“…He is MY REDEEMER…”
To redeem means to ‘compensate for the faults or bad aspects of something’ or to ‘gain or regain possession of something in exchange for payment’. With His shed blood, Jesus compensated for our faults - our sins. With the shedding of His blood, Jesus bought us with the price of His own life and exchanged our old dead lives of sin for the new life we find when we place our faith in His redeeming blood and love. Think about the cost to Jesus you were to Him…and how that makes you feel about the depth of His love. That should take you an eternity to truly fathom…
"As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.”
Job 19:25 NASB
We have been redeemed from the curse of sin and death! We are now new creations in Christ, washed clean of our sin and ensured of eternal life with Jesus Christ!
We have been redeemed from hopelessness! Our hope is no longer in our own strength or in our performance. Our hope is in Jesus Christ!
We have been redeemed from the attitude of selfishness! Our focus has been taken from self-focus to focus on our Lord Jesus Christ and upon meeting the needs of others!
We have been redeemed from the darkness of sin. We now walk in the light of the Word of God and in the Light of the world, Jesus Christ! We have been afforded a Lamp that will guide us through the darkness of man-centered thinking.
We are redeemed from stinking thinking! We no longer identify by our past failures or present temptations or present circumstances or even by what we feel. We identify by the Word of Him Who saved our soul. We are new creations in Christ.
We are redeemed from being pulled down by our past failures. What remains are the scars that bear witness to hurts and failures…and those scars are a testament to the fact that, yes, we went through those circumstances, but declare to others to look and see what God has done. They are reminders of God’s grace and of His redeeming love for us!
Let us walk as those who have been redeemed today. Redeemed is who and what we are!
Dennis Jernigan
If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay [on earth;] knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, [the blood] of Christ. 1 Peter 1:17-19 NASB
Redeemer
WORDS & MUSIC
Dennis Jernigan
Verse
Broken once
Broken no more
I am the one You were broken for
Broken body
Blood flowing down
Once lost but now I’m found
Bread of Life
Broken for me
Broken to fill me, make me complete
Living Water
Love’s cleansing Stream
Washed me, left me redeemed
Chorus
Redeemer!
My Redeemer!
With redeeming love flood my soul!
Redeemer!
Gave Your life, Redeemer!
Broken to make me whole!
Broken to make me whole!
Verse
Once in shame
Shameful no more
I am the one that You bore shame for
Once unworthy, I realize
Still I was worth Your life
Crown of thorns
Piercing Your brow
Ancient of Days somehow here and now
Wounded Healer
Cleanser of sin
Savior Who rose a-gain!