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Welcome to today's program.
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We've had quite a week looking at
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what the word redemption means,
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and on Monday I sang a song for you,
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and I'm gonna sing it again right now.
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A song written by Fannie Crosby in 1882
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called Redeemed,
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How I Love to Proclaim It.
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Did you grow up singing that song?
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I remember standing in my
pew in my church when I was
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growing up and boisterously
singing - Redeemed How I love
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to proclaim It, redeemed
by the Blood of the Lamb.
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Oh, I still love it, redeemed
by his infinite mercy,
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his child, and forever I am.
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Then we sang the chorus, if
you know it, sing it with me.
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Redeemed, redeemed, redeemed by the blood
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of the lamb, redeemed,
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redeemed his child,
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and forever I am. Redeemed
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and so happy in Jesus No language,
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my rapture can tell, and the song goes on
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and on and on and on.
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Declaring the fact that we are redeemed.
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Oh, I love to sing that song
and I still love that song,
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but when I was growing up,
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I really didn't have a clue what it meant.
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I sang it with such
confidence, so boisterously
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and proudly redeemed.
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I love to proclaim it.
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I thought it just meant that I was saved.
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I didn't have a revelation
really of what it meant
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to be redeemed,
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but my friends, it's a big deal to be redeemed.
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We've been redeemed by
the blood of the lamb.
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And in fact, our
redemption is so marvelous
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that in Psalm 107:2, the Bible says,
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Let the redeemed of the Lord say
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so whom is redeemed from
the hand of the enemy.
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We were in the hands of the enemy
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and Jesus paid the price to
deliver us and set us free.
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And that's why we ought to say so.
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You ought to just look in the mirror
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and say, you are redeemed.
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I'm the redeemed of the
Lord. That is who we are.
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Say Amen.
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But hey, right now we're
offering you my book
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called, Dress to Kill.
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The reason we're offering
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because this book has a
whole chapter called Resting
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and our Redemption.
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This book is filled with
so much amazing revelation
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and this chapter, Resting
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in Our Redemption, deals with all the aspects
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of our redemption.
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And right now we're offering you the brand new series called
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Resting in Our Redemption.
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It's 5-parts.
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It comes in multiple formats
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and it comes with a study guide; my friend, I want you
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to really understand what
it means to be redeemed.
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Jesus sets you free.
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You're to no longer have
the detrimental effects
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of darkness working in your life
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because Jesus paid the
price to bring you out
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of Satan's slave market
and to set you free.
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And so far this week, we've looked at 3-Greek words used
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in the New Testament to
describe our redemption.
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And today we're gonna be looking at word No.4 -
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get ready because this is going to be powerful -
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the Greek word, apolutrosis; I'll cover
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that when I come back in just a
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moment.
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Get ready for a teaching
that feeds your spirit
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and your mind: where the
word is the anchor in
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uncertain times.
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And doctrine doesn't bend to culture.
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We keep it simple,
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but dive deep revealing a
truth that strengthens us,
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a love that emboldens,
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and a mission that touches the world.
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Let's join Rick Renner.
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I am so glad you've joined
me for today's program
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and today we're gonna return
to the subject of redemption.
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Jesus redeemed us - but hey - reach for your Bible.
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We always use the Bible in this program,
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and today we're gonna
review some of the words
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that we've already covered this week.
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On Tuesday, we saw the Greek word agoradzo.
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On Wednesday we saw the Greek word exagoradzo.
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Yesterday we saw the Greek word lutroo,
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and today we're looking at word No.4,
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which is the Greek word, apolutrosis.
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Now at the end of today's
program, I'm going to go
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through all of these words one more time
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and put them all together
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because I really want you
to understand the full work
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of redemption that Jesus
has done in our lives.
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But today we're looking at the word, apolutrosis,
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which in the New Testament
is translated redeemed,
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redeem or redemption.
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Listen to what it means.
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The word, apolutrosis, is a compound of the word apo
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and the word lutroo. The word, lutroo, is the word
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that we saw yesterday.
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The word apo means back,
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and lutroo, which we saw yesterday, means to pay a ransom
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for a slave's permanent freedom.
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When you compound it together, it means
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to pay the price required
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to buy a slave back with the intention
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to give him his full freedom.
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And an example of this word in the New Testament is
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Ephesians 1:7,
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where the apostle Paul gloriously states - In whom we have
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redemption through his blood.
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That word redemption is this word, apolutrosis,
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in whom we have redemption
through his blood,
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the forgiveness of sins
according to the riches
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of his grace.
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Now today I'm gonna read to you just for a moment from Dress
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to Kill where I write about redemption.
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If you don't have this book,
please order your copy today
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by going online or give us a call.
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But listen to what I have written about this word,
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apolutrosis
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which is translated as the word redemption
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to redeem or to be redeemed.
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Listen to this; The 4th-word for redemption
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that is used in the New Testament is taken from the
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word, apolutrosis.
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The word, apo, means a way
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and it often conveys the idea
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of a return; that's very important in this
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concept of redemption -
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a return. In this particular case,
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apo would be better translated - back
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as in something being returned back again.
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The 2nd part of the word, apolutrosis is taken from the word
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lutroo, which we covered yesterday.
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The word, lutroo means to set a slave free by the payment
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of a ransom.
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This word when compounded together the word,
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apolutrosis, tells
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us God's ultimate purpose in redeeming us -
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Here it is - this is God's ultimate purpose in redeeming us
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from Satan's slave market.
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Here it is. The word, apolutrosis,
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most assuredly means that
Jesus paid the ransom in order
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to return us to the condition we were in
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before our captivity began. In the plainest of language,
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this means Jesus paid the price to permanently set us free
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and to restore us to the full status as sons
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and daughters of God.
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Paul uses the word apolutrosis in this very way in Ephesians
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1:7, which I just read to you,
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which says In whom we have redemption;
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that word redemption is this word apolutrosis,
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through his blood,
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the forgiveness of sins
according to the riches
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of his grace.
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And by choosing to use
this word for redemption,
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the Greek word, apolutrosis, Paul declares
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that we were forever
delivered from Satan's power.
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We were forever removed from
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that dreadful place called
Satan's slave market.
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And now we have been fully
restored by the blood
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of Jesus Christ
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and placed back into a state
of right standing with God.
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We are fully restored,
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we are fully set free from
Satan's former grip over us.
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And this is why Galatians 4:
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7 declares, Wherefore thou art no more a
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servant but a son.
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And if a son than an ere of God through Christ
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and Romans 8:17 proclaims, we are
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so entirely restored
through the blood of Jesus
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that we've become joint
heirs with Jesus himself.
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This word, apolutrosis, translated redeem
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means much more than just
redeeming or buying back,
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it's the idea of full restoration.
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God has restored us to the
original plan that he had
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for each one of us.
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And today we are joint heirs
with Jesus. That is glorious.
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But this word apolutrosis, is a compound of these 2-words:
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the word apo, which means - a return,
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to put something back in its original condition
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and the word, lutroo, which means to pay a very high price.
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And when you compound the
two words together, it means
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to set a slave free by
the payment of a ransom
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and to return them to their
originally designed condition.
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God designed you originally to be free.
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He designed you originally to
be a full-fledged son of God.
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It was lost because of the fall of Adam,
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because of rebellion that
was born into the human race
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and even ran in our own veins.
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We were born into Satan's slave market,
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but Jesus paid the price
not just to save us,
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but to restore us to that status as sons
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and daughters of God.
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And by choosing to use the word apolutrosis, here,
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translated redeemed
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or redemption, Paul declares
we were forever delivered from
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Satan's power.
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We are fully restored,
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we are fully set free from
Satan's dominion over us.
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He no longer has any rights over us.
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This is why Romans 3:24 says -
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Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption
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that is in Christ Jesus.
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That word redemption, in Romans 3:24 is this very word,
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the word, apolutrosis: not just purchased but restored.
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1st Corinthians 1:30,
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But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who
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of God is made unto us righteousness and sanctification
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and wisdom and redemption.
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That word redemption, is this word apolutrosis,
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which means we're not just purchased
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but we have been fully restored as sons
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and daughters of God.
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God has restored us to the
condition he desired for us.
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And Colossians 1:14, in whom we have redemption:
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that word redemption is again the Greek word, apolutrosis,
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which carries the idea of full
restoration being returned
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to your originally God
design status in whom we have
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redemption through his
blood, even the forgiveness
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of sins.
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My friends, we're not
trying to be restored,
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we are restored.
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We once again have
rights standing with God
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because of the redemptive
work of Jesus Christ.
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When he paid the price with his blood,
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he did everything necessary
to give us our right standing
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with God again.
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That is amazing.
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But in summation, we saw on Tuesday the Greek word agoradzo,
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which is translated to buy or to redeem,
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but it means to purchase a
slave in the marketplace.
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It was used to denote the
purchase of a slave out
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of the marketplace: to transfer ownership from a seller
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to a buyer it means to redeem.
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It tells us that Jesus
Christ came into the earth
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to locate us in our depravity,
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to personally inspect our slavery to Satan
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and to determine what he needed to do to get us out of it
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and to set us free.
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And I want to read to you
just a few pages from Dressed
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to Kill because I want you to
understand this slave market
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that we were all born into.
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Listen to this. The Bible says this was our condition
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before the grace of God touched our lives.
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This is the very reason
Paul repeatedly tells us in
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scripture that we were previously the servants of sin.
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The word, servant, is taken from the word, doulos,
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which is the most abject term
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for slave in the Greek language.
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One expository has explained
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that the word les describes
one whose will is completely
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swallowed up in the will of another.
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This means that prior to
our salvation experience,
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we were swallowed up in the will of Satan.
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My friends, this is not negotiable.
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This is exactly what the Bible teaches.
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Prior to our salvation experience,
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we were swallowed up
in the will of Satan's.
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Why we had to be saved.
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We intellectually thought we
were in charge of our lives
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and that we were the
ones calling the shots.
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But in reality, we were
abject slaves to sin
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and our destinies were being orchestrated
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by an unseen diabolical spirit that wanted
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to destroy us.
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Our prior slavery to the
devil was so deep seated
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that our nature became
intrinsically meshed together
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with the seed of rebellion,
which is to the very core
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of Satan's nature, and
rebellion against God ran
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so deep in our blood
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and became so ingrained
in our human disposition
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that eventually the Gulf between God
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and us was so vast
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that the scripture declares in Colossians 1:21
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that we became alienated
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and enemies our minds
through wicked works.
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And this pervading demonic
presence in our lives
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and in the world around us
was absolute and supreme.
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We were really in Satan's slave market.
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Paul describes it this way in Ephesians 2:2:
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Wherein in time passed, he walked according to the course
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of this world, according
to the prince of the power
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of the air and the spirit
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that now worketh in the children of disobedience.
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But notice Paul says, you
walked according to the course
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of this world. The phrase, according to, is a translation
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of the Greek word kata, which carries the idea of something
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that is forceful or dominating.
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And by choosing to use this word, Paul tells us emphatically
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that before we met the Lord,
we were not just influenced
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by the course of this world,
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the word kata, which is used in this verse, emphatically
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means we were completely dominated, manipulated,
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and controlled by it.
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And Paul says in Ephesians 2:2, We were also dominated
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by the prince of the power of the air, the spirit
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that now works in the
children of disobedience.
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That was our identity before
we touched by the grace of God
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and by the blood of Jesus Christ.
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We were members of Satan's slave market.
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But the 1st word for redemption,
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which we covered on Tuesday of this week,
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the Greek word, agoradzo,
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means Jesus came into the marketplace to purchase us
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and to redeem us.
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The 2nd word we saw is the Greek word, exagoradzo,
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also translated - redemption.
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It's a compound of two words: the word ex, which means out
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and the word agoradzo.
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The word exagoradzo means to purchase in the marketplace.
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And again, it was used to denote the purchase of a slave out
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of the market: to transfer ownership from a
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seller to a buyer.
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It is the very word which means to redeem.
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But when you compound the 2-words together,
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it is exagoradzo,
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which pictures one who's
come into the marketplace
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to purchase a slave out of the market.
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The 1st word, agoradzo means - to inspect us in our mess:
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to see us in our slavery.
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The 2nd word means Jesus didn't leave us there.
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He came to purchase us out of that dark mess.
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Jesus came
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to permanently remove us from
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Satan's power.
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Say amen. No wonder Psalm 107:2 says,
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Let the redeemed of the Lord say
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so whom he is redeemed
from the hand of the enemy.
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We ought to - say so - my friends, it's a big deal
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that we've been redeemed.
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Then yesterday we saw the word, lutroo;
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and the word lutroo, also translated redemption in the New
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Testament, describes a price paid
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to purchase a slave from the slave market,
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thus making the newly purchased slave the buyer's personal
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property, which means, Jesus was so dedicated
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to delivering you and
me from Satan's dominion
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that he was willing to
pay the ransom price
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of his own blood, the highest price ever paid
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for a slave in order to
break the curse in our life
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and to deliver us from
Satan's ownership over us.
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Jesus broke that curse,
broke the devil's ownership
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by paying the highest price
ever paid for a slave.
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And that is in the Greek word, lutroo.
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And then today we see this glorious 4th word,
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the word, apolutrosis,
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also translated redemption. Again, from the word apo,
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and the word, lutroo.
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The word, apo, means back. It carries the idea of a return.
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The word, lutroo, means to pay a ransom
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for a slave's permanent freedom
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and compounded it means to pay the price required
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to buy back a slave with
the intention to restore
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to him freedom.
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It tells us that in addition
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to permanently setting us free
from Satan's slave market,
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Jesus blood restored us to the position
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of sons and daughters of God.
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Redemption fully restored us.
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We're not trying to be restored,
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we are restored because of the
shed blood of Jesus Christ.
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Satan has no more legal
authority to control us,
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to control our bodies,
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to control our families, our businesses,
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our money - has no rights over us whatsoever
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because we were delivered
from the domain of darkness,
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that's Colossians 1:13.
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We were translated into the
kingdom of God's dear son
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and Satan's hold over us
was permanently broken
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because Jesus paid the price to deliver us
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and to redeem us.
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Say - Amen! We once belonged to the devil.
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Now that might be a revelation, my friend.
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You may even say, well,
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I don't know if I was
ever really that bad.
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Well, you need a revelation
of how bad you were.
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You were born in sin. You
had sin in your veins.
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It didn't matter how educated you were,
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how professional you were my
friends, you were the slave
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of sin.
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Executives on Wall Street
may make a lot of money
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and may seem very impressive,
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they are the slaves of sin.
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It doesn't matter who you
are or where you're from,
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if you've never been touched by the blood of Jesus
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and by the grace of God,
you are still a part
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of Satan's slave market.
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This is why we've got to
declare the gospel to people
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that are lost in sin.
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They are controlled by a diabolical spirit that is precisely
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what the Bible teaches.
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But Jesus paid the price for
them to walk free from that.
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They don't have to live in Satan's slave market any longer.
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Through the blood of
Jesus, we have been utterly
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and completely set free from Satan's
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control.
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And that is what redemption is all about.
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So we have the word, agoradzo, from the word agora,
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which is the marketplace;
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but agoradzo, Satan's slave market. The word, exagoradzo,
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to be purchased out of that place.
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The word, lutroo, describing the price required to pay
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for our freedom.
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And finally, the word, apolutrosis;
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he didn't just redeem us, he restored us.
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He put us back into our original condition.
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And today, we once again have right standing with God.
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He restored us as sons
and daughters of God.
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That is what the word - redemption - means.
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There are 4 of these words in the New Testament.
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And when you understand all of them,
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then you really see the full picture of
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what redemption is.
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Now think about it. I grew up in my church singing, Redeemed
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how I love to proclaim it, redeemed by the blood
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of the lamb; redeemed through his infinite mercy -
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and is mercy - his child and forever I am.
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And then we would sing the chorus with such faith: Redeemed,
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redeemed.
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But I didn't know what
it meant to be redeemed.
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I thought it just meant I was saved.
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And of course that's a part of it.
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But there's so much more
than just being saved.
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Jesus reached into the devil's marketplace
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and snatched us out.
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He paid the price of his
own blood for our freedom
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and our redemption and
restored us as the sons
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and daughters of God.
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And as a result, the devil
has no liens against us.
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He has no hold on us.
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His hold, his dominion
on our life was shattered
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because Jesus paid the
price for us to walk out of
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that marketplace.
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And today, you and I are restored fully - fully -
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as the sons and daughters of God.
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That's what it means to be redeemed.
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I'll be back in just a moment
and I want to pray for you.
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Someone asked the question, Rick,
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what is the greatest
thing you've ever done
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in your ministry?
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Well, you know, God has done a lot
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of amazing things in our ministry,
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and if I begin to compile a list,
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it would be pretty lengthy.
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That's why you ought to get
my book called Unlikely,
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which really describes our
unlikely journey of faith.
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But if I look at everything we've done, one thing stands out
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and that is the moment we said "YES" to the will of God.
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That is the greatest thing we've ever done in our ministry
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because everything else has flowed out of that - yes.
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And my friends, I want to tell you
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that if you'll just say - yes - to the Lord,
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that will change not
only your life right now,
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but everything in your future
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and it will launch you into a journey
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and an adventure beyond
your wildest imagination.
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So I have to say the greatest
thing we've done in our
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ministry is coming to the Lord
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and saying - YES - we'll do whatever you've asked us to do,
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and I want to encourage you
to do that same thing today.
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The Bible says, let the
redeemed of the Lord say so,
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but do you really know what it means
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as it is used in the New Testament.
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In this series, Rick Renner will meticulously teach you: Why
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even if you're redeemed: How Jesus took you out
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of Satan's slave market:
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How Jesus permanently purchased you out
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of spiritual slavery: What price Jesus paid to liberate you:
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And I want you to order the whole series,
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which is called, Resting in our Redemption
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because you need to get this
teaching down deep inside you.
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And this series comes with a study guide.
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When you read it and you see it
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or you hear it, you can really
get this teaching in you.
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And this is a teaching you need to know;
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you need to get it deep inside you.
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My friends, Jesus paid the
price for you to be redeemed.
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You have been freed by
the blood of the lamb,
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and today is the last day we're
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offering this on the program.
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So please order yours today, right now,
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just go online or give us a call.
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And we're also offering you today
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for the last time this week
my book called, Dress to Kill,
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a Biblical approach to spiritual warfare and armor.
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And there's an entire
chapter in this book on
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our redemption.
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But I wanna pray for you.
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Father, I thank you that you
did not leave us in our mess.
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You sent Jesus into the world 2000 years ago
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to see us.
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I thank you that he didn't leave us in Satan's slave market,
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but he purchased us
out with his own blood,
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with a full intention to
fully restore us as sons
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and daughters of God.
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And Lord, we declare we are redeemed.
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We are fully restored by
the blood of the lamb.
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In Jesus name - Amen, Amen, Amen.
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That is good news.
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Hey, remember Ecclesiastes 8:4, "Where the word
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of a king is there's power"
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and I'll see you in the next program.
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If you've never received
Jesus as your Savior
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and Lord, now is the time for
you to experience a new life
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Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now. Lord,
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I repent of my sin and
receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life. Amen.
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If you just prayed the
prayer of salvation with us,
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would you please let us know by going
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to renner.org/salvation?
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We would love to connect with you.
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Renner Ministries is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ
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Discover the many ways you can
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We invite you to partner with
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and rescuing lives for the glory of God.
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Together we can make a difference
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