We often think about Jesus’ work in individual lives, but Jesus himself emphasized God’s redeeming work through the church. The New Testament writers called the church Christ’s bride and his body. This week we look at what it means that Jesus bought the church with his own blood, and we’ll do that through the lenses of church as Christ’s treasure, church with Christ’s task, and church in Christ’s timeline.
Redemption means to buy something back or to set it free, usually by paying a price. God is our redeemer, and redemption is his specialty throughout the Bible. The fullest and most beautiful redemption story ever told is given to us when we are redeemed by the blood of Jesus. As we focus on the blessings that Nothing but the Blood of Jesus can give to us, today we focus on freedom from sin and shame because by Christ’s blood we have been “redeemed from the empty way of life” handed down to us (1 Peter 1:18-19).