Mans’ Redemption through Christ:
The Greek definitions follow the article.
There are two Greek words for Redemption, the one we are going to study is, in the Strong’s, 629. It means to buy again, to obtain something by paying a price for it. So the redeemed are said to be bought unto God by the blood of Jesus Christ; also, bought from the earth, and from among men.
1 Corinthians 6:20, “For ye are bought with a price.” So we speak of the body of Christ, the church as being purchased with it,
Acts 20:28, “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath make you overseers, to feed the church of God, which He hath purchased with His own blood.”
Sometimes the compound word, “exagorazo,” is used, which means to buy again, or to buy out of the hands of justice, as in,
1. Galatians 3:13, “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made = (having become) a curse for us.”
2. Galatians 4:5, “To redeem them that were under the law.”
Other times it may be applied as one being deliverance from slavery, or captivity by paying a ransom for that person. Christians are said to be redeemed NOT with silver or gold, but with the, blood and the life of Christ, which was answerable, adequate, and a full price for man’s redemption.
1 Peter 1:18, “Forasmuch as you know that you are not redeemed with corruptible things,”
The fundamental idea of the word is a duel one: redemption from, and redemption to.
Redemption from;
1. The curse of the law.
2. Sin, for we are now forgiven.
3. Satan.
4. The world.
5. Death.
6. Hell.
Redemption to;
1. A new life in Christ.
2. To His life, nature, and holiness.
3. Joined with Him in His death.
4. In His resurrection.
5. In His glory.
The cause for our redemption?
John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son.”
The procuring cause, Jesus Christ,
1 Peter 1:19, “with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot.”
The results are, the justice of the Father is satisfied; His people Israel are reconciled; the Gentiles adopted into the family; all were sanctified; and all will be brought to glory.
Done fully by God’s grace; it is special, complete, and eternal! The relation that atonement and redemption hold to each other, is that of cause and effect. Atonement is the ground of redemption. Our redemption is one of the results of atonement. The atonement has an inseparable relation to the law as its object, giving to it, such honor, that God may be just and the justifier of those who believe in Jesus Christ.
Redemption has an inseparable relation to men as its object, in that it is particular.
Titus 2:14, “Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.”
We are given a new freedom, a freedom that always resides in Christ. The redeemed have a continual relationship with Christ, gained through the positive implantation of Christ’s righteousness to man.
1. Jesus laid down His life as a Shepherd, Hebrews 13:20,
John 10:11, Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd: the good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep.
2. As a Husband for His wife.
3. As a surety. a certainty, security, foundation, and as evidence of.
4. As a sacrifice of atonement.
Redemption: # 629. Greek is, apolutrosis. To let go free for a ransom, Septuagint,
Exodus 21:8, “redeemed,”
Deliverance on account of a ransom paid; Spoken of the deliverance from the power and consequences of sin which Christ procured for His followers by laying down His life as a ransom,
1. Matthew 20:28, “The Son of man came — to give His life a ransom for many.”
2. Romans 3:24, “Justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”
3. Ephesians 1:7, Colossians 1:14, “redemption through His blood.”
4. Ephesians 1:14, “Which is the earnest = (down payment) of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of His glory.”
5. Hebrews 9:15, “He is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament.”
By metonymically, meaning to put one work for another.
1 Corinthians 1:30, “Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.”
Compare,
1. Acts 20:28, “The Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which He hath purchased with His own blood,” with,
2. Colossians 1:13, “Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son,” with,
3. Hebrews 2:14, “as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is the devil,” with,
4. John 12:31, “Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.”
Deliverance; simply the idea of a ransom being dropped from calamities and death.
1. Luke 21:28, “look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.”
2. Hebrews 11:35, “others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection.”
So of the soul from the body as its prison:
1. Romans 8:23, “waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.”
2. Ephesians 4:30, “grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption,”
Compare, Romans 7:24, O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” with,
Wisdom 9:15, “For the corruptible body is a load upon the soul, and the earthly habitation presses down the mind that museth upon many things.”
Phillip LaSpino www.seekfirstwisdom.com