I think one way to put it is that the theologian Van Til, Cornelius Van Til says that the sweep of redemption

I think one way to put it is that the theologian Van Till, Cornelius Van Till says that the sweep of

Really, the whole sweep of redemption is found in the book of Hebrews, highlighted in the person and

All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Christ's redemption has freed us from guilt, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. The benefits of redemption include eternal life, forgiveness of sins, righteousness, freedom from the law's curse, adoption into God's family, deliverance from sin's bondage, peace with God, and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

You know, the entire sweep of redemptive history can really be gathered up if we think of two gardens

And then we see the full culmination of redemption, where God is restoring all things as we get to the end of Revelation, that what we lost in the garden, God's going to restore to us. And so he is not only redeeming people, but he's also redeeming creation, back back to its original intention, where we can live with God in peace and harmony.

So let us never diminish the sinfulness of sin, and let us always marvel at the graciousness of a God who saves those who have sinned against him, extending grace and mercy not just to the undeserving, but to the hell -deserving.

Redemption means Christ freed us from eternal death. Sin's penalty is eternal separation from God, according to Romans chapter 6. Through his death and resurrection, Jesus paid the price for our sins.

This is staggeringly good news, that we would see the full, scorching, awful nature of our sins and what it does to ourselves and the world around us and to the God who made us and yet come to this portion and it says that God freely saves us through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus and this redemption is a propitiation, it is a satisfying, sacrificial payment in which the offended justice of God is met with the righteousness of Christ as he bears our guilt and the wrath of God for our sins so that God would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus, that he would look upon you and I and he would say of us who are in Christ by faith and he would say, not guilty and he would say, righteous as fully acceptable to the presence of God and the welcome embrace of God as Jesus Christ himself is welcomed to the embrace of his heavenly father.

We have redemption on tap. God's declared forgiveness and his righteousness on tap. Jesus took on himself the wrath that we deserved. And I can think of no better message to take out into the new year than this glorious, beautiful, amazing good news.

In him, we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins. And then Paul went on right there and he said, according to the riches of God's grace. And people may ask, you may ask, is it possible that I've gone too far and that I'm so deep in sin that God cannot reach me?

Redemption, the payment for our sins has been accomplished. All the covenants have been kept. Praise God. This will be the last time I'm reading this summary. God created a very good kingdom of which he is the king.

Because whenever you have been forgiven and you come to his standard through the forgiveness of sins, you cry out for righteousness just as much as he does. So that's why the saints are behind him enjoying watching sin being done with once and for all.

That's why we confess our sins our sins are forgiven in Christ, but Our doesn't our life show that we continue to sin. And so it follows then that being redeemed and saved in Christ and having your sins Forgiven and to be cleansed and washed in this way Leads to a new kind of pattern a new way of living.

You know the entire sweep of redemptive history can really be gathered up if we think of two gardens.

But redemption is far more than simply being bought back. I want us to look at the next aspect of this in the second part of verse 7. Through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight.

All of this is built into redemption. So redemption is not just a saving in the sense of something where we're going through the Red Sea to safety. It's also a destruction of the enemy which destroys any possibility of going back into captivity.

Yeah, he's focused on the sweep of redemption so much that he sweeps away the meaning of the text.

Sin is covered, swallowed up in the ocean of his atoning blood, and the iniquity that should have been put to our account has been put to his instead. And so, in Christ, and by faith in him, a sinner like me and you can be truly happy and live for the glory of God.

So we could apply that in more than one way. One way, of course, is to the issue of sin, which he basically applies it to. No man really feels the ugliness and the shame and the weight of his sin until he sees sin as God sees sin.