Overview
This session focuses on the biblical doctrine of salvation, with an emphasis on redemption, reconciliation, and the significance of Christ’s sacrifice. Participants are encouraged to engage in worship, reflect on scriptural truth, and support the ministry through giving.
Worship and Welcome
- Participants are called to worship, praise, and magnify God, both in-person and online.
- Emphasis on entering God ’s presence with gratitude, praise, and repentance.
- Encouragement to set aside distractions and press into deeper fellowship with God.
- Reaffirmation of God’s power, mercy, and believers’ victory in Christ.
- Acknowledgment of the power and authority in the name of Jesus.
Scriptural Salvation: Foundation and Purpose
- Series continues on the topic of scriptural salvation; current focus is on redemption.
- Salvation is defined from the perspective of God’s intentions, legalities, and scriptural authenticity.
- Highest aim of salvation is holiness; God delivers, rescues, and preserves believers to make them holy.
- Connection made between salvation, new birth, new creation, reconciliation, and redemption.
Reconciliation Review
- Reconciliation means restoring harmony and compatibility between God and humanity.
- Reconciliation changes believers from enemies of God to being in union with Him.
- Achieved through Christ, enabling believers to move from enmity to oneness with God.
Redemption: Definition and Scriptural Basis
- Redemption involves being bought back or ransomed through Christ’s sacrifice.
- Key scriptures: Titus 2:13–14; Romans 3:24–25; Ephesians 1:7; 1 Peter 1:18–19.
- Redemption means believers are God’s “peculiar people”—His purchased possession.
- The Greek terms for redemption emphasize buying out, ransom, and deliverance.
The Price and Nature of Redemption
- Sin enslaved humanity under the law of sin and death; a ransom was required for freedom.
- Christ’s blood was the necessary payment; humans could not save themselves.
- Redemption is not a payment to Satan, but satisfies God’s justice and the penalty of sin.
- Jesus’s atoning work breaks the bondage of sin; believers are bought with a price and now belong to God.
Implications for Believers
- Being redeemed means believers no longer belong to themselves but to God.
- God’s ownership entails living by His standards, aiming for holiness and fulfilling His purposes.
- Redemption brings not only deliverance but also restoration and compatibility with God.
Giving and Stewardship
- Participants are encouraged to give through various methods (online, in-person, Zelle).
- Biblical principles of sowing and stewardship are highlighted.
- Prayers offered for God’s blessing, provision, and financial wisdom.
Announcements and Closing
- Reminder for Reignite Prayer online session on Friday at 6 a.m. Pacific Time.
- Acknowledgment of upcoming Mother’s Day; invitation to Sunday worship service.
- Final blessing for protection and favor upon all attendees.