Redeemed

“Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it!” we often sing. But what does it mean to be redeemed? Think about two New Testament words that our English versions usually translate “redeem.”

One word means “to buy out” (Gr. exagorazō, from agorazō, to buy). It was used, for instance, when someone purchased a slave in order to set him free. It is this word that Paul uses when he says, “You have been bought with a price” (6:20; 7:23). Having been redeemed from slavery to sin, we must not allow ourselves to become enslaved to it again. Our purpose now is to glorify God.

The other word (Gr. lutroō) is a verb for securing a captive’s release by paying a ransom. “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:23-24). Jesus’ sacrificial death paid the price to free us from captivity to Satan. “[Y]ou were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold…but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ” (1 Peter 1:18-19).

“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace” (Ephesians 1:7). Praise God who has delivered us from enslavement to sin, from captivity to Satan, and set us free! Let’s get out there and live as redeemed people should.

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