The blood of Jesus on the cross brings the believer into a state of redemption.
He paid the price for our sins that we could not pay, to break from our lives the chains of sin that bind us and to set us free.
We are free from the wrath of God and from eternal condemnation in Hell, Rom. 8:1.
We are free to live for God and to serve Him in the beauty of holiness.
1 Peter 1:18-19 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:
Fanny J. Crosby, blind since she was six months old, wrote near 9,000 hymns. She was asked which was her favorite hymn about her salvation.
She said, “Redeemed.”
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“Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it! — Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb; — Redeemed thro’ His infinite mercy, — His child, and forever I am.
Chorus:
“Redeemed, redeemed, — Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb; — Redeemed, redeemed, — His child and forever I am.
“Redeemed, and so happy in Jesus, — No language my rapture can tell; — I know that the light of His presence — With me doth continually dwell.
“I think of my blessed Redeemer, — I think of Him all the day long; — I sing, for I cannot be silent; — His love is the theme of my song.
“I know I shall see in His beauty — The King in whose law I delight; — Who lovingly guarded my footsteps — And giveth me songs in the night.”
Fanny J. Crosby 1882
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