August 22 2025

Friday August 22

“Redemption Through His Blood”

Ephesians 1:7-10

7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth--in Him.

Remember, the theme of Ephesians is about the riches that we have in Christ Jesus. We are in Christ the moment we trust Him to be our Lord and Savior. The Holy Spirit baptizes us into the body of Christ (Romans 6:3). In the first long sentence, verse 2-6, we have seen how God the Father has given us at least three wonderful rich blessings. The first blessing was we are “chosen”. We are “chosen… to be holy and without blame before Him in love” (v. 4). Secondly, we are “adopted” into His family as His children (v. 5). We appreciate the fact that we can go to Him as our Father in heaven.

Next, we are blessed with being “accepted in the beloved” (v. 6). No matter what happens in our life, or what goes on around us, God has accepted us not because of our goodness, our good deeds, or our perfection. No. He's accepted us in Christ Jesus forever. And we have an advocate in heaven, Jesus Christ the righteous, who is always there interceding on our behalf. We are accepted, my friend. What great blessings from God the Father.

Now, in verses 7-12, we see where we have blessings from God the Son. Now, we must also remember that each Person of the Godhead does not work independently of the other. No, my friend, they all work together to make possible everything that pertains to our salvation. But each Person of the Trinity, God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, are still one. And each person has a special ministry to perform and a special deposit to make into our lives. Through the ministry and finished work of Jesus the Son we are blessed with being redeemed.

The word redeem basically means to “purchase to set free by paying the price”. During the time of Christ and the apostles there were 60 million slaves in the Roman Empire and they were bought and sold like pieces of furniture. But a man could purchase a slave and set him free. And this is what Jesus did for us. In the New Testament there are three words that are in the Greek that highlight the different aspects of this redemption.

The first Greek word is agorazō which means “to buy” or “to purchase” and especially typically in a marketplace setting. It describes the aspect of redemption as the initial acquisition of buying of humanity from the slave market of sin where Christ pays the price by His blood to claim believers as His own (1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Revelation 5:9). Colossians 1:13-14 also tells us: “He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.”

The next Greek word is exagorazō, a compound form meaning “to buy out of” or “to redeem from”. This emphasizes the aspect of permanently removing the purchased individual from the market or the bondage of sin. The individual is no longer subject to resale or the curse of the law, delivering them from ongoing enslavement to sin.

Then the last Greek word is lutroō, which means “to ransom”, “to loose” or “to set free” because the ransom price has been paid. And it focuses on the aspect of complete liberation, emancipation from captivity, your release from the power and the guilt and the shame of sin. You are set free.

That is what it means when it says in the scripture, we are redeemed by His blood. “In Him we have redemption through His blood”. Redemption is only possible through His blood. Jesus paid the price. He satisfied God's wrath for sin. Now my friend, we are set free to love Him, to live for Him, to be free to serve Him, to serve others, to love God, and to love others like we should.

I love the old hymn by Fanny Crosby: “Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it! Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb! Redeemed through His infinite mercy—His child, and forever, I am.”

What a wonderful, wonderful blessing we have from Jesus Christ. Have you ever experienced this redemption?

God bless!