Our Great Redemption - 1C

David Jay (0:00)

Today, on Real Life Radio.

Jack Hibbs (0:02)

God who was enthroned in yonder heaven, absolute innocence and perfection, was sinned against worse than you and I would have ever been sinned against. And he sent his son to pay the price so we could go free.

David Jay (0:19)

This is Real Life.

Welcome to Real Life Radio with Pastor Jack Hibbs. I'm David Jay, thanking you for joining us today as we listen, learn, and are challenged by God's Word, the Bible.

Jack Hibbs (0:35)

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SPEAKER_3 (1:26)

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David Jay (1:38)

On today's edition of Real Life Radio, Pastor Jack continues with his series now called The Book of Ephesians and a message titled Our Great Redemption Part 1

Ephesians is a letter the apostle Paul wrote to the Church of Ephesus showing every believer who they really are in Christ. And here Paul reminds us that we've been bought back, redeemed and fully forgiven through the blood of Jesus Christ. You see, God didn't just make us and then leave us to wander through this life alone and without purpose. He brings us back when we're lost, ransomed us from sin and from death, and canceled every debt we've ever owed. It is the good news that saves us and sustains us.

So today, Pastor Jack teaches that sin no longer has power over us. Through Christ, we have everything we need to let go of those things that trouble us or trip us up. And because we've been set free, we are free to forgive others. Now with his message called Our Great Redemption, Part 1, here's pastor and Bible teacher Jack Hibbs.

Jack Hibbs (2:39)

Let's keep going here quickly. It says, in him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness. Not only should you underline the word redemption, but underline the word forgiveness. And just what does this mean? Well, obviously, it's the forgiveness of sins. By the way, this forgiveness of sins, the word sin right here is paratoma, and it means a side slip, a slipping up, a lapse or a deviation from the course. Doesn't it sound gentle? A lapse or a deviation from the course? That doesn't sound so bad, does it? Well, it also says the unintentional error. OK, that sounds still pretty gentle. And it means the willful transgression in the fence, a trespass. You know what a trespass is? You cross the line. The sign says, don't cross this line. And a trespasser goes, looks around left to the right, reads the sign and crosses right over the fence. He gets shot with salt in his rear end, and then wants to sue the landowner, you know, for getting, you know, how it goes. He's a trespasser. He's lucky he didn't die. Sin is not only the unintentional crossing of the line. Hey, maybe the fence got knocked down and you went into somebody's private land. You've sinned. You've unintentionally erred. You didn't mean to, but you've sinned nonetheless. You're still breaking the guy's property line. That's not only sin, but so is the willful transgression and trespass to say, hey, I know this is somebody's private land. I'm going on in anyway. That's sin. We have forgiveness of our sins.

The Bible says that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. You know, I don't know what it is, but I'm getting addicted to watching the news at night, watching all these guys lie to me. It's kind of sad.

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