majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him in Galatians 4:4-5,
"But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman,
born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the
full rights of sons."
When I was a kid, some of the stores we shopped in carried S&H Green
Stamps. The stamps were an incentive the store used to get customers
to come into their place of business. When you bought something you
received the stamps to paste in a book. When you had enough books,
you took them to an S&H Green Stamp redemption store where the books
could be exchanged for all kinds of things you might want: cameras,
radios, tableware, etc. You got stuff by taking the stamps in to
redeem it.
In this passage, Paul talks about Jesus Christ redeeming people who
were under the condemnation of the law. Because all people are
sinners, all are law breakers. The Son of God came to redeem those
under the law, condemned to an eternity in the lake of fire. He did
this by taking our punishment on himself when he died on the cross.
This secured our "redemption".
God did this to purchase for himself a people he wanted for himself,
to populate his kingdom, his family. God had decided before time began
that he wanted to purchase from his own judgment all those who would
embrace him in faith. Now that we have been redeemed, we have received
"the full rights of sons". This is because we are now co-heirs with
his Son, Jesus Christ, Romans 8:17.
When you think about this, and think on it more, how can it not result
in a tremendous outpouring of appreciation on our behalf for what God
has done? How could anything be more awesome, more fantastic than
this? And to think that God did this for people who had gone their own
way, who had turned their backs on God in sin and rebellion!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd
love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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