The basic
principles of redemption:
Bible
reading: Psalm 49
I preach to
you the Gospel of Jesus Christ concerning the one way of salvation.
Bible
reading: Acts 16:11-18
Redemption
through justice
Bible
reading: Isaiah 1:18-31
The
confession regarding the possibility of redemption
Bible
reading: none provided in the original
source
Payment
must be made to meet God’s demand for justice
Bible
readings: Ezekiel 18:19-23, Exodus
19:16-25
The dawn of
our deliverance
1. God’s loving favour
2. God’s just demand
3. God’s impossible obstacle
4. God’s mediator and deliverer
Bible
reading: Nahum 1
Our redemption
reveals a great and praiseworthy God!
We’ll
consider the connection between our redemption and his:
1. Mercy
2. Wisdom
3. Power
Bible
readings: Isaiah 59, 1 Corinthians
1:18-31
The way of
escape
This way
involves:
1. A full payment
2. A full payment that neither we nor
any creature can make
3. A full payment that another can make
for us
Bible
reading: Genesis 7
We confess
our great need for propitiation
1. Who must be propitiated
2. For whom this propitiation is
necessary
3. Who can work this propitiation
Bible
reading: Hebrews 2
Counting the high cost of
deliverance:
1.
full
payment is needed
2.
many
payers are excluded
3.
only
one payer is accepted
Bible readings: Psalm 49, Ephesians 2:1-18
“Who are we?” – the Bible’s lesson in identity
1.
We
fall with Adam
2.
We
rise with Christ
Bible readings: Romans 5:12-6:14
Reconciliation
with God our Maker is God’s gracious gift in Jesus Christ
1. The folly of human effort
2. The marvel of God’s mercy
3. The consequence that follows
Bible
readings: Hebrews 2:14-18, Revelation
16:1-11
Is there a
way to redemption?
Bible
reading: Romans 3:19-31
The
requirements for the Mediator fixed in the structure of the covenant of works.
Because the
covenant of works means that the payment must come:
Bible
reading: Romans 3:9-28
J. Smith
Seek the
mediator that God provides
1. A mediator who can lay down his life
to satisfy God’s justice for us
2. A mediator who take up his life
again to obtain God’s mercy for us
Bible
reading: John 10:1-18
E. Kampen
Trust in
Jesus, for there is no other way to the Father
We see this
as we consider:
1. The need to pay
2. How we can’t pay
3. How no mere creature can pay
Bible
readings: John 14:1-14, Romans 8:1-8