I remember being in children’s church singing, “I’ve been redeemed by the blood of the lamb. Oh I’ve been redeemed.” I didn’t really understand the word redeemed though. I’ve found out that Biblical redemption is to be set free from the power and penalty of sin through the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross. It’s about being set free the way the Israelites were liberated from Egypt. We are no longer slaves to sin because we belong to God now. Since you’ve been redeemed, live your life in the freedom God gives. Don’t let the enemy chase you down and hold your past against you. Jesus set you free. It’s time to live as one who has been redeemed. You are no longer condemned.
Here are some Bible verses on being redeemed:
1. We can never redeem ourselves; we cannot pay God the price for our lives, because the payment for a human life is too great. What we could pay would never be enough to keep us from the grave, to let us live forever.
Psalm 49:7-9 GNT
2. But as for me, I will walk in my integrity; Redeem me and be merciful to me.
Psalms 26:11 NKJV
3. Yet all of this was so that he would redeem and set free those held hostage to the law so that we would receive our freedom and a full legal adoption as his children.
Galatians 4:5 TPT
4. Plead my cause and redeem me; Revive me according to Your word.
Psalms 119:154 NKJV
5. But the Lord will redeem those who serve him. No one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.
Psalms 34:22 NLT
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Devotions by Chris Hendrix 