Definition of Redemption – Jesus Paid The Ransom For Us To Be Redeemed

Romans 5:9. The key part of the definition of redemption is that a ransom must occur in order for redemption to occur. There are three persons involved in a ransom: the person being ransomed, the savior, and the recipient of the ransom. In the case of Christian redemption the person being ransomed is all of mankind. They are in need of a savior because they are separated from God because of their sinful disobedience. The savior is Jesus Christ who loves us and whose act on the cross has provided all of us with the opportunity for redemption. The recipient of the ransom is God. His righteous wrath toward man’s sin nature must be satisfied. Jesus’ act on the cross is the answer for God’s wrath and forgiveness. Jesus has paid the ransom to change our condition. He has taken on God’s wrath that was riled by man’s sin nature. Only through the ransom that Jesus offered could God forgive mankind and allow us to be reconciled back to God. Otherwise, our only choice would be to continue to follow Satan as Adam and Eve did in the Garden of Eden. We can only be justified and be reconciled back to God by the blood of Jesus Christ (Romans 5:9, “Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him”).

ROMANS 5 BIBLE SCRIPTURE Romans 5:9, “Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him