Torrey - Redemption

(compiled by R.A Torrey)

Redemption - Defined

kjv@1Corinthians:6:20 @ For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
kjv@1Corinthians:7:23 @ Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

Is of God

kjv@Isaiah:44:21-23 @ Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me. I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
kjv@Isaiah:43:1 @ But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
kjv@Luke:1:68 @ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

Is by Christ

kjv@Matthew:20:28 @ Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
kjv@Galatians:3:13 @ Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

Is by the blood of Christ

kjv@Acts:20:28 @ Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
kjv@Hebrews:9:12 @ Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
kjv@1Peter:1:19 @ But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
kjv@Revelation:5:9 @ And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

Christ sent to effect

kjv@Galatians:4:4-5 @ But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

Christ is made, to us

kjv@1Corinthians:1:30 @ But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

Is from: The bondage of the law

kjv@Galatians:4:5 @ To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

Is from: The curse of the law

kjv@Galatians:3:13 @ Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

Is from: The power of sin

kjv@Romans:6:18 @ Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
kjv@Romans:6:22 @ But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

Is from: The power of the grave

kjv@Psalms:49:15 @ But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

Is from: All troubles

kjv@Psalms:25:22 @ Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

Is from: All iniquity

kjv@Psalms:130:8 @ And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
kjv@Titus:2:14 @ Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Is from: All evil

kjv@Genesis:48:16 @ The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

Is from: The present evil world

kjv@Galatians:1:4 @ Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

Is from: Vain conversation

kjv@1Peter:1:18 @ Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

Is from: Enemies

kjv@Psalms:106:10-11 @ And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
kjv@Jeremiah:15:21 @ And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.

Is from: Death

kjv@Hosea:13:14 @ I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

Is from: Destruction

kjv@Psalms:103:4 @ Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

Man cannot effect

kjv@Psalms:49:7 @ None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

Corruptible things cannot purchase

kjv@1Peter:1:18 @ Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

Procures for us: Justification

kjv@Romans:3:24 @ Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Procures for us: Forgiveness of sin

kjv@Ephesians:1:7 @ In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
kjv@Colossians:1:14 @ In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

Procures for us: Adoption

kjv@Galatians:4:4-5 @ But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

Procures for us: Purification

kjv@Titus:2:14 @ Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Procures for us: The present life, the only season for

kjv@Job:36:18 @ Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
kjv@Job:36:19 @ Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

Described as: Precious

kjv@Psalms:49:8 @ (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

Described as: Plenteous

kjv@Psalms:130:7 @ Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

Described as: Eternal

kjv@Hebrews:9:12 @ Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

Subjects of: The soul

kjv@Psalms:49:8 @ (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

Subjects of: The body

kjv@Romans:8:23 @ And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

Subjects of: The life

kjv@Psalms:103:4 @ Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
kjv@Lamentations:3:58 @ O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

Subjects of: The inheritance

kjv@Ephesians:1:14 @ Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Manifests the: Power of God

kjv@Isaiah:50:2 @ Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

Manifests the: Grace of God

kjv@Isaiah:52:3 @ For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

Manifests the: Love and pity of God

kjv@Isaiah:63:9 @ In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
kjv@John:3:16 @ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
kjv@Romans:6:8 @ Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
kjv@1John:4:10 @ Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

A subject for praise

kjv@Isaiah:44:22-23 @ I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
kjv@Isaiah:51:11 @ Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Old Testament saints partakers of

kjv@Hebrews:9:15 @ And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

They who partake of: Are the property of God

kjv@Isaiah:43:1 @ But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
kjv@1Corinthians:6:20 @ For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

They who partake of: Are first-fruits to God

kjv@Revelation:14:4 @ These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

They who partake of: Are a peculiar people

kjv@2Samuel:7:23 @ And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
kjv@Titus:2:14 @ Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
kjv@1Peter:2:9 @ But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

They who partake of: Are assured of

kjv@Job:19:25 @ For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
kjv@Psalms:31:5 @ Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

They who partake of: Are sealed to the day of

kjv@Ephesians:4:30 @ And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

They who partake of: Are Zealous of good works

kjv@Ephesians:2:10 @ For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
kjv@Titus:2:14 @ Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
kjv@1Peter:2:9 @ But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

They who partake of: Walk safely in holiness

kjv@Isaiah:35:8-9 @ And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:

They who partake of: Shall return to Zion with joy

kjv@Isaiah:35:10 @ And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

They who partake of: Alone can learn the songs of heaven

kjv@Revelation:14:3-4 @ And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

They who partake of: Commit themselves to God

kjv@Psalms:31:5 @ Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

They who partake of: Have an earnest of the completion of

kjv@Ephesians:1:14 @ Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
kjv@2Corinthians:1:22 @ Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

They who partake of: Wait for the completion of

kjv@Romans:8:23 @ And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
kjv@Philippians:3:20-21 @ For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
kjv@Titus:2:11-13 @ For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

They who partake of: Pray for the completion of

kjv@Psalms:26:11 @ But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
kjv@Psalms:44:26 @ Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.

They who partake of: Praise God for

kjv@Psalms:71:23 @ My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
kjv@Psalms:103:4 @ Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
kjv@Revelation:5:9 @ And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

They who partake of: Should glorify God for

kjv@1Corinthians:6:20 @ For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

They who partake of: Should be without fear

kjv@Isaiah:43:1 @ But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

Typified: Israel

kjv@Exodus:6:6 @ Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:

Typified: First-born

kjv@Exodus:13:11-15 @ And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD'S. And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem. Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

Typified: Atonement-money

kjv@Exodus:30:12-15 @ When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD. Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

Typified: Bond-servant

kjv@Leviticus:25:47-54 @ And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family: After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him: Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself. And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him. If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for. And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption. And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
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