To redeem is to buy back property which has passed out of one’s possession. Man was God’s property by right of creation, but he sinned, and came into the possession of Satan, who has the power of death; came under the curse of the law, which is death. To save the lost sinner from this desperate plight, God, moved with pity, for the great love wherewith He loved us, even while we were dead in sins, gives His own Son, whose precious blood is the price which buys us back, or redeems us to God. He is thus made unto us redemption. “In whom we have redemption through His blood” (Eph. 1:7). “Who has redeemed us to God by His blood out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation” (Rev. 5:9). Thus God buys back the forfeited property.

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