9-Redeemed of the Lord
2/28/16
Intro:
I.Isaiah 52:1-3
II.Heb (ga’al) redeem, buy back a relative’s property, ransom
III.COINS WERE NOT INVENTED UNTIL THE PERSIANS
From a weight to be carried to a debt that could be paid
Body:
I.The Price of the Redeemed (Isaiah 52:3)
For this is what the Lord says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”
A.There is no amount of money that can buy the love of the Lord.
1)“You have sold yourselves for nothing”—NKJV
2)Isaiah 63:9
In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried themall the days of old.
3)DECIUS’ PERSECUTION OF 250 REQUIRING PAGAN SACRIFICE
a)For the well-being of the Emperor in front of a magistrate
b)They would give you a reciept called the “libellus”
c)After the persecution this cause traumatic conflict in church
d)The birth of thing like penance and sainthood
B.The good news is that through Jesus all of our debt has bee paid.
1)1 Peter 1:18-20
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
2)JUNIOR WELLS STEALING A HARP FOR $1.50
II.The Testimony of the Redeemed (Isaiah 52:7)
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion,“Your God reigns!”
A.When God sets us free we have an obligation to tell others the way.
1)Psalms 107:2,14
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy . . . He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their chains in pieces. (NKJV)
2)STARTING CAMP CRESTVIEW BACK UP AGAIN
B.If it doesn’t sound like good news were not preaching it right.
1)Romans 10:14-15
And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
2)THE PLAQUE ON MY PULPIT
III.The Song of the Redeemed (Isaiah 52:9)
Burst into songs of joy together, you ruins of Jerusalem, for the Lord has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.
A.There is power in the worship of people who have been redeemed.
1)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. (KJV)
2)TONY THINKING THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS ARE PERFECT
B.There is a song that only the redeemed know how to sing.
1)Revelation 14:3-4
And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
2)SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION—CRAWLING TO FREEDOM
Other Scriptures:
Isaiah 43:1
But now, this is what the Lord says—he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.”
Isaiah 44:22
“I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.”
Isaiah 45:13
“I will raise up Cyrus in my righteousness: I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild my city and set my exiles free, but not for a price or reward, says the Lord Almighty.”
Isaiah 54:9
“To me this is like the days of Noah,when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,never to rebuke you again.”
Isaiah 55:12
You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
Jeremiah 50:20
In those days, at that time,” declares the Lord, “search will be made for Israel’s guilt,
but there will be none, and for the sins of Judah, but none will be found, for I will forgive the remnant I spare.
Romans 6:6-7
For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin—because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.