Redeemed and Free!

It is amazing the number of believers who do not really believe that we are redeemed and free. This is very easy to tell because redemption has an attitude, and where you cannot find that attitude, you can tell that there is a disconnect between what people profess, and what they truly believe. 

Eph.1:7 In whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace (YLT)

Our redemption simply means that God paid the price to regain possession of us from the dominion of darkness, and He wiped clean all our records of wrong doing, through the eternal sacrifice of His Son.

The implication is that we are no longer under the rule of the evil one, and beyond that, the greater implication is that we are now righteous! 

This righteousness is a very big deal in the kingdom, because it was bestowed on us as a free gift, not by our works, and it confers on us the right to stand before God and the host of darkness without any sense of guilt, condemnation or inferiority. This is the real attitude of redemption, and if you have an understanding of your redemption, this attitude will be noticeable in your life.

This is the attitude with which we approach God knowing that our prayers register in heaven with accompanying answers, knowing that we can take authority over the forces of darkness, knowing that we can lay hold on the promises of sound health, of prosperity, and of the good life here in this earth realm.

On the other hand, there are people who have been redeemed from the dominion of the evil one, but they are struggling to stay free, and this struggle mostly arises from the fact that they find it difficult to believe that their redemption could be that easy. You can tell this is the case if you always feel the need to struggle or to make some kind of contribution to your freedom, even though it is not needed, because Christ did it all. If you see your prayer time as time spent in “battling for your freedom” rather than enforcing your dominion on the earth, then that understanding of righteousness, and Christ finished work for you has not taken root in your heart.

See what the Apostle Paul said to the Galatians in Galatians 3:3

Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh? (NIV)

These people were saved, but they began to drift to the place of works and efforts for perfection. This always happen when you feel the need to do something more to be free, or to enhance your salvation, but nothing more can ever be done. What has been done, has been done, and it is ever, more than enough! You cannot add a single thing to the finished work of redemption!

Let that settle in your heart, and all the struggles will cease. Let it settle in your heart that your sins are forgiven, that God sees you absolutely faultless, that Heaven is your guaranteed home, that you have power with God, that all the promises of God are yours for the taking, and all these without your works or efforts, you only have to accept it.

All the running around, seeking for help, even in unlikely places will end. Settle down and begin to look to the greater one inside of you, and you will become more conscious of who you are in Christ, and you will take your place as redeemed and free.

Shalom!