Redemption and Salvation: Are They One and the Same?

Redemption and Salvation (Jesus on the Cross) – Depositphotos

*I didn’t understand there was a lot controversy about whether or not the non secular meanings of “redemption” and “salvation” are one and the identical. Please appropriate me if I’m mistaken.

I believe if we have a look at each phrases – “redeemer” and “savior” – as nouns, we’d get a greater understanding. If we have a look at the basis phrases “redeem” and “save” as transitive verbs, we’d get:

Jesus the Redeemer got here to earth to redeem mankind as God promised in Genesis 3:15; “to defeat the enemy [Satan] of God, and set His youngsters free…” God instructed Devil “I’ll put enmity (battle) between your seed and the lady’s seed: He shall bruise your head, and also you shall bruise his ft” (a reference to Devil’s efforts to defeat Jesus throughout His life on earth). “He’ll bruise your head” refers to Devil’s defeat when Jesus is raised from the lifeless. A bruise on the heel will not be lethal, however a extreme blow to the pinnacle is.
Jesus turned Savior and saved us via His shed blood on the cross. John 3:16-17 reads: “For God so beloved the world, that he gave his solely begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him shouldn’t perish, however have eternal life. For God despatched not his Son into the world to sentence the world; however that the world via him (the Redeemer) may be saved.”

Our sovereign, omniscient, everlasting Lord God – who knew us earlier than the foundations of the world, and gave us free will – had a plan in place even earlier than the autumn of Adam who allowed/ushered sin into the Backyard of Eden. In Jeremiah 1:5, God stated, “Earlier than I fashioned you within the womb, I knew you.” God will not be in our timeframe. He’s Alpha and Omega; He can see all of it – what was, what’s, and what’s to be; as if every part is NOW! He says His identify is “I Am.”

Redemption and Salvation: Are They One and the Same? — Salvation (palms crossed) – Depositphotos

Devil violated God’s plan by planting the seed of sin and subverting God’s will. So, to attempt to make an analogy: Kidnapping is against the law, and often the perpetrator exacts a ransom in change for the discharge of the sufferer(s). The phrase “redeem” in fundamental phrases means to “purchase again” one thing that’s of worth to you. Have you ever ever pawned one thing? It’s important to purchase again the merchandise to convey it into your possession once more; in any other case, you might lose it. What about these bottles and cans which are labeled redeemable at 5 or 10 cents? If you recognize about redemption, however don’t act on it, you’re not redeemed. If there isn’t a level of change to make the cost of ransom, venue to pawn, or purchase again, then there isn’t a reconciliation or completion of the deal. God summoned and accredited the ransom. The cross of redemption is the change for believers. Do you imagine it? Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!

Jesus the Redeemer got here on earth with the ransom – His blood – that He exchanged on the cross, and have become our Savior (the propitiation [satisfier of God’s wrath]) to save lots of mankind from the curse, the clutches of sin. The Redeemer made us redeemable for salvation if we imagine in Him. It’s like salvation rode in on the horse of the Redeemer – no horse, no rider, no salvation.

Being made within the picture of God; the connection with God that Adam misplaced out of disobedience within the Backyard of Eden; God promised a redeemer within the particular person of Jesus the Messiah to pay a ransom to free mankind from the clutches of sin. When The Redeemer got here on the scene, proving who He was (the cost) with indicators and wonders, He fulfilled the transaction by shedding His blood on the cross, proclaiming in John 12:32, “if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all males unto me.” Do you imagine He’s risen? Christ Jesus lives! Obtain Him in your coronary heart right this moment!

Since I’m restricted in phrase depend, I’ll solely record a couple of factors of reference the place you possibly can search for another issues for your self (e.g., Genesis 35:10-11 and 49:18, Psalm 107; and Philippians 3:20-21). I stay up for your feedback/suggestions.