REDEMPTION: A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I) INTRODUCTION

A) REDEMPTION IS IN THREE STAGES

1) PAYMENT FOR SINS

2) FORGIVENESS OF SINS

3) RECEPTION OF A PERFECT REDEMPTION BODY

B) DEFINITION OF REDEMPTION

1) [Ro 3:23-24]:

2) [Compare Ro 6:16-17, 19-20]:

3) [Compare Eph 2:1-2]:

II) STAGE ONE: FREED FROM PAYMENT FOR ONES OWN ACTS OF SIN

A) THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD WERE PAID FOR AND MAN WILL NOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS ACTS OF SIN BUT REMAINS CONDEMNED UNTIL HE BELIEVES IN CHRIST AS SAVIOR AND IS JUSTIFIED

1) [Compare 1 Jn 2:2]:

2) [Compare 2 Cor 5:18-19]:

B) ALTHOUGH NO MAN WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS ACTS OF SIN, ALL MEN LACK GOD'S PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESS AND STILL REMAIN UNDER GOD'S CONDEMNATION UNTIL THEY BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST

1) [Compare Ro 3:21-24]:

2) [Jn 3:16-18]:

C) MAN'S REDEMPTION REQUIRED A PRICE: THE ONCE FOR ALL TIME SHED BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST WITHOUT BLEMISH OR DEFECT

1) [Compare Gal 3:10-13]:

2) [Compare Dt 21:22-23]:

3) [Compare Gal 4:4-5]:

4) [Compare 1 Pet 1:18-19]:

5) [Gen 3:17-19]:

6) [Compare Heb 9:11-15]:

D) THE METHOD OF MAN'S REDEMPTION WAS BY PURCHASE, I.E., ACQUIRING BY RANSOM

1) [Compare Heb 9:11-15]:

2) [Compare Rev 5:9]:

E) FOR REDEMPTION TO BE POSSIBLE, A KINSMAN REDEEMER MUST VOLUNTEER TO PAY THE RANSOM PRICE

1) INTRODUCTION

a) THE LAW PROVIDES FOR THE REDEMPTION OF PROPERTY AND PERSON THROUGH A KINSMAN REDEEMER

i) [Isa 59:20]:

ii) [Lev 25:47-55]:

2) FOUR STIPULATIONS MUST BE MET FOR ONE TO QUALIFY AS KINSMAN REDEEMER

a) ONE MUST BE THE KINSMAN OF THE SLAVE

i) [Heb 2:14-15]:

ii) [Compare Phil 2:5-8]:

b) THE REDEEMER MUST HAVE THE PRICE OF REDEMPTION

i) [Acts 20:28]:

c) THE REDEEMER MUST BE WILLING TO REDEEM

i) [Lk 22:42]:

ii) [Compare Heb 10:7]:

d) THE REDEEMER MUST NOT NEED REDEMPTION HIMSELF

i) [Heb 4:15]:

ii) [1 Pet 2:22-24]:

III) STAGE TWO: FORGIVENESS OF SINS, ETERNAL LIFE AND FREEDOM FROM THE CONTROL OF THE SIN NATURE COMES AS A RESULT OF A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE

A) FORGIVENESS OF SINS = FORGIVENESS OF THE INDIVIDUAL HIMSELF, HIS INTRINSIC SINFUL NATURE

1) [Jn 8:24]:

B) THE REDEMPTION OF THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS COMES VIA A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE

1) [Eph 1:7, 2:8]:

2) [Compare Col 1:12-14]:

3) [Acts 10:43]:

4) [Eph 1:13-14]:

5) [Col 2:13-14]:

6) [Compare Ro 3:21-24]:

IV) STAGE THREE: COMPLETED REDEMPTION - ABSOLUTE FREEDOM FROM THE SIN NATURE VIA THE FUTURE RECEPTION OF THE RESURRECTION BODY

A) [Ro 8:22-23]:

B) [Compare Phil 3:20-21]:

C) [1 Cor 15:51-54]:

D) [Compare 1 Cor 1:30]:

E) [Compare Eph 1:13-14]:

V) CONCLUSION