There are three words I desire that every believer should have a full understanding of, and one of them is redemption. The other two will be discussed later. Understanding the word redemption will help you live like the redeemed person you are. You will be a force to reckon with.
Redemption means being bought back. That means that we were with God before, until Adam, who represents humanity, sinned and caused us to be separated from God. The good news now is that we have been bought back by God. We are totally free from the devil. So we are no longer in the kingdom of darkness. You are now in God’s Kingdom, a Kingdom of light. You are God’s property.
God’s Property
Do you know what it means to be owned by God? Get this: every single part of your body is owned by God. Your liver, your organs, your hands and legs are God’s property. This is one of the realities of redemption. What you own, will you not maintain it? He is the maintainer of your destiny (Psalm 16:5).
Sickness and failure have no part in your destiny. His plans for you are good and not evil. When you know you are God’s property, evil will play no part in your life.
I know you have heard stories of a believer you know who was attacked by criminals and died, was involved in an accident, or was very ill. That is not your case. It cannot happen to you, and you need to say that in faith so that fear has no root in your life.
Nothing evil will accomplish its work in your life. You are kept by God’s power. His power can keep you from falling (Jude 24). Falling into sickness, falling into despair, falling into poverty—He can keep you from every evil circumstance. The rod of the wicked will not rest on the righteous.
Well, I know some good Christians who suffered sickness and poverty. What about them? Now that you know better than they did, you won’t join them. Now that you know God owns and keeps you, you won’t join them.
God’s Payment
Your life has been fully paid for. Redemption does not just mean to buy back, but it also means to buy out. That is, to take out of the marketplace. Do you know what that means? We are no longer for sale. We are secured in Christ.
There are people who will come and want to sell you what is happening in the country so you can buy into it. It is hard to get a good job these days. Mr. So-and-so died of cancer. Once you agree by saying, “Yes, things are hard; it is not easy,” the devil will begin trading those thoughts in your life.
How can you rise if you think there is no way up? You are not in the “whatever will be, will be” market. You are in the “I will prosper” market.
When Jesus said, “It is finished” on the cross, it meant that all that was necessary for you to be saved had been done (John 19:30). All that is necessary for you to prosper has been done. So it is not out there somewhere. It is in what Christ has done. What He did is complete. There is nothing else to do than receive what has been done.Receive God’s saving grace now. Who do you think He died for? He died for you. He came to seek what was lost (Luke 19:10). He found you and brought you back.
God’s Purpose
Redemption accomplished three things. We have been redeemed from the threefold blow of the law. We have been redeemed from poverty, sickness and spiritual death. Christ, through His poverty, made us rich (2 Corinthians 8:9). Christ, through His stripes, healed us (1 Peter 2:24). Christ, through His death, gave us life (John 3:16; John 5:24).
We are to conform to the image of Christ. That has been done in our spirit as a result of the new birth. It was instant, and it happened by believing. So, if believing brought about a change in our spirit, then believing will bring about a change in our minds and body.
What are we believing? What Christ has done for us. Christ provided riches. He provided healing. He gave life. That is what our lives ought to show, and it will once we align our mind and body to these redemptive truths. Agree with what the Bible says about you. We have been redeemed from every single thing that is of the devil.
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