September 22, 2025 4:00 am
Christ's act of redemption bought us back from slavery to sin, ransoming us from the marketplace of sin, and paying the full penalty for our sins through His death on the cross, offering eternal redemption and forgiveness through His blood.
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Yeah. Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. Redeemed. For as much as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. From your vain conversation 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 and 19. How glibly we use the terms redeemed, redemption, and ransom But what do they mean? And more importantly, what did Christ's act of redemption mean? Three Greek words and their derivations are used in the New Testament to denote various aspects of this truth.
In our text, redeemed comes from lutru, which means to set free, buy back, or ransom. Christ's innocent blood sacrificed for us bought us back. By his own blood, he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. Hebrews 9.12. Redeemed from what?
From slavery to sin, Jesus taught, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. John 8.34. Thankfully, Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law. The Greek word here is exaggero. meaning to buy up.
to ransom from the marketplace. which could be called the slave market of sin. He ransomed us, redeeming us from the horrors of slavery to sin by His death on the cross. The final word is apollutrosis. to ransom in full.
He has paid the full penalty. It is finished, he said, as he died. In Him alone we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace. Each of us needs to appropriate his plan. For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Romans three, twenty three and twenty. Yeah. If you've enjoyed today's devotional, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. And please rate and review so more listeners can find us. To support ICR's ministry, visit icr.org/slash donate.
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