The Daily Word

 

Back in the book of Isaiah, in chapter 63, towards the end of the book, Isaiah refers to the Jewish nation, and the work God had done for them and says, “In His love and in His pity He redeemed them”. The act of ‘redemption’ essentially means buying back and buying involves some form of price that needs to be paid by the redeemer.

What happened to the Children of Israel in the Old Testament, was a foreshadow of a greater redemption and a greater redemption price that was going to be paid that we have recorded in the New Testament that would redeem not just an earthly nation but would redeem a people from the whole world, over all time. And it needed the sacrifice of God’s one and only Son on the cross. And that sacrifice and the very person who made that sacrifice is the One we remember this morning and every Sunday morning or whenever we meet to break the bread and drink the wine.

And we remember that it is God’s love that set this whole act in motion and the obedience of Jesus Christ to fulfil the final act of redemption. We are a redeemed people and even if we don’t sing the hymn itself, this morning, again we will fulfil the words, “I will sing of my redeemer and His wondrous love to me”.

Article written by Brian Preston, Elder @SFGH Church