The Power of Redemption

As you read the first chapter of Ephesians, it speaks of the many blessings God has provided for us through his Son Jesus Christ. But the one I would like to share about is “redemption” which is spoken of in verse 7 because there is power in the redemptive blood of Christ!

“In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.” (Ephesians 1:7).

Redemption is a ransoming. It is payment for the release of a person or property that’s been detained, hindered, or held back. It’s a deliverance from that which became bondage to the people of God in relation to sin and death. But through the death of Jesus Christ, the debt of sin was paid off! He rescued us from loss and purchased or made atonement for us with his blood!

Through the power of redemption, he didn’t just deliver us from the power of sin, but he delivered us from the guilt of it!

First the “power of sin” brought on death! Sin is an offence or violation of a duty or command. It’s to “miss the mark or goal of that which has been set in place for us to attain”. Once that mark has been missed or veered from, there’s a termination or cessation of receiving the benefits that one could have had by staying on course.

(St. John 10:10) ”The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”

In relation to sin, religion has told us that we cannot live free from sin as long as we are in a flesh body. But whose report are you going to believe - religious order or our Kinsman Redeemer? (Romans 8:2-3) ”For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh”!

There are other scriptures that let us know that the “power of redemption” has rescued our bodies as well as our soul and spirit from sin, but I’m only going to touch on a few. Jesus rescuing us from the power of sin cancelled the death sentence! (Colossians 2:13-14) ”And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened (made alive) together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, NAILING IT TO HIS CROSS”! Remember, he sealed this victory with his “resurrection!” (1 Thessalonians 5:23) ”And I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

This does not say until the coming but unto the coming. This means that we can reach the point (unto) that the total of Christ is manifested in and through us!

That’s why we have to not just get saved, but we must be born again! (1 John 3:9) ”Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God”! We must progress from just being saved (rescued) because we must go through the metamorphosis of the regeneration process of being made whole! Read these scriptures at your convenience: (Romans 6:12-14, 8:19-23; 1 Corinthians 15:53-55).

Keep in mind that this birthing process is brought forth by the incorruptible seed, which is the Word of God! This incorruptible seed is undecaying and immortal. It has been made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel! (1 Peter 1:23;

2 Timothy 1:10) WHAT AN AWESOME GOD! This is all by the “power of redemption”!

Secondly, the “power of redemption” has delivered us from the guilt of sin! Guilt is the condemning of oneself of an offence or wrong doing. But if we confess it [acknowledge; admit], God will forgive and cleanse us from it. (1 John 1:9) ”If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” And in addition to that God won’t even remember it anymore! (Jeremiah 31:34) ”For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” God hasn’t changed! He is the same yesterday, today, and forever! The problem is us forgiving ourselves. Once God has forgiven us, we must forgive ourselves and move on!! We must believe Romans 8:1, “There is now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit”!

This is the purging of the conscience, the cleansing or purifying of our minds of dead works and things of the past that we don’t have to be condemned about. One more thing, those who want to live in your past, let them, and you and God move on!! That’s what is meant in Hebrews 6:1 “Not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works”! Don’t live under a cloud of condemnation about your past, and don’t let anyone else hold you there; confess it, accept God’s forgiveness, forgive yourself and be free!! Because it is all made possible through the power of the redemptive blood of Jesus, The Christ!

~ Apostle Gracie Perry