Today’s scripture:
Exodus 15:13
We who’ve followed Christ for a while tend to use a lot of words that nonbelievers may not understand … at least not in the same way we do. Grace. Faith. Joy. Salvation.
And redeemed.
Redeem is something you do when you use a coupon; you redeem it and get a discount.
For Christ-followers, redeemed means something very different. Easton Bible Dictionary defines redemption as “the purchase back of something that has benn lost, by the payment of a ransom.”
This is a great definition. We were lost in our sin. One might even say we were kidnapped and held captive by sin. But in His incomprehensible love, grace and mercy, Jesus Christ paid the penalty for our sins. He paid the ransom.
And so we are saved. We are clean.
We are redeemed!
We who’ve followed Christ for a while tend to use a lot of words that nonbelievers may not understand … at least not in the same way we do. Grace. Faith. Joy. Salvation.
And redeemed.
Redeem is something you do when you use a coupon; you redeem it and get a discount.
For Christ-followers, redeemed means something very different. Easton Bible Dictionary defines redemption as “the purchase back of something that has benn lost, by the payment of a ransom.”
This is a great definition. We were lost in our sin. One might even say we were kidnapped and held captive by sin. But in His incomprehensible love, grace and mercy, Jesus Christ paid the penalty for our sins. He paid the ransom.
And so we are saved. We are clean.
We are redeemed!
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