Identity of the Church – You are Redeemed Part 4

In this our 4th lesson we’ll learn part of what all this means as we study what it means to be redeemed. We begin at verse 7 of chapter one which reads:

“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace”  (Ephesians 11:7)

Our redemption was made possible only because of God’s great love. Redemption defined: (ἀπολυτρόω signifying a. to redeem one by paying the price). The Oxford Dictionary has, “the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil. God’s plans for the redemption of his world”.

• Only through Christ do we have redemption.
• As Paul said, redeemed through His blood

John wrote of Jesus saying, “…You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation” (Rev. 5:9)

We have been made free, the debt we could not pay for our sin was paid for by Jesus’ own blood…