to accomplish "redemption."
He, Himself, became a curse, under the Law, to redeem
the lawbreakers.
B. The Requirements of the Law
"Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to
the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married
to another (even) to Him Who was raised form the dead, that
we should bear fruit to God." Rom. 7.4
C. The "Sin" Which Dominated Us
"For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are
not under law but under grace." Rom. 6.14
Refer: Rom. 6.2; Titus 2.13-14.
D. The "Snare of the Devil"
"...and (that) they may come to their senses (and
escape) the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by
him to (do) his will." 2 Tim. 2.26
Refer: Heb. 2.14-15.
E. These Mortal Bodies
"...but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,
even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting
for the adoption, the redemption of our bodies." Rom. 8.23
Refer: Eph.1.14; 1 Pet. 1.4.
II. The Doctrine of Redemption DECLARED
"Redeemed - how I love to proclaim it! Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb. Redeemed thro' His infinite mercy,
His child, and forever, I am." Fanny Crosby,
The Scriptures translate both Hebrew and Greek words with
the word "redeem, redemption." While each of these words adheres
basically to our use of the term, each different word has its own
particular emphasis within that definition. Consider these words
that magnifies God's wonderful redemption.
A. Hebrew Terms
1. Redemption as a Legal Act
The word GA'AL, _Strong's Exhaustive Concordance_,
# 1350 regards "the Oriental law of kinship, to be the
next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's
property, marry his widow, etc." (Refer: Ex. 6.6,
15.13; Ruth 3.13, 4.4; Psalm 74.2, 107.2; Isa. 44.23,
48.20.)
"Let the redeemed of the Lord say (so), whom He has
redeemed from the hand of the enemy..." Psalm 107.2
2. Redemption as a Legitimate Fact
The word GEULLAH, _Strong's_ # 1353 declares
"Redemption including the right and the object; by
implication- relationship." (Refer: Lev. 25.24, 26,
29, 31-32, 48; Ruth 4.6-7; Jer. 32.7-8.)
3. Redemption as a Liberating Tract
The word PADAH, _Strong's_ # 6299 is "to sever,
i.e. to ransom; generally to release, preserve."
(Refer: Lev. 27.27; Deut. 9.26, 21.8; Psalm 31.5,
71.23; Isa. 29.22; Jer. 15.21; Zech. 10.8.)
4. Redemption as a Licensed Pact
The word QANAH, _Strong's_ # 7069. "To erect,
create; by extension to procure, especially by
purchase..." (Refer: Neh. 5.8.)
B. Greek Terms
1. Redemption is a Settled Force
This accomplishment is shown in the Greek word
LUTROO, _Strong's_ # 3084, which means "to set free,
to loose a price." (Refer: Matt. 20.28; Heb 9.12;
translated "ransom;" Luke 2.38, 24.21; Titus 2.14; 1
Pet. 1.18 translated "Redeemed."
2. Redemption is a Sanctifying Freedom
This accomplishment is shown in the word AGORAZO,
_Strong's_ # 59. Its literal interpretation is "to go
shopping...to go to the market with the intention of
purchasing..." (Refer: Matt. 27.7; 1 Cor. 6.20; Rev.
5.9, 14.3-4.)
3. Redemption is a Salvation Forever
This security is declared in the word EXAGORAZO,
_Strong's_ # 1805. This term states "to purchase out
of the market with the expressed intent of a final
transaction." (Refer: Gal. 3.13, 4.5; Eph. 5.16; Col.
4.5.)
4. Redemption is a Satisfying Fullness
This completion is declared in the word
APOLUTROSIS, _Strong's_ # 629. It reveals "redemption
through and through." (Refer: Rom. 3.24; 1 Cor. 1.30;
Eph. 1.7, 14, 4.30; Col. 1.14; Heb. 9.15.)
III. The Doctrine of Redemption DELIBERATED
A. An Impossibility - Slaves could never redeem
themselves, otherwise they would not be slaves. All are dead in
trespasses and sins, slaves in the slave-market of sin.
B. An Immutability - Without redemption, every member of
the human race is doomed to eternity in that slave-market.
C. An Imposition - The Lord Jesus Christ has entered the
slave-market once-and-for-all to pay the required redemption
price. He imposed Himself between God's judgment and the
destitute.
D. An Imperative - Trust Christ's finished work on
Calvary's cross as perfect payment, completely satisfying God's
righteous requirements for your redemption.