Welcome to the Pearls from the Word program. My name is Miisu Piipari -
and this time we talk about what the Bible says about redemption.
Let's go first into John 3:16, a familiar verse for all of us.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, -
that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
When Jesus redeemed your spirit and saved you into His Kingdom,-
and into the eternal life, He also redeemed a lot of other things with it.
Let's see what the Bible says about it. Romans chapter 8, verse 32 says: -
"He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, -
how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?"
Here we see: "all things". A lot of good things come with Jesus.
And because God is good, everything He brings is good.
I found in the New Testament three Greek words -
that are used for 'redemption'. Let's look at some of them.
I'm not an expert in the Greek and maybe can't pronounce them right -
but one of the words is apolutrosis, -
which means deliverance through payment of ransom.
Then there is another word, lutrosis, -
i.e. ransom, redemption, deliverance especially from the punishment of sin.
And one more word is exogorazo, meaning ransom.
It's a metaphor of Christ who delivers the chosen from the Law of Moses -
by dying on their behalf. One of its meanings is 'buy for one's own use'.
Think about it. Why did we go through these different meanings?
Because they say a lot about what we've been redeemed into.
When Jesus redeems us we are redeemed into something.
What are redeemed into? Let's study it a bit more.
First of all, Jesus redeemed us -
into citizens of Heaven and family members. Amen.
So when you were born again you became a citizen of Heaven.
It's something totally different than being a citizen of an ordinary country.
As a citizen of Heaven you confess and manifest through your life -
the principles, laws and truths of Heaven, -
which might be in a stark contradiction with earthly laws.
As a citizen of Heaven you also have rights such as being saved, -
opposing the enemy, healings, miracles, -
a child's position with the Father, the right for supernatural life -
as a child of a supernatural God, the right to be led by the Holy Spirit.
You also have the right for inner peace, -
the right to draw from the Father's wonderful heavenly inheritance -
already here on earth and not only one day in Heaven.
You can experience the Father's caring love already here on earth.
It says in Ephesians 2 verse 19: -
"Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, -
but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God..."
Let's also read another passage, 1 Peter chapter 2, verse 9.
"But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, -
His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him -
who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light..."
You are going to get the identity of a citizen of Heaven -
and all the things this lovely passage from 1 Peter said.
It's also about a family connection.
God is a Father who loves His children and takes care of them.
God wanted to have a family and the human being, someone to love, -
a human being with whom to talk and to be heard and seen.
He also wants to see the human being, meaning you.
Just The Lord's prayer alone talks us about -
the close family relationship between God and man.
The whole Lord's prayer is about solicitude -
and one of God's names is Abba, Father.
God truly loves the Father's role and it's important for Him to be your Dad.
Will you let Him to be a Father for you?
In The Lord's prayer we can see the Father's solicitude for His child -
and how He has created the child -
to be loved, raised up, seen, heard, lifted up and valued.
Let's look at how we can see that it really is about the Father.
It says in Deuteronomy chapter 32, verse 6: -
"Is He not your Father, who bought you?"
Here the Bible uses precisely the word Father.
He created you, so He is your Father. He made and established you.
This reflects the close relationship well, as does Isaiah 63:16.
"Doubtless You are our Father, Though Abraham was ignorant of us, -
And Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O Lord, are our Father; -
Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name."
It says on the first pages of the Bible that God wants a relationship with you.
God created the paradise for man.
It was the meeting place where He met with Eve and Adam.
In the following verse you can see how God is looking for man's company.
Genesis chapter 3, verses 8-9.
"And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden -
in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves -
from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, 'Where are you?'"
God is looking for us.
He really wants to encounter us and spend time with us.
Jesus redeemed for you a child's position in front of the Father.
It means that it is a strong, close and close-knit relationship -
where the Father God is ready to do everything for you.
He gave His only begotten Son so that your life would be saved.
He is ready to take care of all the responsibilities of a Father -
concerning both your soul and body -
and He wants you to get to know Him closely.
But that's not all. It's not all about the relationship, -
but the Father wants to give you an inheritance. That's why Jesus died.
The Father-child-relationship also includes discipline and upbringing.
It doesn't sound very fun but discipline is a lovely thing -
for it keeps you attached to life -
and prevents works of death from getting into your life.
But above all things is the Father's unconditional love you cannot earn.
The Father only wants to give it to you, as do Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
According to the Bible He will never forsake you.
God wants to be with you always, -
even when you have done something you really should not do.
He is only waiting for you to come to Him and confess your sins.
He will forgive you when you ask for it with a true heart.
What I have so far learned to know the Father God, -
He clearly wants that we feel safe, -
that we can always go to Him and give ourselves the right -
to receive His love in spite of ourselves. That is why Jesus came.
The family connection also means that you'll have many siblings in faith.
You will also have to learn to love them, forgive them, -
serve them and also to be served.
He also wants to share you wisdom and understanding in the family.
He really does that because He doesn't want you to be ignorant -
of His will or His plans and thoughts for the future.
The Father wants to talk to you. Galatians chapter 4, verses 5-6.
"...to redeem those who were under the law, -
that we might receive the adoption as sons."
The position of a child is special. It will always be yours, it won't leave.
"And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son -
into your hearts, crying out, 'Abba, Father!'"
I collected some things into which we are redeemed.
I quickly found 21 things. I will end with listing some of them.
As I said, we are redeemed into an eternal life and salvation -
but also to be citizens of Heaven and family members.
We got the Father back when Jesus came to bring the connection to Him.
But in addition to that we also got forgiveness of sins, -
righteousness, deliverance from the curse of law, -
the Father of the family, status of a child, many siblings and upbringing.
Jesus redeemed an upbringing for us. Bothering to bring someone up -
requires caring and loving because it's not always easy.
We received the inheritance and the Holy Spirit.
Jesus said He would leave us the Holy Spirit -
who teaches, helps and reminds us and takes us until the end.
We got the right for the health of the soul and body, -
spiritual gifts, church offices, fellowship with other people.
We also received a new resurrection body.
The Bible says that when the time comes -
we will get for ourselves a completely new resurrection body.
God's love and knowing Him, both Jesus, the Holy Spirit and the Father.
Knowing God includes knowing all the three persons of God.
So you can start to get to know your God if it feels He is distant.
You can spend as much time with Him as you want to.
Through redemption we also got the promise -
that all things turn for our good, even suffering and hard situations, -
and that at the end times we will judge the world and the angels.
I want to bless you into these wonderful redemption promises -
and into everything we received in redemption. Think about this.
You can watch this episode again and think of what you got in redemption.
It is something deeper and more thorough -
than we can even understand. What God can give us -
goes beyond our understanding, just as the Bible says.
So dare to spend time with Jesus.
Ask Him, get to know Him. Ask Him wisdom and understanding.
I wish you blessed moments with your God. Bye bye!
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English translation: Anni Lähteenmäki / TV7