Saturday, September 03, 2005
Redeemer III
Redemption is all through the Bible. I could quote Exodus 6:6, Ps 44:26, Hos 13:14, Isa 44:6, Lk 21:28, Ro 3:24, Ro 8:23, 1Co 1:30, Eph 1:7, Eph 1:14, Col 1:14, Heb 9:12, etc, etc, etc. The list just goes on and on. Of all the verses, the following stuck out to me!
"No man can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for himm--the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough--that he should live on forever and not see decay. ... But God will redeem my life from the grave; he will surely take me to himself. Selah" (Psalm 49:7-9, 15 NIV)
"O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption. He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins." (Psalm 130:7-8 NIV)
"'Do not be afraid, O worm Jacob, O little Israel, for I myself will help you,' declares the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel." (Isaiah 41:14 NIV)
The prophet Isaiah loved the title of Redeemer and Holy One. It can be found in 43:14, 47:4, 48:17, 49:7, and 54:5. In 54:5-7 the Redeemer is called Israel's husband. And the husband is longing for his wife, who married young and was rejected, to return back to him. Isaiah continues this thought in 62:4-5. So Agur son of Jakeh, who is this Holy One?
"For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and wordly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope--the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good." (Titus 2:11-14)
"'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.' This is a profound mystery--but I am talking about Christ and the church." (Ephesians 5:31-32)
I was going to end with Redeemer III and move to the third point of Job. But too much is here to move on quite yet!
"No man can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for himm--the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough--that he should live on forever and not see decay. ... But God will redeem my life from the grave; he will surely take me to himself. Selah" (Psalm 49:7-9, 15 NIV)
"O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption. He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins." (Psalm 130:7-8 NIV)
"'Do not be afraid, O worm Jacob, O little Israel, for I myself will help you,' declares the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel." (Isaiah 41:14 NIV)
The prophet Isaiah loved the title of Redeemer and Holy One. It can be found in 43:14, 47:4, 48:17, 49:7, and 54:5. In 54:5-7 the Redeemer is called Israel's husband. And the husband is longing for his wife, who married young and was rejected, to return back to him. Isaiah continues this thought in 62:4-5. So Agur son of Jakeh, who is this Holy One?
"For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and wordly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope--the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good." (Titus 2:11-14)
"'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.' This is a profound mystery--but I am talking about Christ and the church." (Ephesians 5:31-32)
I was going to end with Redeemer III and move to the third point of Job. But too much is here to move on quite yet!
# posted by Wesley Son of Cornelius @ 2:44 PM 
