The Redemption of Christ
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What, and Who Does Christ Death and Resurrection Redeem?
What, and Who Does Christ Death and Resurrection Redeem?
For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
Jesus is Redeemer
Jesus is Redeemer
who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
He came into the world for this purpose.
He came into the world for this purpose.
I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.
1 Timothy 1:
The coming of the eternal Son of God into the world as the God-Man, Jesus Christ, is a fact of history.
The coming of the eternal Son of God into the world as the God-Man, Jesus Christ, is a fact of history.
But thousands of Americans fill out Gallup Poll religious surveys that they believe this fact but then live just like everybody else. They have the same anxieties that good things will be lost and the same frustrations that crummy things can't be changed. Evidently there is not much power in giving right answers on religious surveys about historical facts.
That's because the coming of the Son of God into the world is so much more than a historical fact. It was a message of hope sent by God to teenagers and single parents and crabby husbands and sullen wives and overweight women and impotent men and retarded neighbors and homosexuals and preachers and lovers and you. And since the Son of God lived, died, rose, reigns, and is coming again, God's message through him is more than a historical fact.
It is a gift to you, from the voice of the living God.
It is a gift to you, from the voice of the living God.
Thus says the Lord: the meaning of Christmas is that what is good and precious in your life need never be lost, and what is evil and undesirable in your life can be changed. The fears that the few good things that make you happy are slipping through your fingers, and the frustrations that the bad things you hate about yourself or your situation can't be changed—these fears and these frustrations are what Christmas came to destroy. It is God's message of hope this morning that what is good need never be lost and what is bad can be changed.
What is His Purpose? To be THE Redeemer.
What is His Purpose? To be THE Redeemer.
Rise up; come to our help!
Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!
Psalms 44
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Titus 2:
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary Redemption (Old Testament)
Literal Meaning: Sociolegal Redemption
In sociolegal contexts, redemption generally refers to the rescue of an individual from a difficult obligation by means of a monetary payment.
LYTroe
Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament based on Semantic Domains 37.128 λυτρόομαι; λύτρωσις, εως; ἀπολύτρωσις, εως
37.128 λυτρόομαι; λύτρωσις, εως f; ἀπολύτρωσις, εως f: to release or set free, with the implied analogy to the process of freeing a slave—‘to set free, to liberate, to deliver, liberation, deliverance.’
This does not just apply to man. All of creation is being redeemed by the Blood of Christ.
This does not just apply to man. All of creation is being redeemed by the Blood of Christ.
For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
When humanity sinned, the whole of creation was marred and distorted. And so it was not only humanity that needed to be reconciled to God, but also the rest of creation. God’s great plan of redemption is not for our benefit alone, but embraces everything that He has made. His ultimate aim is not to destroy the earth that He created but to renew it
(). Which is why “the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed…. The creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.” ()
But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Which is why
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope
Grand Canyon
“the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed…. The creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.” ()
The Creation is Also Redeemed By Christ.
The Creation is Also Redeemed By Christ.
The Gospel is a deeper understanding that all of creation is also being redeemed.
This does two things for us:
It gives us a hope for the future.
It gives us a motivation for the present.
Creation characterized by peace and harmony
The church is a divinely commissioned community of believers, whose faithful efforts presently matter as they proclaim the redeeming and renewing of all things through Jesus Christ.
The church is a divinely commissioned community of believers, whose faithful efforts presently matter as they proclaim the redeeming and renewing of all things through Jesus Christ.
The world will not always be like it is now. Groaning under the fall.
Are all people, just as they were lost through Adam, saved through Christ?
Are all people, just as they were lost through Adam, saved through Christ?
For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
No, only those who have surrendered to God (biblical elect) and are united to Christ.
No, only those who have surrendered to God (biblical elect) and are united to Christ.
How does the Bible use the word elect?
How does the Bible use the word elect?
The word elect is used 17 times in the Bible. In the original languages its root word can be translated as elect, chosen, chosen one, select or other variations (1). The first four uses of the word elect can be found in the book of Isaiah (; ; ; ). We see from the context of these verses that there are several different people being referred to as God’s elect:
• , God’s elect is Jesus Christ.
• , God’s elect are the people of Israel.
• , God’s elect are people that inherit God’s mountains or land.
• , God’s elect are those who inherit the new heavens and a new earth.
In the New Testament, we see the word elect used in a more general sense to indicate people that are favored or chosen by God (; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; and ).
At the same time, we can see similarities with those in Isaiah:
• The elect can refer to Jesus Christ ().
• The elect can refer to the people of Israel (; ; ; ; ).
• The elect can refer to people that inherit the new heavens and the new earth (; ).
We also see the elect used in a reference that is somewhat different. When looking at the near context, it often is not fully understood. In , we see a description of the elect that gives us deeper meaning:
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:
May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
In this passage, we see a condition of the election by God. The condition is according to the foreknowledge of God. What is the foreknowledge being mentioned here? The answer is laid out in as follows:
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
These verses tell us that God works out all things for good to those who love Him. But, He also refers to them as those “…whom He did foreknow”.
So, it is telling us that all things work together for good to them that love God, who are called according to God’s purpose and whom He foreknew.
The question is who are those who love God?
The question is who are those who love God?
The answer can be found in where we see that those who love God are believers!
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
This then means that those whom God did foreknow that would love Him are believers.
This then means that those whom God did foreknow that would love Him are believers.
This is confirmed in the far context of Scripture when we look at and in light of . The elect are those whom God foreknew would love Him.
This is confirmed in where it is talking about believers that have trusted Christ, which says, “Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.”
When we put all of this together, we learn that in eternity past, God foreknew who would love Him. He also foreknew that given every possible situation in your life if you heard the gospel of salvation at the right time and circumstance, you would trust Christ as your Savior.
Likewise, He also foreknew there are some people that no matter what the situation or circumstance, they will never trust Christ as their Savior. This means that God in His infinite wisdom and foreknowledge, chose to make it so that at the right time and the right circumstance, we would hear the gospel of salvation and trust Christ as our Savior (; ).
He also predestinated that He would put His Spirit into us and seal us until the day of redemption, while changing us to become more like His Son so that one day we could stand before Him in a perfected state just like His Son Jesus (; ). With each day, as we submit to the leading of the Spirit and study His Word, God changes us to be more and more like Christ so that we would even have the mind of Christ (; ; ). With this in mind, we would be enabled to love God and our neighbor the way He loves them. This love of God, which God foreknew, was the basis by which He elected to appoint our day of salvation.
As we saw in the book of Isaiah, because we are children of God by faith in Christ and He is in us, we also become the elect of God through Christ. Likewise, when we become a child of God by faith, we also become the children of Abraham and God’s elect as part of the family of Israel. In addition, as children of Abraham, this makes us God’s elect as heirs of the promises that He made to the Israelites (; ). Finally, as God’s elect, we also inherit the new heavens and the new earth. All of these things are in store for us as God’s elect.
Conclusion
Conclusion
In many Christian circles, people describe believers as God’s elect. However, some people use the phrase “God’s elect” with the idea that God chooses some people to go to Heaven and some people to go to Hell. The Bible teaches that God’s elect are those whom God foreknew would love Him. Given the descriptions of the same in the Old and New Testaments, God’s elect are believers that love God because He first loved them.
In many Christian circles, people describe believers as God’s elect. However, some people use the phrase “God’s elect” with the idea that God chooses some people to go to Heaven and some people to go to Hell. The Bible teaches that God’s elect are those whom God foreknew would love Him. Given the descriptions of the same in the Old and New Testaments, God’s elect are believers that love God because He first loved them.
Read more: https://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/who-are-the-elect-in-the-bible/#ixzz5t0zChK58
Common Grace is a term applied to those general blessings which God imparts to all men and women indiscriminately as He pleases, not only to His own people, but to all men and women, according to His own will.
Common Grace is a term applied to those general blessings which God imparts to all men and women indiscriminately as He pleases, not only to His own people, but to all men and women, according to His own will.
The first point pertains to the favorable attitude of God toward all His creatures, not only toward the elect.
The first point pertains to the favorable attitude of God toward all His creatures, not only toward the elect.
“The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made” (). Jesus said God causes “his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous” () and God “is kind to the ungrateful and wicked” (). Barnabas and Paul would later say the same thing: “He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy” (). In addition to His compassion, goodness, and kindness, God also sheds His patience upon both the elect and the non-elect. While God’s patience for His own is undoubtedly different from His patience with those whom He has not chosen, God still exercises “longsuffering” toward those whom He has not chosen (). Every breath that the wicked man takes is an example of the mercy of our holy God.
The second point of common grace is the restraint of sin in the life of the individual and in society.
The second point of common grace is the restraint of sin in the life of the individual and in society.
Scripture records God directly intervening and restraining individuals from sinning. In , God restrained Abimelech from touching Sarah, Abraham’s wife, and affirmed it to him in a dream by saying, “Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her” (). Another example of God restraining the wicked hearts of evil men is seen in God’s protection of the land of Israel from being invaded by the pagan nations on their border. God commanded the men of Israel that three times a year they would leave their plot of land to go and appear before Him (). To ensure the protection of God’s people from invasion during these times, even though the pagan nations surrounding them desired their land year-round, God promised that “no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the Lord your God” (). God also restrained David from taking revenge on Nabal for scorning the messengers that David sent to greet Nabal (). Abigail, Nabal’s wife, recognized God’s grace when she pleaded with David not to seek vengeance against her husband, “since the Lord has kept you, my master, from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hands…” (). David acknowledged this truth by responding, “As surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you…” ().
This second point of common grace not only includes God’s restraining of evil, but also His sovereignly releasing it for His purposes.
This second point of common grace not only includes God’s restraining of evil, but also His sovereignly releasing it for His purposes.
When God hardens the hearts of individuals (; ; ), He does so by releasing His restraint on their hearts, thereby giving them over to the sin that resides there. In His punishment of Israel for their rebellion, God gave “them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices” (). The passage of Scripture best known for speaking of God’s releasing of restraint is found in where Paul describes those who suppress the truth by their wickedness. God “gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another” ().
This means that God, without renewing the heart, exercises such influence that even the unsaved man is enabled to perform good deeds toward his fellow man. As Paul said of a group of unregenerate Gentiles, they “do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law” (). The necessity of God restraining the hearts of the unredeemed becomes clear when we understand the biblical doctrine of total depravity. If God did not restrain the evil that resides in the hearts of all men, hearts which are “deceitful and desperately wicked” (), humanity would have destroyed itself centuries ago. But because He works through common grace given to all men, God’s sovereign plan for history is not thwarted by their evil hearts. In the doctrine of common grace, we see God’s purposes stand, His people blessed, and His glory magnified.
