It seems strange that God would have to redeem or buy back His people. After all, He is our Creator. In a real sense, everything He created—including people—belongs to Him. He’s the One who designed and made us.
But as individual people we consistently reject our Creator. We go our own way because we choose our will over His will. That’s the same as denying His ownership.
When we reject God’s ownership, we separate ourselves from Him. But from the beginning, God foreknew our human nature and inclination to sin. Before we turned away from Him, He had a plan to buy us back. He had a plan to redeem His people.
God didn’t keep His plan a secret. He shared it with the people of the Old Testament. We read in Isaiah, I have formed you . . . you will not be forgotten by Me! I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, and like a cloud your sins. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you. (Is. 44:21b,22 NKJV)
Originally published August 4, 1989.
Picture: Tulips, Fargo, 2009. Photo by Solveig.
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