Redeemed! (2 of 27)
Series: Ephesians
Collin Wimberly
Ephesians 1:7-10
Ephesians Series
INTRODUCTION:
SH Green stamps - My mom had a drawer full of them. We would save them up, stick them in a notebook, and then redeem them for prizes.
You could get all kinds of things. You had to get them from a redemption center.
This morning we are going to talk about one of the great truths of the Bible - Redemption. In fact, redemption is the centerpiece of Scripture. The Bible is the story of God’s plan of redemption through the ages.
One thing that we will notice in these first 14 verses is that in the Greek they comprise one long sentence. But if we look closely these verses really fall out into three major divisions. Vs. 1-6, 7-10, 11-14. What is even more interesting is that the first section deals with God the Father’s activity in salvation, the second God the Son’s activity and finally God the Holy Spirit’s work.
This morning we see the work of Christ in redeeming his people.
I) REDEEMED -
Jesus is the beloved - Simply the one who is loved by God. From the beginning of his ministry the Father declared Jesus to be His beloved Son.
‘‘We have redemption through his blood.’’
‘‘We’’ refers to believers. However, to understand this concept, we have to understand the condition of humanity before salvation.
The word redemption means to buy out of, to purchase, or to liberate. In fact, the NT uses three main words to describe redemption. Two of them refer to the act of buying something or taking ownership of something by paying a price. The word used here refers to paying a ransom for someone in order to release that person from bondage, to set them free.
During the NT times there were as many as six million slaves in the Roman empire, and the buying and the selling of them was a regular and legal business. If a person wanted to set a friend or relative free from slavery, they could purchase that person and set them free, a legal ...
Series: Ephesians
Collin Wimberly
Ephesians 1:7-10
Ephesians Series
INTRODUCTION:
SH Green stamps - My mom had a drawer full of them. We would save them up, stick them in a notebook, and then redeem them for prizes.
You could get all kinds of things. You had to get them from a redemption center.
This morning we are going to talk about one of the great truths of the Bible - Redemption. In fact, redemption is the centerpiece of Scripture. The Bible is the story of God’s plan of redemption through the ages.
One thing that we will notice in these first 14 verses is that in the Greek they comprise one long sentence. But if we look closely these verses really fall out into three major divisions. Vs. 1-6, 7-10, 11-14. What is even more interesting is that the first section deals with God the Father’s activity in salvation, the second God the Son’s activity and finally God the Holy Spirit’s work.
This morning we see the work of Christ in redeeming his people.
I) REDEEMED -
Jesus is the beloved - Simply the one who is loved by God. From the beginning of his ministry the Father declared Jesus to be His beloved Son.
‘‘We have redemption through his blood.’’
‘‘We’’ refers to believers. However, to understand this concept, we have to understand the condition of humanity before salvation.
The word redemption means to buy out of, to purchase, or to liberate. In fact, the NT uses three main words to describe redemption. Two of them refer to the act of buying something or taking ownership of something by paying a price. The word used here refers to paying a ransom for someone in order to release that person from bondage, to set them free.
During the NT times there were as many as six million slaves in the Roman empire, and the buying and the selling of them was a regular and legal business. If a person wanted to set a friend or relative free from slavery, they could purchase that person and set them free, a legal ...
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