“He has paid a full ransom for his people. He has guaranteed his covenant with them forever. What a holy, awe-inspiring name he has!” – Psalm 111:9 (NLT)
Redemption means to secure the release or recovery of persons or things by paying a price. It is a covenantal term closely associated with ransom, atonement, substitution, deliverance, and, thus, salvation.
Theologically, redemption refers ultimately to the saving work of Christ, Who came to redeem us by giving His life in substitution for our own as the ransom price. Ephesians 1:7 says, “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace (NIV).
Redemption is an important soteriological term and concept for Christians. The significance of the term is seen in that it serves as the overarching category for the whole saving work of God: redemptive history. Romans 3:24 and Galatians 4:4-5 point to the fact that Christ’s death was our redemption, our rescue by ransom: the paying of a price that freed us from the jeopardy of guilt, enslavement to sin, and expectation of wrath.
My brothers and sisters, Jesus’s death accomplished redemption once and for all. He does not merely cancel our debts; He liquidates them! We are free when we accept Him as Lord and Saviour.
Prayer
Father, I thank You for redeeming me by the blood of Jesus Christ. Thank You for helping me live a life separated from the things of the world, a life that demonstrates my belief in the Holy Bible and practice of its Christian precepts, in Jesus’s name. Amen.
