Romans Chapter
Three Lesson 43
Review:
#4. The fourth key word = redemption
It is
what is embodied in redemption that allows God to declare man righteous through
a decisive judicial act and allows Him to maintain His holiness untainted.
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Redemption involves 3 concepts:
#1. a prisoner #2. a
purchaser #3. a
price
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Basically the idea of redemption is to deliver by paying a price.
- The imagery arises out of the OT concept of the
redemption of the nation of
- What's
the picture with the Passover and the Exodus?
- The work of Christ in fulfilling the OT types and
prophecies of
redemption is portrayed very vividly through the 3 words that are
used for redemption in the N.T.
#1. agorazw ,
agora the market place; to buy in the market.
Christ
bought us in this slave market of sin by His work on the cross. He is the purchaser!
#2. exagorazw to buy out of the slave market; when purchased never to be exposed
to being sold again. Gal 3:13; 4:5
#3. [one
here] > apolutrwsisj
basic meaning to loose, to set free by paying
a price;
- This word puts the emphasis on the fact of or the
reality of the release, the deliverance from slavery;
- Paul uses it 7 x's each time
you should ask; Release from What??
And then Why or what is the basis for the release??
Rom
Observations on the
use of apolutrwsij by
Paul and its importance!
1. It
speaks of what is grounded solely in Christ, NO ONE else! Rom 3:24-25
2. Redemption is based so completely in Christ that the NT states it
this way; not that He redeems only, but that He is redemption! 1 Cor
3. It is grounded specifically in His cross work! Eph 1:7
4. Redemption and release in
Christ also has a future aspect! Eph
5. What is the
impact of redemption in the life of the believer? Titus 2:14;
6. Complete success of this
release is certain, it is guaranteed!
And its by grace! Eph
Summary Observations
on Romans 3:24
1. Rom.
a. First of the
absolute freeness of salvation to man; to the one who believes.
b. 2ndly of the infinite cost of salvation to God.
2. It also presents
the greatest matches of the Bible.
- Our
sinfulness is matched by God's grace.
- God's
Justice is matched by redemption.
- So if our problem is sinfulness; it is matched by God's
solution, His all sufficient grace.
- God's justice demands the punishment of sin; it is
satisfied by
redemption.
- No man or woman's sinfulness, no matter how great, can
ever erect a barrier that God's grace cannot take down.
Which
says; God's justice does not require a payment that the redemption in Christ
cannot pay.
3. If we were justified by works, then the crown would go
on our head.
If we're
justified by faith then it goes on Christ's head.
4. God desires to
save all! [2 Pet 3:9; 1 Tim 2:4]
Paul
immediately links the redemption effected by Christ, [the release effected by
the payment of a price] which is through faith in His cross work to another
aspect of His work on the cross that of propitiation,
which also accrues to us through faith!
- What Paul demonstrates here is that in the historical
death of Jesus ("in
His blood") this wrath of God found adequate
judicial satisfaction.
- What's in view is the turning away of the wrath of God
by an offering that provides satisfaction.
Propitiation
speaks of the placating or satisfying the wrath of God through the atoning
sacrifice of Christ;
not by anything we can do!
Meaning of Propitiation
In
examining the important truth related to our salvation in view with this term
propitiation we need to note that there are 3 major elements involved:
#1.
Propitiation considers the demands of the Father; by His character;
God can
condone nothing because of His holiness; +R/J;
Sin
deserves punishment and death;
What His
+R demands He must have - perfect holiness/righteousness
What His
Justice demands it must have - sin must be punished.
There
can be no reconciliation between God and man without judicial satisfaction;
This
satisfaction is what propitiation deals with.
#2.
The Cross must be included in any understanding of propitiation.
With a
focus on 2 aspects:
1. The
substitution aspect;
He took our place!
2. He
satisfied all of God's demands!
#3. The faith of the unbeliever, the
sinner, must be
directed toward the only object of faith, that is, in that finished work of
Christ that satisfies the holiness of God!
Definition: Propitiation is the accomplishment of Christ
whereby the demands of God's righteousness are satisfied.
But this
satisfaction of God is directed only towards those who believe.
It is
available to all; but only effective or realized by faith!
Everything
that my justice requires in terms of punishment for sin has been dealt
with! I am satisfied with what I see
with what Christ did on the Cross!
And all
of this becomes real, effective to each one the moment that they believe, just
believe! Nothing else!!
> Let's look a little closer at the word
propitiation and its use in the New Testament. i`lasth,rion
- its only used 2x's here and Heb 9:5
1) Christ is not only the propitiation as we find here in
But in
Heb 9:5 we get a slightly different shade of meaning of i`lasth,rion;
that of the place of propitiation; the "mercy seat";
where it is linked back to the Ark of the Covenant in the Holy of Holies.
What
Paul is saying here in our context is that Christ is set before all as the one
in whom propitiation is realized and therefore the Cross is now our place of
meeting a Holy God.
2) i`lasmo,j
1 Jn 2:2;
He is
the propitiation for our sins, His work on the cross judicially satisfies the
+R/J of the Father!