REDEMPTION

 

REDEMPTION

  But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob,

And He who formed you, O Israel:

"Fear not, for I have redeemed you;

I have called you by your name;

You are Mine.

Isaiah 43:1

Imagine an evil person speaks deceptively to your child and coerces him to follow him. Inspite of clear instruction, your child gets tempted and deceived and follows the evil person. Wouldn't you harshly punish the wicked man and make him pay for taking your child? Wouldn't you be angry with your child and firmly discipline and correct him for being disobedient to you and following a stranger? Would you give money to the evil man to return your child to you? 

We rightfully belong to the One Who created us and formed us. When we fell away into the hand of the enemy, we were under the wrath of GOD, destined for eternal doom.

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 3:23

The devil who deceitfully took us away from GOD has his eternal punishment sealed in hell.

We needed to pay with our life to return to GOD. With our sinful nature, we could never pay a sufficient price to GOD to be saved from His eternal wrath.

 Why should I fear in the days of evil, 

When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me? 

Those who trust in their wealth 

And boast in the multitude of their riches, 

None of them can by any means redeem his brother, 

Nor give to God a ransom for him-

- For the redemption of their souls is costly, 

And it shall cease forever-- 

That he should continue to live eternally, 

And not see the Pit.

Psalm 49:5-9

GOD took it upon Himself to pay that price to buy us back to Himself, our rightful owner. GOD sent His Son in the flesh to the world as the ransom price for all of mankind.

For the wages of sin is death, 

but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 6:23

 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, 

He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, 

And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. 

He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. 

By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, 

For He shall bear their iniquities.

Isaiah 53:10-11

The ransom had to be paid to GOD and not to the devil. We needed to pay the ransom to GOD because we strayed from Him and brought about His wrath on ourselves. We needed to pay with our own lives.

Not with the blood of goats and calves,

but with His own blood

He entered the Most Holy Place once for all,

having obtained eternal redemption.

Hebrews 9:12

knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things,

like silver or gold,

from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ,

as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

1 Peter 1:18-19

We were under the wrath of GOD and could not be delivered any other way. In olden times, people had to be redeemed with money or the blood of a lamb, until JESUS came and payed the ransom to GOD. The willingness of JESUS to obey His Father to the point of death, even the death of the cross, appeased GOD's wrath. Now, He is the author of eternal salvation from the wrath of GOD to all who obey Him.

 Previously saying, "Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, 

and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them" (which are offered according to the law), then He said, 

"Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God." 

He takes away the first that He may establish the second. 

 By that will we have been sanctified 

through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Hebrews 10:8-10

Therefore we must also surrender our will to the LORD in worship. We come under the favour of GOD when we live in obedience to JESUS CHRIST. We have no right to live our own lives, but in obedience to CHRIST. We must die to self so that JESUS may live through us.

"Blessed is the Lord God of Israel,

For He has visited and redeemed His people,

Luke 1:68

Bless the Lord, O my soul;

And all that is within me, bless His holy name!

Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits:

Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases,

Who redeems your life from destruction,

Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,

Psalm 103:1-4

We must be grateful to GOD for redeming us from destruction.

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 O Israel, hope in the Lord; For with the Lord there is mercy, 

And with Him is abundant redemption. 

And He shall redeem Israel From all his iniquities.

Psalm 130:7-8

He redeems us from the bondage of our iniquities. 
We don't live in sin anymore.

He saved them from the hand of him who hated them,

And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

Psalm 106:10

We have been redeemed from the hand of our enemy, the devil!
We don't fear the devil!

But when the fullness of the time had come, 

God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 

to redeem those who were under the law, 

that we might receive the adoption as sons.

Galatians 4:4-5

We have been redeemed from being in bondage to sin 

and to the law, to be adopted as sons of GOD! 

He will redeem their life from oppression and violence; 

And precious shall be their blood in His sight.

Psalm 72:14

We are redeemed from oppression and violence. 

There continues to be oppression and violence in this world, which is under the sway of the devil. 

We have been redeemed to overcome, 
and not partake in such evil.

who gave Himself for us, 

that He might redeem us from every lawless deed 

and purify for Himself His own special people, 

zealous for good works.

Titus 2:14

We have been redeemed from every lawless deed 
to be pure as GOD's people, zealous for good works.

 Or do you not know 

that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, 

whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

 For you were bought at a price; 

therefore glorify God in your body 

and in your spirit, which are God's.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

We have been bought at a price, 

to glorify GOD in our body and our spirit.

 

But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, 

For He shall receive me. Selah

Psalm 49:15

We are redeemed from the power of the grave. 
We need have no fear of death!

You in Your mercy have led forth The people 

whom You have redeemed; 

You have guided them in Your strength To Your holy habitation.

Exodus 15:13

We have been redeemed and are being guided 

to GOD's holy habitation!
What a blessed hope we have as His redeemed!

Therefore we must live, redeeming the time that has been given to us, by giving time for eternal purposes.

We must set our mind on things above and not on things of this world. We must constantly change our mindsets from carnal and soulish to spiritual. This we do by meditating on Scripture and praying and speaking to the LORD continually.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Ephesians 5:16

Now when these things begin to happen,

look up and lift up your heads,

because your redemption draws near."

Luke 21:28

Our final redemption:

Not only that,

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 body.

Romans 8:23

When we leave this earth to enter the presence of GOD,

our bodies will be transformed to celestial bodies!

And they sang a new song, saying:

"You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals;

For You were slain,

And have redeemed us to God by Your blood

Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

Revelation 5:9