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Redeemed from the Curse of the Law - 2

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: that upon the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. - Gal 3:13,14

And if you be Christ's, then are you Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. - Gal 3:29

Let's begin off by trying to understand the term Redeemed.
Christ has redeemed us... What does that mean?

Redeemed:
  • To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.
  • To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like.
  • Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law.
  • To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error.
Imagine the feeling of being rescued from prison or bondage with a price way beyond your means, and someone comes over and fully pays for your release.

PRAISE THE LORD!!!! Jesus paid it all. He paid it all. We are free! Free at last!

The first thing to know is that we are free and that Christ has set us free.
John 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. 

He set us free by taking our place and was crucified onto the cross, he died, was then buried, but He  rose from the dead.
Then when you believe in His death and resurrection, then confess Him as Lord over your life.
Rom 10:9,10
9.That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised from the dead, thou shalt be saved .
10.For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Confession is an important aspect to our redemption, cause the enemy of our souls is always trying to deceive us that we are still bound, and yet Christ has already redeemed us.
Christ has already redeemed us, and not going to redeemed us. In other words, it is a past tense issue.
That means that we do not have to do anything to have Christ redeem us, cause he has already done so. All we are required to do is "Just Believe" and receive
Just believe that he has already redeemed you and confess it with your mouth.
2 Cor 4:13.We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;

Therefore if you believe you are free, then declare it. Declare or speak it out aloud that you are free. I AM FREE!!

Therefore, if Christ redeemed, purchased, bought us back or regained possession of us by payment of a stipulated price, what did he use to do so?
The bible clearly states it the Christ redeemed with his precious blood through his death on the cross.

1 PETER 1:18-20
18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

We were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. In our today language, Christ didn't use money to purchase or redeem us.

The precious blood of Jesus represents His life. That means that when Christ shed His blood at Calvary, He gave us His very life.
There's power in the blood of Jesus not only in redemption, but the blood also protects and defeats our enemy Satan and all his cohorts.

God has given us a wonderful weapon to use, the blood of Jesus. This is our weapon, our shield, our hiding place...In Revelation 12:11 we are told that, "They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony." Sin, temptation, sickness, disease, everything that comes from Satan is included in that.

"We must know the power of the blood if we are to know the power of God.Our knowing experimentally the power of the Word, the power of the Holy Spirit, and the power of prayer, is dependent upon our knowing the power of the blood of Christ." - R. A. Torrey

Christ redeemed us with his blood from the curse of the law, by becoming a curse for us. He took our place and took the curse upon himself that we might be delivered from it (the curse), willingly submitting to that death which the law pronounces accursed. (Deut 21:23)
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