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J E S S H A L L . J R .

GREEN L A W N сни.чсн OF C H R I S T

MARCH 9 , 19SG

I N M A T T H E W 2 0 : 2 3 W E R E A D T H E F O L L O W I N G : " E V E N A S T H E S O N O F M A N C A M E N O T T O B E M I . . . .

T E R E O U N T O E U T T O M I N I S T E R , A N D T O G I V E H I S L I F E A R A N S O M F O R M A N . '• T H I S S T A T E M E N T H A S

B E E N P L A C E D I M A C O N T E X T « V H E R E O F T E N T I M E S I T L O S E S I T S G R E A T S I G N I F I C A N C E . I H O P E I N T H E

COURSE OF OUR LESSON TONIGHT THAT I CAN IMPRESS UPON YO'J THE BEAUTY AND THE WONDER OF THIC

STATEMENT. NOT IN S P I T E OF THE CONTEXT IN WHICH IT HAS BEEN PLACED, BUT BECAUSE OF THE CON-

TACT IN WHICH IT HAS BEEN PLACED. THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF AND A GREA

TER APPRECIATION FOR THE MINISTERY OF JESUS C H R I S T .

T H E MESSAGE OF REDEMPTION IS THE CENTRAL MESSAGE OF SCRIPTURE. T H E MESSAGE OF REOEI

TION BEGINS IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS AND IT IS THE THEME OF GOO'S WORK UNTIL JESUS COME.; T l

¡T IS THE THEME OF THE WORK THAT GOD GAVE HIS PEOPLE TO DO THAT THE REDEEMED MIGHT CAUSE OTHERS TO BE REDE-EMED. THUS , IT SHOULO BE NO GREAT SURPRISE T H A T . WHEN WE COME TO THE BOOK OF REVELATION WHERE INSPIRATION IS GIVING US A VIEW OF THAT WHICH L IES BEYOND FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD. WE FIMD THE NEW SONG WHICH GOD'S PEOPLE ARE SINGING IN HEAVEN TO BE THE SC OF REDEMPTION. ÍN Г.ЕУ. 5 9 WE READ T H I S LANGUAGE. "AND THEY SANG A NEW SONG. SAVING. T h ' .

ARE WORTHY TO TAKE THE BOOK. AND TO OPEN TNE SEALS THEREOF'. РОП THOU WAST S L A I N . AND НАГЛ

REDEEMED US TO GOD BY THY ELOOD OUT OF EVERY KINDRED. AND TONGUS. ANO PEOPLE. AND NATIO

T H I S I BELIEVE W I L L BE PART OF T H E ACTIVITY OF T H E SAINTS THROUGHOUT ETERNITY� �PRAISING Gor

FOR THE REDEMPTIVE WORK THAT HE WROUGHT ON OUR BEHALF THROUGH J E S U S C H R I S T .

T O S A Y T H E W O R D " R E D E M P T I O N " I S R E A L L Y T O S A Y T H E W O R D " A T O N E M E N T . " T H E R E A R E A N U M !

OF WORDS WHICH SIMPLY PRESENT DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF T H E A T O N E M E N T . T O USE ONE OF THESE M DS

I S T O L U O K A T T H E A T O N E M E N T F R O M A S L I G H T L Y D I F F E R E N T V A N T A G E P O I N T . F O R I N S T A N C E . V V H E N

LOOK AT T H E WORD " S A C R I F I C E . " WE ARE LOOKING AT T H E ATONEMENT FROM T H E VANTAGE POINT OF G

AND THE SACRIFICE WHICH I S NECESSARY IN ORDER TO REMOVE OR TO ATONE FOR T H E GUILT OF MAN

WE LOOK AT T H E WORD ' P R O P I T I A T I O N " WE ARE LOOKING AT T H E A T O N E M E N T , BUT WE ARE LOOKING

ATONEMENT FROM T H E VANTAGE POINT OF T H E WRATH OF GOD ON S I N . AND T H E GIFT OF JESUS WHICH

P I T I A T E 5 OR S A T I S F I E S OR PUTS AW/.Y T H E WRATH OF GOD . ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL WORD I N THE IL T

T H E WORD 'RECONCILIATION , " WHEN WE LOOK AT T H E WORD RECONCILIATION WE ARE LOOKING AT THE

ATONEMENT, BUT WE ARE LOOKING A T T H E ATONEMENT FROM T H E VANTAGE POINT OF A L I E N A T I O N . THA

M A N H A S B E E N A L I E N A T E S F R O M G O D B U T T H R O U G H T H E A T O N I N G W O R K O F J E S U S M A H M I G H T B E R E C

CILED UNTO T H E F A T H E R .

T H E W O R D " R é D E M P T I O N " I S T H I S K I N D O F W O R D , I T I S A N A T O N E M E N T W O R D , B U T I T L O O K S A T T I

ATONEMENT FROM ITS OWN VANTAGE POINT PERSPECTIVE, J V H E N THE WORD 'REDEMPTION" IS USED RELATIONSHIP THE ATONEMENT, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE ATONEMENT FROM T H E VANTAGE POINT OF AGE, FOP. THE WORD " R E D E M P T I O N " IS A WORD WHICH MEANS "TO BUY BACK," T H I S IS EMPHASIZEO II THE VARIOUS USES OF THE WORD "REDEMPTION" IN SCRIPTURE. FOR INSTANCE� IT IS SOMETIMES US':: IN REGARD TO THE PAYMENT Or A DEBT. KVE FIND T H I S IN THOSE PASSAGES ( T M F Y ARE MANY IN N U M -BER AND WE WIL L NOT REAO T H E M ) WHERE REDEMPTION IS IDENTICAL W I T H 'THE REMISSION OF Ł I N S . ' S

S O M E T I M E 5 T H E WORD REDEMPTION I S USED IN T H E SENSE OF L I B E R A T I ON OF A CAPTIVE OR A SLAVE ,

AS WHEN IT I S SAID THAT JESUS "GAVE HI S L I F E A RANSOM FOR A L L . " OR ' A RANSOM FOR MANY

SOMETIMES T H E WORO "REDEMPTION ^ I S USED. NOT ¡N REFERENCE AT A L L TO THOSE THAT HAVE BE REDEEMED, NEITHER I S IT USED IN HEI-ERENCE TO THE BLESSINGS THAT BELONG TO THOSE THAT HAVE BE -'•>. REDEEMED, BUT I T IS USED TO REFER TO H I M WHO HAS PERFORMED THE REDEMPTION ANC

. A R R E L A T I O N S H I P T H A T E X I S T S B E T W E E N T H E R E D E E M E R A N D T H E R E D E E M E D . A S W E F I I O и

P A G E 2

THOSE PASSAGES WHICH SPEAK OF CHRISTIANS A S BEING "REDEEMED UNTC GOD ' OR WHICH SPEAK OF

THOSE WHO ARE CHRISTIANS AS BEING "NOT YOUR OWN FOR YOU HAVE BEEN BOUGHT WITH A PRICE. "

B U T W H E N W E THINK OF EACH OF T H E S E DIFFERENT USES OF THE WORD ''REDEMPTION''' THERE IS ONE

THING THAT IS COMMON TO A L L — I N EVERY USE OF THE WORD THERE IS THE IDEA OF A PAYMENT . Т Н Е Р

:£ THE IDEA OF SOMETHING BEING GIVEN IN ORDER THAT SOMETHING MIGHT BE BOUGHT BACK. T H I S I

BELIEVE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTANDING THE DOCTRINE OF REDEMPTION AS WE HAVE IT IH THE

W O R D or G O D . F O R Y O U S E E . W H E N W E U S E T H E T E R M ' R E D E M P T I O N " V / E A R E N O T S A Y I N G T H A T T H E

DEBT HAS BEEN CANCELED. BUT WE ARE SAYING THAT THE DEBT HAS BEEN LIQUIDATED OR THE DEET HA.=

BEEN P A I D . WHEN WE USE THE TERM "REDEMPTION" WE ARE NOT SAYING THAT THIS SLAVE WHO WAS :

BONDAGE HAS BEEN GRATUITOUSLY OR FREELY RELEASED, BUT WE ARE S*.YING THAT THE PRICE HAS BE

PAID IN ORDER THAT THIS CAPTIVE MIGHT BE BOUGHT BACK CR RANSOMED . Л/HEN WE THINK OF THE TEF

"REDEMPTION" IN RELATIONSHIP TO A POSSESSION. WE ARE NOT S.AYING THAT T H I S POSSESSION WHICH

HAS BEEN ALIENATED IS GRATUITOUSLY RECOVERED, BUT RATHER WE AR E SAYING THAT T H I S HAS BEEN

BOUGHT SACK. NOW WHY IS T H I S NECESSARY? WHY COULD NOT THE DEBT HAVE BEEN CANCELED? WHY

DID IT HAVE TO BE PAID? WHY COULDN'T THE SLAVE JUST BE RELEASED? WHY DID HE HAVE TO BE

BOUGHT BACK? WHY COULDN'T T H I S ALIENATED POSSESSION BE GRATUITOUSLY GIVEN? //HY DID THE

PRICE HAVE TO BE PAID? T H E ANSWER IS IN ROMANS 3'. 2 6 . WHERE WE FIND TKAT IT WAS THROUGH

THIS PROCESS OF REDEMPTION THAT T H I S DIFFICULTY WHICH GOD FACED WAS ANSWERED. FOR IT WAS

IN THE FACT OF THE ATONING GIFT OF JESUS C H F ã I S T THAT GOD VMS ENABLED TO BE "BOTH .JUST AND

T H E J U S T I F I E R O F T H E M T H A T B E L I E V E O N J E S U S C H R I S T . " T H E J U S T I C E O F G O D H A E T O B E R E C T I F I E D

T H E J U S T I C E OF G O D C O U L D NOT B E S E T A S I D E . A N D I F T H E S L A V E HAD J U S T S E E N S E T F R E E , I F NO

P R I C E HAD B E EN E X A C T E D FOR D I S O B E D I E N C E . I F NO S A C R I F I C E HAD B E E N D E M A N D E D FOR S I N . T H T N G O

M I G H T H A V E 3 E E N A J U S T I F I E R B U T H E C O U L O N O T H A V E 3 E E N J U S T . T H E R E F O R E T H E A T O N E M E T г O R

T H E R E D E M P T I O N W A S N E C E S S A R Y I N O R D E R T H A T G O D M I G H T B E B O T H J U S T A N D T H E J U S T I F I E R O F T H O S

T H A T B E L I E V E I N J E S U S .

R E D E M P T I O N , T H E N , V I E W S T H E W O R K O F J E S U S C H R I S T A S B E I N G NOT S I M P L Y A D E L I V E R A N C E FROI

B O N D A G E , B U T I T L O O K S A T T H E WORK O F J E S S S C H R I S T I N T E R M S O F A R A N S O M . і т L O O K S A T T H E WO

O F J E S U S C H R I S T A S B E I N G T H E P R I C E T H A T W A S P A I D FOR T H E S I N S O F M A N . T H E L A N G J A G E O F REDE-

T I O N IN THE N . T . , THEN. IS ALWAYS THAT OF SECURING RELEASE THROUGH THE PAYMETf OF A PRICE

A N D I T I S T H I S T E R M I N O L O G Y , T H I S C O N C E P T . V/HICH I S U S E D T O D E S C R I B E T H E L A Y I N G DOWN O F T H E

L I F E O F J E S U S A N D T H E 5 H E D D I M G O F H I S QLOOD .

H O W W I T H T H I S I N M I N D L E T U S L O O K A G A I N A T T H E T E X T W E R E A D A T T H E B E G I N N I N G O F OUR L E S S O

M A T T H E W 2 0 : 2 8 . ' E V E N A S T H E S O N O F M A N C A M E NOT T O B E M I N I S T E R E D U N T O , B U T T O M I N I S T E R ,

A N D T O G I V E H I S L I F E A R A N S O M F O R M A N Y " N O W T H E W O R D " R A N S O M " H E R E . W E M I G H T S H O U L D P O . :

O U T . I S T H E S A M E W O R D I N T H E G R E E K W H I C H í S T R A N S L A T E D " R E D E E M E D " OR ""REDEMPTION1 1 I N OTHEL

P A S S A G E S , S O W E ' R E S P E A K I N G O F T H E S A M E T H I N G . і т J U S T H A P P E N 5 H E R E T O B E T R A N S L A T E D A S '

S O M E D . " I N F A C T . ' R A N S O M ' I S A B E T T E R T R A N S L A T I O N O F T H E G R E E K . F O R " H E T E R M " R E D E E M E D '

C O M E S T O U S F R O M T H E L A T I N T R A N S L A T I O N O F S C R I P T U R E . /VHEN W E L O O K A T T H E C O N T E X T O F M A T .

2 0 : л 8 , W E D I S C O V E R T H A T T H E A P O S T L E S HAD B E E N I N O N E O F T H E I R O F T D I S C U S S I O N S O F W H O W O U L D

B E T H E G R E A T E S T I N T H E K I N G D O M O F H E A V E N J E S U S T A U G H T T H E M T H E L E E S O N T H A T T H E M A N W H O

W O U L D B E G R E A T A M O N G YOU L E T K I M B E T H E M I N I S T E R OR S E R V A N T O F A L L . T H E N H E U S E S H I M S E L F

A S A N I L L U S T R A T I O N . " E V E N A S T H E S O N O F M A N C A M E NOT T O B E M T N I S T R R E D U N T O . E U T T O M I N I S -

T E R , A N D T O G I V E H I S L I F E A R A N S O M FOR M A N Y . "

G E N E R A L L Y W H E N V/E T H I N K O F T H S M I N I S T R Y O F J E S U S C H R I S T W E T H I N K O F M A N Y F O R M S OR S E R -

V I C E W H I C H H E R E N D E R E D VVHEN W E W A N T T O T H I N K OF S O M E P A R T I C U L A R H U M I L I A T I N G S E R V I C E

vviiicH J E S U S R E N D E R E D , W E U S U A L L Y GO T O T H E I N S T I T U T I O N O F T H E L O R D ' S S U P P E R , W H E R E I M M E -

D I A T E L Y P R I O R J E S U S G I R D E D H I M S E L F A N D W A S ; : E D T H E F E E T O F HLS D I S C I P L E S . /VE L O O K A T T H I S

A N O S A Y . " L O O K A T T H E M I N I S T R Y . L O O K A T T H E S E R V I C E O F J E S U S . J E S U S C A M E N O T T O B E M I N I S ,

U N T O B U T T O M I N I S T E R . " E U T T H E L E S S O N I N T H I S V E R S E D O E S N O T R E L A T E S I M P L Y T O J E S U S B E H

A M I T L L S A õ L S A T O O T H E R S . F O R J E S U S D O E S N O T S T O P W I T H S A Y I N G , " E V E N A S T H E S O N O F M A N C A M E

MOT T O B E M I N I S T E R E D U N T O . B U T T O M I N I S T E R , " H E T H E N D E F I N E S T H E G R E A T E S T M I N I S T R Y T H A T

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HE CAME TO PERFORM. T H E GREATEST SERVICE THAT HE CAME TO RENDER FOR M A N K I N D , AND TO GIVE

HIS L I F E A RANSOM FOR MAN . "

T H I S VERSE OFTEN I S OVERLOOKED WHEN WE SPEAK OF REDEMPTION, A N D YET THREE BASIC CONCEPì. O F T H E D O C T R I N E O F R E D E M P T I O N A R E S E T F O R T H I N T H I S O N E B R I E F V E R S E I N T H E F I R S T P L A C E J E S U

SAYS THAT T H I S I S THE WORK H E CAME TO DO. ' E V E N AS THE SON OF M A N CAME TO MINISTER AND TO GIVE H I S L I F E A RANSOM FOR MANY. " T H I S ACT OF REDEMPTION WAS NOT INCIDENTAL TO T H E COMING OF J E S U S . I T V/AS T H E M A I N PURPOSE. I T WAS THE MOTIVATING FACTOR. Y E A , I THINK WE COULD SAY I T WAS THE ONLY REASON THAT JESUS CAME TO EARTH. H E CAME TO GIVE H I S L I F E A RANSOM FOR MANY, I N THE SECOND PLACE, JESUS T E L L S US IN T H I S PASSAGE CONCERNING H I S WORK OF REDEMPTIO: THAT THE GIVING OF HIS L I F E WAS THE RANSOM PRICE. "AND TO GIVE HIS L I F E A RANSOM FOR M A N Y . " THEREFORE, T H E REDEEMING ACT OF JESUS CHRIST I S NOT TO BE FOUND I N T H E INCARNATION. SURELY THE INCARNATION V/AS ESSENTIAL TO THE DEATH, BUT THE INCARNATION ITSELF WAS NOT THE REDEEM It ACT A THE REDEEMING ACT OF JESUS CHRIST IS NOT TO BE FOUND IN THE MARVELOUS LESSONS THAT HE TAUGHT. T H E REDEEMING ACT OF JESUS CHRIST I S NOT TO BE FOUND I N T H E INSPIRATION THAT HE GAV TO M E N . T H E REDEEMING ACT OF J E S U S CHRIST BY HIS OWN DEFINITION I S T H E GIVING OR THE LAYING DOWN OF H I S L I F E . T H I R D L Y . JESUS T E L L S US I N T H I S PASSAGE CONCERNING H I S ACT OF REDEMPTION T K A T I T W A S S U B S T I T U I O N A R Y I N I T S C H A R A C T E R A N D I N I T S D E S I G N . J E S U S D I O N O T D I E F O R H I M S E L F

JESUS DID NOT REDEEM H I M S E L F . H I CAME TO GIVE H IMSELF A RANSOM FOR MANY. і т WAS ON BEHAL

OF OTHERS AND I N THEIR STEAD THAT JESUS D I E D .

NOW. SINCE THE WONK OF C H R I S T . A S WE HAVE SEEN HERE I N M A T T . 2 0 . 2 6 . SETS T H E POINTS FOR

T H E DOCTRINE OF REDEMPTION. A N D SINCE JESUS PRESENTED T H E GIVING OF H I S L I F E , T H E GIVING OF

HIS BLOOD AS T H E RANSOM PRICE. THEN SURELY BY HIS STATEMENT HERE WE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR

T H E EMPHASIS THAT WE F I N D IN SCRIPTURE WHICH I S PLACED UPON T H E BLOOD OF J E S U S I N RELATIONSH

TO HIS REDEMPTIVE WORK. FOR INSTANCE. E P H . 1 : 7 : ' і м WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS

SLOOP. T H E FORGIVENESS OF S I N S . ACCORDING TO T H E RICHES OF H I S G R A C E . " I P E T E R I , 1 8 . 1 9 . ' FC �

ASMUCH A S YE KNOW THAT YE WERE MOT REDEEMED W I T H CORRUPTIBLE T H I N G S . A S SILVER OR GOLD. FR. .

YCUR VAI N CONVERSATION RECEIVED BY TRADITION FROM YOUR FATHERS; B U T W I T H T H E PRECIOUS BLOOI'

o f C H R I S T , A S OF A L A M B WITHOUT B L E M I S H AND WITHOUT SPOT. " HEBREWS s : i 2 . " N E I T H E R BY T H E

BLOOD OF GOATS AND C A L V E S. 3 U T BY H I S OWN BLOOD HE ENTERED I N ONCE INTO T H E HOLY PLACE. HAV!

OBTAINED ETERNAL REDEMPTION FOR U S . " NOW IT I S TRUE THAT THERE ARE PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE I

T H E WORD OF GOO WHICH SPEAK OF REDEMPTION WITHOUT SPEAKING OF T H E BLOOD, BUT WHENEVER T H E

AGENCY I S DESCRIBED, I T INVARIABLY RELATES TO T H E SHEDDING TO T H E BLOOD OF T H E SON OF GOO .

B U T THEN WE HAVE SAID THAT T H E USE OF T H E TERM "REDEMPTION " I S LOOKING A T T H E ATONEMENT

FROM T H E PERSPECTIVE OR FROM T H E VIEW OF BONDAGE. THAT THERE I S A PAYMENT OF A PRICE I N OR-

DER THAT A PERSON OR A POSSESSION MIGHT BE BOUGHT BACK. VVHAT T H E N . I S THAT FROM WHICH WE

AS C H R I S T I A N S HAVE BEEN REOEEMED? REDEMPTION WOULD NOT HAVE MUCH MEANING I F ¡ T HAD BEEN FROM SOMETHING THAT EITHER WAS NOT VERY BAD IN ITS NATURE OR I F SOMEONE HAS PAID A PRICE FOR US THAT WE COULD HAVE PAID FOR OURSELVES. B U T I F V/E HAVE BEEN REDEEMED FROM SOMETHING THAT I S TERRI3LE I N ITS CONSEQUENCES AMD I F WE HAVE BEEN REDEEMED FROM SOMETHING THAT D E -MANDED SO GREAT A PRICE WE COULD NOT PAY. THEN SURELY т н е PAYMENT OF THAT PRICE BY ANOTHER

TAKES ON A GREATER LUSTER AND BEAUTY. T H I S I S T H E CASE W I T H OUR REDEMPTION THROUGH JESUS

C H R I S T .

L E T M E MENTION TWO T H I N G S . WE HAVE BEEN REDEEMED FROM S I N , I N OUR WORLD TODAY THAT

HAS PERHAPS LOST A GREAT DEAL OF SIGNIFICANCE AND MEANING BECAUSE WE HAVE SO DEFINED AWAY

S I N THAT TO US I T HAS BECOME SOMETHING THAT I S REALLY INSIGNIFICANT I N I T S CONSEQUENCES,

MOW A S FAR A S MOST OF U S ARE CONCERNED WE DO NOT HAVE A N Y TROUBLE W I T H L I N I N G UP CERTAIN

INDIVIDUALS WHO A R E , I N OUR EYES, GREAT SINNERS AMD SAYING. " Y E S . T H E SINNERS MEED TO 3 E

REDEEMED. R' B U T OVER HERE ON T H E OTHER S I D E . WE HAVE MADE US A L I S T OF L I T T L E S I N S OR WE'VE

MADE US A L I S T OF INNOCUOUS SINS OR WE HAVE MADE US A L I S T OF S I N S OF WHICH GOD TAKES NO

NOTICE (TIEC.AUSE TKEY ARE M I N E ) . AND WE F E E L THAT V/E DON'T NEED TO BE REDEEMED FROM TUSSE .

THAT NO PRICE NEEDS TO OE P A I D . B U T L SUGGEST TKAT WE READ T H E WORD OF G C D A G A I N . J E S U S

D I D NOT COME TO GIVE HIE L I F E A RANSOM FOR GREAT S I N S . J E S U S DID NOT COME TO GIVE H I S L I F E

FACE A.

A RAMSOM FOR SIMS OF LASCIVIOUSNESS AND OF A PROFLIGATE NATURE. BUT HE CAME TO GIVE HIS LU A RANSOM FOR S I N . ÎT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHAT YOUR SIN I S . T H A T ' S ENOUGH TO К'ГЕР YOU OUT

HEAVEN, T H A T ' S THE REASON SO MANY OF US AREN'T GOING TO BE SAVED A T LAST BECAUSE V/E GO С

OUR MERRY WAY INDIFFERENT T C THE REDEMPTION THAT GOD KAS WROUGHT IN US AND WS ARE UNFAITH

FUL IN SO MANY. MANY WAYS AND WE DON'T EVEN THINK IT IS A S I N . BUT IT I S . AND JESUS CAME

THE PRICE OF S I N . PERIODj N O T GREAT S I N .

T H E B O N D A G E I N W H I C H SIN ENTAILS US MAY BE DESCRIBED AS BEING THREEFOLD. T ' E GUILT O F

S I N , THE DEFILEMENT OF S I N , AND THE FOWER OF S I N . F R O M EVERY ONE OF THESE KINí.-3 0FBO;-:al.\C,¡ INTO WHICH SIN PLACES US JESUS CAME TO DIE AND TO GIVE HIS L I F E A RANSOM . vVE Tl ;1NK OF THE GUILT OF S I N . WE READ ROMANS 3 . 2 4 . "BEING .JUSTIFIED FREELY BY HIS GRACE THROUGH THE R E -DEMPTION T H A T i s I N C H R I S T J E S U S , " T H A T W O R D " J U S T I F I E D " I S A L E G A L W O R D W H I C ; - M E A N S A C -

Q U I T T E D FROM G U I L T . vVHEN WE THINK OF THE DEFILEMENT OF SIN WE TURN TO T i T U S 2 ' 1 4 , "0/HO GAVE HIMSELF FOR U S . THAT HE MIGHT REDEEM US FROM ALL IN IQUITY . AND PURIFY UNTO HIMSELF A PECULIAR PEOPLE, ZEALOUS OF GOOD WORKS." JESUS GAVE H IMSELF FOR US IN ORDER T K A T , BEING CLEANSED FROM THE DEFILEMENT OF INIQUITY. WE MIGHT BE PURIF IED—NO DEFILEMENT H E CAME T REDEEM US FROM THE POWER OF S!N , JOHN 1 2 : 3 1 . "NOW IS THE JUDGMENT OF T H I S WORLD t NOW SHALL THE PRINCE OF THIS V/ORLD BE CAST O U T . " HEBREWS 2 : 1 4 , "FORASMUCH THEN AS THE CHILD-REN ARE PARTAKERS CF FLESH AMD BLOOD. HE ALSO HIMSELF L IKEWISE TOOK PART OF THE SAME. THA". THROUGH DEATH HE MIGHT DESTROY HIM TKAT HAD THE POWER OF DEATH. THAT I S . THE DEVIL . " S o WHETHER WE SPEAK OF THE GUILT OF S I N , OR THE DEFILEMENT OF S I N . OR THE POWER OF S i N , JESUS CAME TO REDEEM US THEREFROM. ¡T IS SIGNIFICANT IN THIS RELATIONSHIP THAT WHEN WE BEGIN IN '. BOOK OF G E N E S I S , IN G E N . 3 : 1 5 . THE VERY FIRST PROMISE THAT GOD GIVES THAT BRIN. S HOPE BACK INTO A FALLEN WORLD IS THAT THAT OLD SERPENT W I L L BE DESTROYED, AND WHEN WE CCME TO THE CONCLUDING PORTION . WHEN WE COME TO THE CONSUMMATION OF INSPIRATION. IN THE BOOK OF R E V E -LATION. CH4PTER 2 0 AND VERSE 1 О , WE HAVE DESCRIBED THE CASTING OF THAT OLD SERPENT W M ' t H

IS THE DEVIL OR SATAN INTO THE LAKE OF F I R E . THAT IS THE SECOND DEATH . INTO AN ETERNAL H E U

S o T H E B I B L E B E G I N S W I T H T H E P R O P H E C Y T H A T H O P E S H A L L B E A N D T H E B O O K O F R E V . I M D E M�.�

I M G T H E E N D O F T I M E , S A Y S T H A T G O O W I L L D E L I V E R U S A N D T H A T T H E O L D D E V I L . S A T A N , W I L L B E

DESTROYED. AND HE V/HO HA5 BEEN DIGGING P I T F A L L S FOR T H E FEET OF T H E SAINTS SHALL BE NO

MORE. T H I S I S T H E REDEMPTION THAT JESUS CAME TO WORK FOR US I N RELATIONSHIP TO S I N .

B U T T H E N S E C O N D L Y . J E S U S C A M E T O R E D E E M U S F R O M T H E C U R S E O F T H E L A W . T H S C U R S E . H A I

THE LAW PRONOUNCES ON ITS TRANSGRESSORS IS JUST AS INVIOLABLE AS ARE I T S DEMANt.3. H V K E N

THE DEMANDS OF THE LAW ARE BROKEN THEN THE LAV/ IS GOING TO EXACT THE PEI-ÄLTY T IEREOF AND EVERY MAN UNTIL THE COMING OF JESUS CHRIST HAD BEEN UNDER THE CURSE OF THE LAV GAL A'. 1 " F O R A S M A N Y A S A R E O F T H E W O R K S O F T H E L A W A R E UNDER THE CURSE " FOR IT IS WRITTEN, -".URSE I S E V E R Y O N E T H A T C O N T I N U E T H N O T I N A L L T H I N G S W H I C H A R E W R I T T E N I N T H E B O O K O F г н е L A W T O D

T H E M . " { F E V E R Y O N E I S C U R S E D W H O C O N T I N U E T H N O T T O D O A L L O F T H E T H I N G S T H A T A R E W R I T T E N 1

T H E L A W . THAT I S JUST SAYING IN S I M P L E LANGUAGE THAT EVERY ONE OF US I S CURSED. :T I S TO TILL.

SANCTION OR TO T H I S CURSE WHICH T H E LAW PLACES UPON EVERY MAN THAT T H E REDEMPTIVE ACT OF J

C H R I S T I S DIRECTED. ST V/AS I N RELATIONSHIP TO T H I S CURSE THAT J E S U S C H R I S T WAS MADE A OURS

FOR u s . G A L . 3 . 1 3 , " C H R I S T HAS REDEEMED US FROM T H E CURSE OF T H E LAW BEING MADE A CURSE

US A S I T is W R I T T E N , CURSED I S EVERYONE THAT HANG ETH ON A T R E E . YOU S E E , T H E REDEMPTIVE .'

OF JESUS C H R I S T WAS NOT JUST T H E DEATH OF C H R I S T . T H E REDEMPTIVE A C T OF J E S U S CHR..5. WAS

T H E S H E D O I N G O F T H E B L O O D O F C H R I S T , I N T H E D E A T H O F C H R I S , . IK' T H E C I R C U . � . г . т л ; E S O F J G O L �

GOTKA . WITHOUT T H E CURSE OF GOLGOTHA T H E DEATH OF C H R I S T AND T H E SHEDDING OF T H E 3LDOO с

CHRIST WOULD HAVE GOME FOR NOUGHT. !T WAS I N T H I S F A C T , T H I S GREAT T R U T H , T H I S REDEEMING

T R U T H — T H A T T H E E L C O D W A S S H E D I M T H E D E A T H O F C H R I S T W H I L E T H E V E R Y C U R S E O F H E A V E N

UPON HEAVEN'S SON THAT T H E DEATH OF CHRIST BECOMES AN ACT WHICH CAN REDEEM US FROI.; .UR

S I N S . I T ' S I M P O S S I B LE FOR US TO MEASURE T H E INTENSITY OF T H E REPROACH. I T ' S I M I JSSIBLE FOR

4 ã G E 5

US EVEN TO BEGIN TO APPRECIATE О.Ч UNDERSTAND THE DEPTH OF THE HUÍ.. I LIAT I ON TKAT WAS PLACEO UPON JESUS. B U T I T W A S THE HUMILIATION »VHICH I î A V E REDEEMING P O W E R TO HIS DEATH. T ~ BE A B L E T O S T A N O I N T H F T P R E S E N C E O F T H I S R E D E M P T I V E W O R K A N D T O B E U N M O V E D B Y T H I S G R E A T S P E

T A C L E ! S T O B E I N S E N S I T I V E T O A L L O F T H E H O L I N E S S A N D A L L O F T H E L O V E T H A T H E A V E N C A N D I S P L .

I T ' S B E C A U S E W E HAVE U E E :,. .ED FROM T H E C U R S E OF T H E L A W T H A T I N O T H E R P A S S A G E S OF

S C R I P T U R E W E ' R E P I C T U R E O A S B E I N G DEAD T O T H E L A W . R O M . 7 . 6 A N D G A L . 2 . 1 9 , T H A T W E A R E

P I C T U R E D A S H A V I N G P U T T O D E A T H T H E L A W , T H A T W E A R E P I C T U R E D A S B E I N G D I S C H A R G E D F R O M T H

L A W . і т I S A S V/E V I E W T H E S E S T A T E M E N T S T H A T W E C A N U N D E R S T A N D HOW W E A R E R E L E A S E D PROP/,

T H E POWER OF T H E BONDAGE OF CONDEMNATION A N D WE HAVE BECOME F.RI~ED TO CE JUSTIFIED '••ART

FROM T H E LAW .

B U T NOW L E T ' S A S K ANOTHER QUESTION, //E SAY THAT J E S U S CAME TO REDEEM US FROM S I N .

F R O M I T ' S G U I L T . I T ' S D E F I L E M E N T , A N D F R O M I T ' S P O W E R , L/VX S A Y T H A T J E S U S C A í . . 7 T O R E D E E M

U S F R O M T H E C U R S E OF T H E L A W . A RE T H E S E R E A L L Y T W O D I F F E R E N T T H I N G S ? I T H I N K N O T . B O T H

OF T H E M A R E I N T E R R E L A T E D . VVHEN W E T U R N T O I COR . 1 5 : 5 6 W E READ T H A T T H E S T R E N G T H OF S I N

IS THE LAW. T H E S E T H I N G S W E R E SO R E L A T E D T H A T JESU.S COULD NOT R E D E E M U S FROìA ONE , . : T H Q I

REDEEMING US FROM THE OTHER. JSSUS COULD NOT SET ASIDE THE ONE WITHOUT FREEING US FROM THE OTHER.

BUT BEFORE WE CAN FULLY APPRECIATE THE REDEEMING WORK OF JESUS CHRIST WE NEEO TO UN-DERSTAND T H A T J E S U S , OUR S A V I O R , M E E T S EVERY Q U A L I F I C A T I O N T H A T O N E M U S T M E E T I N ORDER

T O BE AM E F F E C T I V E R E D E E M E R . í N T H E O . T . T H E R E W A S P R E F I G U R E D V E R Y B E A U T I F U L L Y I N T H E

M O S A I C ECONOMY T H E Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S T H A T ONE M U S T H A V E I N ORDER T O B E A R E D E E M E R . I F YOU

T U R N BACK A N D READ T H E L A W A N O T H E PROPHET S YOU B E G I N T O S E E T H A T T H E R E W E R E A C T S OF R E -

DEMPTION I N T H E O . T . P E R H A P S ONE O F T H E M O S T B E A U T I F U L I S T H A T A C T OF R E D E M P T I O N o r W H I

WE READ I N T H E BOOK OF R U T H . I N T H I S CONTEXT l B E L I E V E T H A T T H E FOUR Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S OF T H E

REDEEMER ARE VERY VIVIDLY SET FORTH. T H E F I R S T OF T H E S E Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S I S T H A T A R E D E E M E I MUST BE A NEAR-K INSMAN. YOU REMEMBER WHEN RUTH WENT TO BOAZ AND BOAZ THOUGHT THAT HE W O U L D M A K E A R E D E M P T I O N , B O A Z S A I D T H A T H E C O U L D N ' T D O I T Y E T E E C A U S E T H E R E W A S O N T . : T H A T

' V A S A N E A R E R K I N S M A N T H A N H E A N O H E M U S T F I R S T G I V E H I M T H E O P P O R T U N I T Y T O R E D E E M . N O W '

T E L L S US S O M E T H I N G A E O U T T H E I N C A R N A T I O N A N D I T S P U R P O S E . Y O U ¿ E E , J E 5 U 5 HAO T O B E A KIN:.

M A N т о u s . J E S U S HAD T O B E A NEAR K I N S M A N T O U S , A N D I T V/AS O N L Y BY B E C O M I N G G O D � I N C A H M A

OR G O D I N T H E F L E S H , I T V/AS ONLY A S H E T O O K U P O N H I M S E L F T H E ROOES O F H U M A N I T Y T H A T .�!E CC

B E C O M E A NEAR K I N S M A N T O U S A M D B E Q U A L I F I E D T O M A K E T H E A C T O F R E D E M P T I O N . H E A R H E B . 2

1 4 , 1 5 . " F O R A S M U C H T H E N A S T H E C H I L D R E N A R E P A R T A K E R S O F F L E S H A N D B L O O D , H E A L S O H I .у; SEI

L I K E W I S E T O O K P A R T OR T H E S A M E : F H A T T H R O U G H D E A T H H E M I G H T D E S T R O Y н и и T H A T HAD T H . ; POW

O F D E A T H , T H A T I S T H E D E V I L ; A MO D E L I V E R T H E M WHO T H R O U G H F E A R O F D E A T H W E R E A L L T H E I R I.

T I M E S U B J E C T T O B O N D A G E . " Y O U S E E T H E W R I T E R O F T H E H E B R E W L E T T E R S A Y S T H A T I T WAS : IECE

SARY FOR J E S U S T O B E C O M E A P A R T A K E R O F F L E S H A N D B L O O D I N ORDER T H A T H E M I G H T W O R K T H E AC

O F R E D E M P T I O N .

I T W A S N E C E S S A R Y I N T H E S E C O N D P L A C E , FOR O N E WHO W O U L D B E A R E D E E M E R T O H A V E A P R I C E

P A Y . í T W A S N E C E S S A RY T H A T H E B E A B L E T O M E E T D E M A N D S O F H I M W H O W A S D E M A N D I N G T H E P R I C

T H E N E A R E S T K I N S M A N O F R U T H W A S U N A B L E OR U N W I L L I N G T O DO T H I S . H E HAD NO P R I C E T O BRING

T O WORK T H E A C T OF R E D E M P T I O N . J E S U S HAD A P R I C E T O B R I N G . " T A K E H E E D U N T O YOURSELVES .

UNTO THE FLOCK OVER WHICH THE HOLY GHOST HAT.-: MADE YOU OVERSEERS TO FEED THE CHURC.l OF .'. WHICH UZ PURCL-íASEíJ i íüZJ i±L£ СУМ fiUïflD. " JESUS HAD THE PRICE TO PAY. "FORASMUCH AS YOU KNOW T K A T YOU A R E NOT R E D E E M E D W I T H C O R R U P T I B L E T H I N G S SUCH A S S I L V E R A M D GOLO FRO.V: YOUR

V A I N C O N V E R S A T I O N R E C E I V E D BY T R A D I T I O N FROM YOUR F A T H E R S E U T W I T H T H E P R E C I ' . ' J S BLOOD OF

C H R I S T . A S A L A M B W I T H O U T B L E M I S H A . ' D W I T H O U T S P O T , " J E S U S HAD T H E P R I C E T O P A Y . -VERE

I T A M A T T E R OF S I L V E R A N D G O L D . W E R E I T A M A T T E R OF T H I N G S OF T H I S W O R L D . I S U P P O S E T H A T

M E N C O U L D G E T I T T O G E T H E R , -: 'JT A L L OF T H E S I L V E R A N D G O L D OF T H I S W O R L D C O U L D N O T RED.

ONE S O U L . T H E P R I C E W A S NOT GREAT ENOUGH. J E S U S HAD T H E P R I C E T O P A Y .

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A REDEEMER MUST BE W I L L I N G . T H E NEAREST KINSMAN TO RUTK WAS UNWILLING AND SO BOAZ

STOOD IN THE PLACE OF REDEMPTION. JESUS WAS W I L L I N G . W I L L I N G TO LEAVE HEAVEM . W I L L I N G

т о G O т о T H E C R O S S . L U K E гг�.лг. " F A T H E R . I I T H O U B E W I L L I N G , R E M O V E T H I S C U P F R O : . S

NEVERTHELESS , NOT MV V/ILL, BUT THINE . BE D O N E . " H E B . 1 0'. 7 . *Tl�|EN SAID ¡ . L O , I CO:-.. E TO

DO THY W I L L . О GOD " JESUS WAS W I L L I N G TO GO TO T H E CROSS A N D TO PAY T H E P R I C E . I T WOUL

HAVE DONE NO GOOD FOR H I M TO HAVE T E N T I M E S TEN THOUSAND T I M E S T H E PRICE I F H E HAD NOT

W I L L I N G TO PAY THAT PRICE FOR YOU A N D FOR M E .

F I N A L L Y , HE WHO WOULD HEDEE..I ANOTHER MUST NOT NEED THAT REDEMPTION H I M S E L F , BOAZ V

A FREE MAM, BOAZ COULD MAKE THE ACT OF REDEMPTION.. O NE SLAVE CANNOT REDEEM ANOTHER S L

BECAUSE EVERY SLAVE I S I N AS MUCH NEED OF REDEMPTION A S I S ANY OTHER. I T I S I N T H I S CONSIO

RATION THAT T H E PERFECT. SINLESS L I F E OF J E S U S C H R I S T GAINS SIGNIFICANCE F O R YOU S�TE, I:

I T NOT BEEN FOR THAT L I F E J E 3 U S WOULD HAVE BEEN A SLAVE I N BONDAGE TO S I N A N D H E WOULD HA

BEEN I N NEED OF REDEMPTION. B U T THANKS BE UNTO GOD THAT T H E HE3REW WRITER WAS A B L E TO

W R I T E , " F O R V/E HAVE NOT AN HIGH PRIEST WHICH CANNOT BE TOUCHEO W I T H T H E FEELING OF OUR IN

F I R M I T I E S BUT ONE THAT HAS BEEN IN A L L POINTS T E M P T Ę P L I K E A S WE ARE YET WITHOUT S t i : ' T l

A F o s T L E P E T E R I N I P E T E R 2 : 2 2 � 2 4 S A I D O F J E S U S . " W H O D I D M O S I N , N E I T H E R W A S : U I L E F O U N O

HIS MOUTH: WHO. WHEN HE WAS R E V I L E D , REVILED NOT A G A I N ; WHEN AE SUFFERED, HE TH:.

MOT; BUT COMMITTED HIMSEL F TO H I M THAT JUDGETH RIGHTEOUSLY: (NOW THAT P E T E R HAO EST.«,BL¡ THE PERFECT L I F E OF JESUS YOU CAN SEE T H E CONNECTIONS I N T H E FOLLOWING STATEMENT.) VHO OWN SELF BARE OUR SINS IN HIS OWN РРРУ CM THE T R E E , THAT W E . BEING DEAD TO S I N S , SHOULD L I

UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS: BY WHOSE STRIPES YE V/ERE H E A L E D . " I T WAS BECAUSE I T COULD BE S.4IO

OF J E S U S . n WHO DID NO S I N . " THAT IT COULD BE SAID OF H l M . "WHO BEAR OUR SINS IN H l S BODY 0

THE T R E E . "

I SUPPOSE THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN THIS ASSEMBLY HAS A T ONE T I M E OR ANOTHER SEEN ОМЕ W)

V/AS DERELICT A S FAR A S SOCIETY WAS CONCERNED. BUT PERHAPS VERY FEW HAVE DRIVEN INTO ARE

OF SOME OF T H E MAJOR C I T I E S OF OUR COUNTRY T H E R E , A S IT WERE, TO BE SHUT OFF FROM THE WO�

A S WE HAVE KNOWN I T , AND TO SEE NOTHING BUT THOSE WHO ARE DERELICT TO SOCIETY TO SEE HII

WHOM WE HAVE CALLED THE BOWRY B U M . FOR WHOM THERE IS NOTHING WHICH HAS ANY SENT1MENTAI

VALUE, WHO WOULD T A K E HIS FATHER'S WATCH CONTAINING HIS MOTHER'S PICTURE AND SELL IT FOR .

DOLLAR IN ORDER TO GET THAT WHICH HIS BODY CRAVES. B U T YOU S E E . WHEN HE PAWNS THAT

HE GETS A T ICKET AND IF THE T I M E SHOULD EVER COME TKAT. HAVING T H E T I C K E T AND HAVING

L A R . HE SHOULD ALSO HAVE THE DESIRE. HE CAN GO TO THE PAWN SHOP AND REDEEM IT . H E

IT B A C K — H E HAS THE P R I C E . BUT M A N , YOU S E E . BECAME DERELICT V/ITH G O D . M A N HOCK

SCUL. M A N SOLO HIS PURITY IN THE PAWN SHOP OF H E L L . H E GOT NO T I C K E T AND DID HE HAVE

T I C K E T , HE WOULDN'T HAVE THE P R I C E . NOTHING IN HIS HAND CAN HE VAKE AND BUY BACK HI

AMD HIS SOUL. WE ARE BANKRUPT, AND tT IS HERE. IT IS HERE THAT WE CAM SING AND OH HK

OUGHT TO REJOICE THAT WE CAN S I N , "JESUS PAID IT A L L . » A N D HAVI1.G SUNG 'JESUS PAID i ALL

CAN WE в и т S ING, " A L L TO H I M ! OWE. S I N HAD L E F T A CRIMSON S T A I N . H E WASHED I T W H I .

SNOW. " T H E APOSTLE P A U L WROTE TO THE CORINTHIAN BRETHREN AND HE S A I D " Y E WERE г

WITH A PRICE. BECOME NOT BONDSERVANTS OF S I N . " A N D STATING IT N E G A T I V S Y HE 'IST e SIZED T H E POSITIVE T R U T H — B E C O M E T H E BONDSEHVAMT OF T H E R E D E E M E R . S E R V E H I M : L O P R A I S E HIM.'

IN THE DAYS OF OUR NATION'S HISTORY WHEN SLAVERY WAS IN VOGUE A MAN WENT t. /.; ONE DA /

THE AUCTION A N D , STANDING OFF AT ONE S I D E . HE SAW A YOUNG NEGRESS CRYING BITTER T o

ASKED HER WHAT WAS T H E M A T T E R . S H E SAID SHE KAD BELONGED TO A GOOD MASTER. DUE Ш

IN A GOOD H O M E . BUT NOW SHE WAS BEING SOLD. HER MASTER HAD COME UPON HARD T I M E S Л ' . к

IMG NOV WHERE SHE WOULD GO. SHE WAS A F R . A D . T H I S MAM LOOKED AT THE AUCTIONEER AMD CAIEO

� W H A T ' S THE P R I C E ? " T H E AUCTIONEER. CATCHING A GLEAM OF INTEREST IN THE GENTLEMA

NAMED A PRICE T I A T WAS MUCH TOO HIGH. BUT WITHOUT A MOMENT'S HESITATION HE RE/ CHED

POCKET AMD PULLED OUT THE PRICE AND PAID I T . RECEIVING THE PAPERS FOR T H I S YOUNG LAI

CARRIED THEM TO HER, GAVE THEM TO HER, AND S A I D , "YOU ARE FREE " S H E DIDN'T JNDER,

WHAT THAT TERM M E A N T . І Т WASN'T IN HER VOCABULARY. І Т WASN'T IN HER EXPERIE

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S A I D . " W E L L , I T MEANS YOU ARE F R E E . YOU CAN GO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO. YOU CAM DO WHAT

WANT TO DO . YOU ARE JUST FREE TO BE ANYTHING TKAT YOU WANT TL ее |T WAS S A I D THAT A S VI п

TORS WOULD COME INTO H I S O M E FOR YEARS HENCE THEY WOULD S E E IN H I HOME A NEGRO WOM.

GAVE LOVING SERVICE UNTO H I M , T H E Y COULDN'T UNDERSTAND I T BECAUSE I T WAS SO UNUEUAL.

C O U L D N ' T U N D E R S T A N D I T B E C A U S E T H E I R S L A V E S W O U L D N O T G I V E T . � " S KL ' о O F S E R V I C E A N D T H E Y W O O

INQUIRE OF T H E MASTER. ' W H Y UOES SHE SERVE YOU S C ? " H E WOULO SAY. , ! A.SK HER, " AND WHE.

A S K E D H E R , T H E Y W O U L D H E A R T I M S S T O R Y A N D I N V A R I B L Y I T V / O U L D C O N C L U D E , " H E R E D E E M E D M E í H

REDEEMED ME. ' "

T H I S , BELOVED, IS WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR U S . GOD LOOKED DOWN UPON U S . H E SAW US CRVI BITTER TEARS . FACING S I N AND DEATH AND LAW AMD NOT BEING A B L E TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT I T . . QUESTIONS FOR WHICH THERE WERE NO ANSWERS, DESIRING THINGS WHICH WERE NOV A V A I L A B L E AND GO CRIED OUT AND S A I D , " W H A T ' S T H E P R I C E ? " T H E ANSWER CAM E, " Y O U R E O M . " GOD DIDN'T HESITATE ' F O R GOD SO LOVED T H E WORLD THAT HE GAVE H I S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON. THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE ETERNAL L I F E . " CAN WE 3UT RENDER LOVING SERVICE? CAN V/E BU' MOT SHOUT TO THE WORLD. " H E REDEEMED M E . HE REOEEMEL. M E . ' .S IT ANY WONDER TKAT T H E NEW SONG OF HEAVEN ITSELF IS T H E SONG OF REDEMPTION? A N D I F YOU ASE HOT SINGING THAT SONG TONICI THANKS BE UNTO GOD TKAT THE PRICE I A S SEEM P A I D . THANKS 3E U ITO GOD THAT T H I S OPPORRE' EXISTS AND YOU CAN COME TO JESUS C H R I S T . W I L L YOU NOT COME WHILE WE STAND AND WHILE WE SING?