In the biblical sense, to be redeemed means to be bought back by God through the price of Christ’s shed blood after the human race was lost when Adam fell.
Redemption is God’s process of buying fallen humanity back to Himself. Because God lost the human race in Adam, He had to pay a price, and the only payment that can purchase redemption is the precious blood of Christ. This redemption is received through faith in His blood and brings forgiveness and justification.
Romans 3:24-25 — Paul directly ties justification to redemption that is in Christ Jesus through faith in His blood.
Ephesians 1:7 — Defines redemption through His blood as the forgiveness of sins according to God’s grace.
Paul writes in Romans 3:23-25, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood…” The verse connects redemption to the free gift of justification and to Christ’s blood as the place where God’s righteousness is declared. In Ephesians 1:7, Paul writes, “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.” Hebrews 9:22 states, “And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.” Isaiah 64:6 says, “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags…” which explains why the redeemed believer needs God’s righteousness rather than his own.
Les Feldick teaches that redemption is the process of buying back what God lost. He says, “God lost the human race when Adam fell, and immediately He had to put in motion the whole process of redemption. Buying us back with a price, and of course the price was His own blood.” He explains that this is the meaning of Romans 3:24, where Paul says we are “justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” Les also stresses that this redemption is applied only through faith in the shed blood: “We are redeemed when we believe what God says about the shed blood, about his death, his burial, and his resurrection.” He points to the two mandatory statements of Scripture: without the shedding of blood there is no remission, and without faith it is impossible to please God. Redemption through Christ’s blood brings forgiveness according to God’s grace, not according to what we deserve.
In the biblical sense, redemption means losing something and buying it back. Les says God lost the human race when Adam sinned, and from that point on He had to buy humanity back with a price. Paul’s language in Romans 3:24 points to this same redemption when he says we are justified “through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”
Les says God decided in His sovereignty that sin would be forgiven only through shed blood, and there is no other way. Hebrews 9:22 says, “without shedding of blood is no remission.” In Romans 3:25, Christ is set forth as a propitiation through faith in His blood. The blood of Christ is the only thing God can use to purchase mankind’s redemption.
Redemption through Christ’s blood brings forgiveness of sins according to God’s grace, not what we deserve. It is tied to being justified freely by God’s grace. After redemption God sees the believer covered with His own imputed righteousness, while our own righteousness is like filthy rags.
Les says a person is redeemed when he believes what God says about the shed blood and about Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. Faith is mandatory, because without faith it is impossible to please God. Les also teaches that God will not force anyone out of the slave market of sin; the individual must be willing to come out.
Imputed Righteousness
Les explains that after redemption God sees the believer covered with His own righteousness, not with the believer’s filthy rags.
Faith in the Shed Blood
Les says we are redeemed when we believe God’s Word about the shed blood and about Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection, and he notes the two mandatory statements of Scripture.
God Lost the Human Race
Les ties redemption to the fall: God lost the human race when Adam fell, so redemption is buying us back with the price of His own blood.
Blood Is the Only Purchase Price
Les teaches that blood is the only thing God can use to purchase mankind’s redemption, and that redemption comes through faith in that blood.
Redemption, Forgiveness, and God’s Mandate
Les shows that redemption through Christ’s blood also brings forgiveness according to God’s grace, and that God has mandated blood as the only way sin can be forgiven.
Buying Back What God Lost
Les explains the meaning of redemption as losing something and buying it back, and states that God lost the human race when Adam sinned.
Redemption in Christ Jesus
Les points to Romans 3:24-25 to show that justification is through the redemption in Christ Jesus and through faith in His blood.
The Slave Market and Free Will
Les says believers were slaves of sin in Satan’s slave market, and God brings them out only when they are willing to come; He will not force anyone.
Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Les quotes this verse to show the universal need for redemption.
Romans 3:24: Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
This verse directly connects justification to redemption in Christ Jesus.
Romans 3:25: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
This is the verse Les repeatedly highlights as showing redemption is through faith in Christ’s blood.
Ephesians 1:7: In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Paul defines redemption as forgiveness through Christ’s blood according to God’s grace.
Hebrews 9:22: And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Les cites this as one of the mandatory statements of Scripture.
Hebrews 11:6: But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Les cites this alongside the shedding of blood as the second mandatory statement.
Isaiah 64:6: But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Les references this to explain why the redeemed sinner needs God’s righteousness instead of his own.
In the Bible, redeemed means bought back. Les Feldick explains that God lost the human race when Adam fell, so redemption is God buying us back with a price—the blood of Christ. Scripture says we have redemption through His blood and the forgiveness of sins.
Scripture says, “without shedding of blood is no remission.” Les says God has mandated that blood is the only thing He can use to purchase mankind’s redemption, and Romans 3:25 says Christ is a propitiation through faith in His blood.
Les teaches that redemption comes through faith—believing what God says about the shed blood and about Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. Without faith it is impossible to please God. God will not force anyone out of the slave market of sin.
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