WHAT IS LIFE SERIES? 

THE GRACE CALLED REDEMPTION PART II

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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