Redemption

Salvation would not be possible without redemption. Redemption is “the action of regaining or gaining possession of something in exchange for payment, or clearing a debt”.

Because of the sins that we had committed, a debt was owed that we had no way to pay. Therefore we would have been eternally lost, unacceptable to God and destined for his anger. But Jesus the Messiah, by the sacrifice of a perfect life, paid the debt for everyone who would receive his gift.

You, who had died by your sins and by the uncircumcision in your flesh, he has given you life with him and has forgiven us all our sins. ¹⁴ And he has blotted out by his authority the bill of our debts which was adverse to us and he took it from the midst and nailed it to his cross. (Colossians 2:13-14)