WHAT IS LIFE SERIES? 

THE GRACE CALLED REDEMPTION PART 4

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• English: redemption
• 629. ἀπολύτρωσις, apolutrósis
• Meaning: release effected by payment of ransom; redemption, deliverance.

• HELPS Word-studies 629 apolýtrōsis (from 575 /apó, “from” and 3084 /lytróō, “redeem”) – properly, redemption – literally, “buying back from, re-purchasing (winning back) what was previously forfeited (lost).”

• 629 /apolýtrōsis (“redemption, re-purchase”) emphasizes the distance (“safety-margin”) that results between the rescued person, and what previously enslaved them. For the believer, the prefix (575 /apó) looks back to God’s effective work of grace, purchasing them from the debt of sin and bringing them to their new status (being in Christ).

Key Meaning:

PART A: The Promise and Fulfilment of Jesus Christ 

• 1. What has Jesus Christ blessed us with / for the believers? 
• 2. The premise of these blessings 
• 3. The purpose of these blessings
• 4. Why did Jesus Christ bless His believers?

1. What has Jesus Christ blessed us with / for the believers? 

• Jesus has blessed believers with every spiritual blessings
  • these spiritual blessings are to be received from the heavenly places through Jesus Christ Ephesians 1:3
• Jesus predestined believers to be adopted as sons to Himself, so son-Father relationship Ephesians 1:5
• Jesus has blessed believers with inheritance Ephesians 1:11
• Jesus works out all these by His own will Ephesians 1:11

2. The premise of these blessings 

• Jesus chose the believers
  • Jesus did not choose the believers in the present but from the past
  • Jesus chose believers from creation Ephesians 1:4
• Jesus’ redemption of the believers
  • redemption through the blood of Jesus Christ
  • redemption is the forgiveness of sins Ephesians 1:7
  • Jesus made known / revealed this grace to believers in practical ways for them to understand Ephesians 1:8
  • Jesus revealed to believers the mystery of His will Ephesians 1:9
    • Purpose of redemption:
      • to gather all things as one Ephesians 1:10

3. The purpose of these blessings

• so that believers would live a set-apart / dedicated lives
• this life is marked by holy living
• this life should be based on believer’s love for Jesus Christ Ephesians 1:4
• for believers to be the praise for His glory Ephesians 1:12

4. Why did Jesus Christ bless His believers?

• because of His good pleasure
• because of His glorious grace and favour Ephesians 1:6 (AMP)
• because of His will
• for Him to receive believer’s praise
  • believers to praise Jesus for His grace
• because of His the richness of His grace Ephesians 1:7

PART B: The Response of the Believers of Jesus Christ 

5. The believers’ response

• after hearing the gospel
• trusted in Jesus
• believed in Jesus Ephesians 1:13

6. The result of believers response 

• Jesus sealed them with the Person of the Holy Spirit
• The Holy Spirit is the believers’ guarantee of Jesus’ redemption Ephesians 1:14

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Scripture:

¹ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus: ² Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, ⁴ just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, ⁵ having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, ⁶ to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.

⁷ In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace ⁸ which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, ⁹ having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, ¹⁰ that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both^[a]which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. ¹¹ In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, ¹² that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.

¹³ In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, ¹⁴ who^[b] is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory. Ephesians 1:1-14

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Paul, an apostle (special messenger, personally chosen representative) of Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed), by the will of God [that is, by His purpose and choice],

To the ^[a]saints (God’s people) ^[b]who are at Ephesus and are faithful and loyal andsteadfast in Christ Jesus: ² Grace to you and peace [inner calm and spiritual well-being] from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

^3 [c]Blessed and worthy of praise be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ, ⁴ just as [in His love] He chose us in Christ [actually selected us for Himself as His own] before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy [that is, consecrated, set apart for Him, purpose-driven] and blameless in His sight. In love ⁵ He predestined and lovingly planned for us to be adopted to Himself as [His own] children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the kind intention and good pleasure of His will— ⁶ to the praise of His glorious grace and favor, which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved [His Son, Jesus Christ]. ⁷ In Him we have redemption [that is, our deliverance and salvation] through His blood, [which paid the penalty for our sin and resulted in] the forgiveness and complete pardon of our sin, in accordance with the riches of His grace ⁸ which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and understanding [with practical insight] ⁹ He made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ, ¹⁰ with regard to the fulfillment of the times [that is, the end of history, the climax of the ages]—to bring all things together in Christ, [both] things in the heavens and things on the earth. ¹¹ In Him also we have ^[d]received an inheritance [a destiny—we were claimed by God as His own], having been predestined (chosen, appointed beforehand) according to the purpose of Him who works everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His will, ¹² so that we who were the first to hope in Christ [who first put our confidence in Him as our Lord and Savior] would exist to the praise of His glory. ¹³ In Him, you also, when you heard the word of truth, the good news of your salvation, and [as a result] believed in Him, were stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit [the One promised by Christ] as owned and protected [by God]. ¹⁴ The Spirit is the ^[e]guarantee [the first installment, the pledge, a foretaste] of our inheritance until the redemption of God’s own[purchased] possession [His believers], to the praise of His glory. Ephesians 1:1-14 (AMP)

Dedication Song. 

Key C

Let There Be love Shared Among Us