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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.
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