Luke 1:74-75 "That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life."
God promise Abraham the entire world would be blessed through his seed. The redemption of man and the fulfilment of Gods promise would involve three things.The first is to be delivered from the hands of our enemies. Through out this life, we are threatened and sometimes over taken by the false gods we've created.We are in constant conflict with the flesh,eventually we are over run by our various lust, and taken into captivity by mass confusion.In these times we have a new enemy which has taken many prisioner; power, prestige and prosperity. But the soul of man is longing to be made free from all ungodly rulers. God promised us a delieverer which would free us from all and show us the way to an eternal rest in the land of promise.
God promise Abraham the entire world would be blessed through his seed. The redemption of man and the fulfilment of Gods promise would involve three things.The first is to be delivered from the hands of our enemies. Through out this life, we are threatened and sometimes over taken by the false gods we've created.We are in constant conflict with the flesh,eventually we are over run by our various lust, and taken into captivity by mass confusion.In these times we have a new enemy which has taken many prisioner; power, prestige and prosperity. But the soul of man is longing to be made free from all ungodly rulers. God promised us a delieverer which would free us from all and show us the way to an eternal rest in the land of promise.
The second aspect of redemption is spiritual, see at times we have a good relationship with God, and we benefit from that relationship.But at times we turn our backs on God and suffer the consequences. God wants a personal relationship with his people, one where we will be totally devoted to him. Jesus is the power to bring us into this type of relationship with God.It is through His blood that we have been delievered from the nature of the old man,and ave been born of the spirit of God.
Then the third aspect of redemption is moral.We need guidance in right living, but more than that, we need a change of heart. Jesus brings about a redemption of the heart, one that would allow us to have love for our fellow man, a sacrificial love which will seek the good for others over the good of ourself. A heart which will allow us to serve God without fear but with holiness and righteousness.God fulfilled his promise to us, he gave us Jesus, and Jesus protects us from all our enemies, he is the way back to the right relationship with God, a relationship which will deliever us from death and deliever us to eternal life.....
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