God as redeemer (2)
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· 9 viewsGod alone has the ability to save his people from slavery and captivity. God’s redemptive will and power is demonstrated in his deliverance of Israel from bondage in Egypt, and supremely through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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God as the sole redeemer of Israel
God as the sole redeemer of Israel
4 Our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is His name,
The Holy One of Israel.
See also Dt 13:5; Ps 19:14
He redeems because of his love
He redeems because of his love
Dt 7:8; Ps 44:26
He is able to redeem because of his power
He is able to redeem because of his power
Dt 9:26; 2 Sa 7:23; Ne 1:10
God acts as Israel’s redeemer
God acts as Israel’s redeemer
Ps 78:35; Ps 111:9; Is 43:1; Is 48:17; Is 54:5; Is 63:16
He promises to redeem Israel from Egypt
He promises to redeem Israel from Egypt
8 “So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
9 “Now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.
10 “Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.”
See also Ex 3:21; Ex 14:4
He redeems Israel in the exodus from Egypt
He redeems Israel in the exodus from Egypt
15 ‘You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to observe the sabbath day.
See also Dt 15:15; Dt 21:8; Dt 24:18; Ne 9:9–11; Ps 77:14–20; Ps 105:23–38; Ho 13:4; Mic 6:4; Ac 7:30–36
He redeems Israel from Babylonian exile
He redeems Israel from Babylonian exile
Is 41:14 “Redeemer” is a characteristic title for God in the second part of Isaiah. In the context of the exile Isaiah reminds Israel that God would act as redeemer.
See also Is 43:4; Is 44:6; Is 44:24; Is 49:26; Is 54:5; Is 60:16; Is 62:12; Je 50:33–35; Je 51:12; Mic 4:10; Zec 10:8
God redeems his people from difficult personal circumstances
God redeems his people from difficult personal circumstances
22 The Lord redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned.
See also Is 29:22 Abraham was redeemed from the land of idolatry to become God’s servant; Job 19:25 Job, in the midst of his despair, declares God to be his redeemer; Ps 31:4–5 part of the psalmist’s prayer for deliverance when confronted by an evil conspiracy; La 3:58 the lamentor recognises personal redemption within the context of national despair
He brings deliverance from enemies
He brings deliverance from enemies
Ps 69:18; Ps 106:10; Ps 107:2; Je 15:21; Je 31:11
God redeems his people from the bondage and guilt of sin
God redeems his people from the bondage and guilt of sin
7 O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is lovingkindness,
And with Him is abundant redemption.
8 And He will redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.
See also Ps 34:22; Is 59:20
Those who remain sinful do not find redemption
Those who remain sinful do not find redemption
13 Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me!
Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me!
I would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me.
See also Ps 26:11 The request for redemption is made on the basis of uprightness; Is 1:27–28
God redeems his people from death
God redeems his people from death
15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol,
For He will receive me.
Selah.
See also Job 19:25–27; Ps 103:4
Jesus Christ is central to God’s redemptive purposes
Jesus Christ is central to God’s redemptive purposes
13 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,
14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
See also Lk 1:68; Ro 3:23–24; 1 Co 1:30; 1 Co 7:23; Ga 3:13–14; Ga 4:4–5; Eph 1:7; Heb 9:11–12; 1 Pe 1:18–21
God will finally redeem all creation at Jesus Christ’s second coming
God will finally redeem all creation at Jesus Christ’s second coming
19 For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God.
20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope
21 that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
22 For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.
23 And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.
See also Lk 21:28; Eph 1:13–14; Eph 4:30; Tt 2:13–14
God’s redemptive work brings him praise and worship
God’s redemptive work brings him praise and worship
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 would be holy and blameless before Him. In love
5 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will,
6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
See also Ex 15:1–21; Ps 71:23; Ps 111:9; Ps 119:134; Ps 136:1–26; Is 35:4–10; Is 44:22–23; Is 48:20; Is 51:11; Is 52:9