Echoes | ECHOES of the Redeemer | Q15 – What does it mean to be Redeemed?
March 2, 2024

Story of Desmond T. Doss

Redeem, in its simplest terms, means to

or .


A was placed on us that we could not remove ourselves so God entered history to to remove that label so that we would be !

1) A placed on us

Genesis 2:16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat[d] of it you shall surely die.” SLIDE 19 Genesis 3:6b she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.

Adam and Eve

from God’s instructions and, in doing so, invite Label #1 into history!


Genesis 3:7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.
Adam and Eve from God’s design for . Label#2: They invited into history!


Genesis 3:8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool[c] of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
Adam and Eve from God’s presence, inviting Label#3 into history.


Genesis 3:12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

Label #4 Adam and Eve

from God’s purpose and invited Label #4 into history.


Genesis 3:15 I will put enmity (actively opposed/hostility) between you and the woman and between your offspring[e] and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

2) Needed to be Paid

Genesis 3:21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.

needs to be shed for the Heb 9:22.
We need ; we need a new nature that will allow us to towards God!


Galatians 4:4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law 5 to redeem those who were under the law…


Jesus came to and our sins!
Matthew 20:28 “the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom (lutron) for many” (Matt 20:28).

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Ephesians 1:7–8 “In him, we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us”.

3) JESUS US. (OUR IDENTITY IN GOD)

Galatians 4:5-7
so that we might receive adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.


Story George Wilson

What does it mean to be redeemed?

It is the

towards sinful in which he promises a who would pay the , while calling us God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit! With the intended purpose of our identity and purpose!