Full Gospel Fellowship – Bible Study
Reality of Redemption Series: 2
Galatians 3.13-14
What Does It Mean To Be Redeemed?
The word redeemed literally means – to buy back or purchase; to pay a ransom (in order to liberate or deliver something or someone).
Our text verse for this series tells us that Christ has redeemed us – it is already done (has is past tense).
How are we Redeemed?
1 Corinthians 6.19-20
How did Christ redeem us?
· He paid the ransom. You were bought with a price – blood of Jesus.
You are not your own – your life does not belong to you.
You belong to Jesus (1) by right of creation, and (2) price of redemption
1 Peter 1.18-20
The blood of Christ is precious.
· How precious? – it is more valuable than silver or gold, which are corruptible.
How much are you worth that Jesus would give His life-blood for you?
· Quit saying “I’m not worthy” (effectively mean I’m not worth it) – false humility, spirit of pride
Why Did We Need to be Bought?
Isaiah 50.1-2
He had to buy us back because we had been sold / taken into captivity. He did not sell us – we sold ourselves. But He redeems and delivers
We sold ourselves through sin to the enemy
Isaiah 52.1-3
‘We shall be redeemed’ – at a price but not with money, with the blood of Jesus.
2 Peter 2.18-19
We sold ourselves into bondage – satan promised freedom but brought us into bondage. (see Genesis 3.4-5)
Romans 7.14
Sold under sin – sold into slavery through sin, which produces death.
Those who commit sin are slaves to sin (John 8.34; Romans 6.6, 16-18)
The wages of sin is death (Romans 6.23) – wages is money paid for something done. The price due for sin is death. Jesus paid that ransom and redeemed us from sin and death.
Being Sold We Needed a Redeemer
Leviticus 25.47-48
[This whole chapter deals with the issues concerning redemption and the Jubilee.]
The poorer man sells himself to the rich man as a slave (vs47)
After he is sold he can be bought again (vs48)
He can be redeemed by one of his brothers.
Redeemer = kinsman, next of kin (nearest living male relation)
It was the responsibility of the kinsman-redeemer to:
· Redeem from slavery (vs48)
· Redeem from debt and poverty (Leviticus 25.25)
· Redeem the life of one murdered (Numbers 35.21)
· Continue the family line (Deuteronomy 25.5-6; Matthew 22.24)
We sold ourselves under sin to the enemy but Jesus our kinsman-redeemer paid the redemption price to free us
We Are Not Our Own
1 Corinthians 7.22-23
We were bought at a price and now belong to God – we are the Lord’s freedman.
We live to serve the Lord.
Galatians 5.1
Do not go back into that from which you were redeemed.