Sermon Tone Analysis

An eternal redemption

When we gather for the Lord’s Table, we do so in obedience to our Lord’s command - 1 Cor 11:23-26

In considering Christ’s command that we were to take the bread and the cup in remembrance of him, we have opened the Scriptures with the pray that we would remember what we are to remember in accordance with what the word of God teaches.

When we consider Christ’s broken body and shed blood, the word of God uses certain terms.

These terms come from the word of God.

While there is the temptation to replace with a defining phrase, that defining phrase or definition has its place but I would suggest that we should never set aside the word that we need to do our best to define - example love versus definition.

Nowhere is that more clear than in the Apostle Paul’s explanation of love.

1 Cor 13:2-

No one would disagree with the fact that for most of the world, love has lost most of its meaning.

For that reason all of us need to be reminded of what love really is, both by definition and its embodiment in God the Father and God the Son.

To this point we have worked our way through .

We have also allowed the word of God to refresh our minds and hearts with regard to the ways in which Scriptural terms - atonement and propitiation - enable us to better understand and remember what was accomplished by Christ willingly allowing His body to be broken and His blood to be shed in our place.

Today we direct our attention to another word from the Scriptures - REDEMPTION

Redemption - “repurchase or buy back” (simple definition - Webster’s Dictionary)

The simplest theological definition would be:

Redemption - “deliverance from sin and freedom from captivity” but there is more that can and should be said.

Although we will focus mostly on the NT use of redemption, we will also consider a bit of the use of the term in the OT.

Central to our study of redemption will be .

We are wise to search the Scriptures to learn is meant by redemption, which the writer of Hebrews reminds his readers is an eternal redemption - eternal both in quality and quantity of time - longevity.

When we open our English language Bibles, we are at a bit of disadvantage, the reason being, in the Greek NT there are 2 words and the variations of those two words, all of which are translated - redeem, redemption.

And while translating those different words is accurate/theologically correct and totally accurate, there is no way that one word can adequately capture and convey the slightly different nuance of each word.

Some might say, no big deal, move on and do not linger over the smaller details But some times smaller details are important.

Vine’s Greek NT Dictionary helps us here.

“exagorazo - to buy/to purchase , to buy out of the open public place/market place - agora - with a focus on the price paid.”

2. “lutroo - to release on receipt” - VERB

Titus

1 Peter

3. lutrosis - NOUN

4. “apolutrosis - strengthened form of lutrosis - releasing on payment of a ransom.”

deliverance from torture

deliverance of the people of God at His appearing

2 Thess

Forgiveness and justification

Rom 6:

Rom 8:

deliverance of the believer from the presence and the power or sin

1 Cor 1:

Eph

4. apolutrosis -