Redemption is such a powerful and soothing word. Redemption implies that someone has done something wrong, and that they do not have what it takes to make things right.
Psalm 49:15 NLT
But as for me, God will redeem my life. He will snatch me from the power of the grave.
Redemption in this life means I have done something worthy of death itself, yet I don't have to die. Not because I am so powerful to avoid death, but because someone has paid the price I owed. This someone is God through Jesus Christ.
Oh, how desperately I need this redemption all too often. I need to be redeemed from myself! Plus, I don't want to live a life of doing things wrong.
I've grown up in church and done my best to follow God my entire life. I've realized how bad of a person I am on my own, and how much I need Jesus as my eternal savior. And I have accepted Him as such. Yet I still do wrong. The decision to accept salvation has not made me exempt from being human. I need redemption just as much as the next person. I need help to make good decisions and to quickly forgive those around me.
We're all headed for the same place - a courtroom. And nothing will be hidden here. HOWEVER, if I chose Jesus as my attorney, my records are sealed, and the accusations against me are blotted out. Any objections to my innocence are overruled when I've repented and been redeemed. Redeemed. This is my judgment. I have been found in the wrong, but I have been redeemed. And this is why, as a Christian, I can say, "I am set free".
Amen, we are free, we just as human beings often forget about it. The recognition of my weaknesses and failures is what has helped me in the time of trial to give those heavy things to Christ, instead of keep carrying it.
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