| The Bible is a book of redemption. Although it is a | | | | law. His sacrifice is totally accepted as full |
| book of history, science, anthropology, and | | | | payment for the debt a sinner owes God. But it |
| cosmogony, it is much more than that. It is the | | | | does not stop there. Jesus' death (shedding of his |
| truth of salvation and deliverance for lost mankind. | | | | own blood) is accepted by God as our full and |
| The idea of the word 'redemption' is two-fold. | | | | complete deliverance for mankind. So now we |
| When using the 1828 Noah Webster's Dictionary, | | | | see we are not only redeemed - "set free, |
| we can define 'redemption' as: to deliver from, to | | | | rescued" from sin through Christ Jesus our Lord, |
| rescue. From that definition we can believe that | | | | but we are free to have power over sin only |
| the word 'redemption' refers to the price paid for | | | | through Jesus and His shed blood. |
| that rescue, a ransom. If we are in Christ Jesus, | | | | Our Lord' redemptive work is three-fold:o |
| we are redeemed not only from the penalty of | | | | Forgiveness - we have been given this through |
| sin, but also we have the power over sin through | | | | the redemptive price of Christ's death.o |
| Christ Jesus our Lord. | | | | Justification - we are 'justified' before God through |
| Our Lord paid the penalty for our sin upon the | | | | our Lord's deliverance. Therefore, this deliverance |
| cross of Calvary; and we are Redeemed to a | | | | establishes us in a restored position of favor |
| new freedom from sin, a new relationship with | | | | before God.o Power Over Sin - Jesus' death, burial |
| God, a new nature, a new life! When you read the | | | | and resurrection promises us a final deliverance |
| Bible as a whole, the Old Testament and the New | | | | from the power of sin at the coming of our Lord. |
| Testament, the message is the same. The Bible | | | | But He promises that while we are still |
| reveals the redemptive atonement of Christ | | | | earthbound, we can have true freedom over sin |
| Jesus the Lord. His blood is the sacrifice, is the | | | | through His power and the power of the Holy |
| ransom by which we are bought. (1Corinthians | | | | Spirit. |
| 6:20) The Lord Jesus took our sin upon himself in | | | | Therefore, this redemption of Jesus Christ our |
| order that He might satisfy the demand of the | | | | Lord is The Scarlet Thread. |