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Tag: Redemption

  • God’s Good Plan

    Eph 1:9 NLT

    God has now revealed to us his mysterious will regarding Christ—which is to fulfill his own good plan.

    Mysterious Will

    God had kept His plan a secret from the beginning. His plan was that Jesus would be the perfect sacrifice to redeem who so ever will back to Himself.

    God’s Good Plan

    God created mankind for fellowship with him. That was always the plan. Christ has now made that plan possible. Christ was always the plan, from before He created the world.

    We can only be in right standing with God through Christ!

  • Freedom and Forgiveness

    Eph 1:7 NLT

    He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.

    Freedom

    What are we free from?

    The bondage of the sin in which we lived before Christ.

    The condemnation of sin under which we lived before Christ.

    Forgiveness

    Notice forgave is in the past tense. We have already been forgiven in Christ. Now it is up to us to accept that forgiveness!

    This freedom and forgiveness has been purchased for us completely by the blood of Christ. In other words we deserved to die, but God substituted Christ’s death for ours!

    We are free and forgiven at a very high price. A price that we do not have to pay. Another word used for this is redemption.