The necessity of the atonement

4. Redemption

The word “redeem” in both Old and New Testaments means:

To buy back by the paying of a price.
To loose from bondage by the paying of a price.
To buy in a market and to take from a market.

Jesus is a Redeemer and His atoning work is described as redemption.

A redeemer must have the following qualifications:

He must be kin to the man.
He must be willing to redeem or buy back.
He must have the price.

Jesus measured up to all three of these qualifications. We are bought with a price.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 “... and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a Price“

1 Peter 118-19 “... ye were not redeemed with corruptible things . . . But with the precious blood of Christ. . . “

What was the price?

References:
- Lev. 25:47-49
- Titus 2:14
- Matthew 20:28
- Revelation 5:9
- Galatians 3:13