- Redeem
Psalm 130:8
And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Redeem = buy back. Redeem means to buy a person back from a kidnapper or a slaveholder into the possession of the one who first owned him or unto a state of freedom from the slaver or kidnapper. It is a person purchased for a price and returned to his original state. When we apply this figure of speech to our own souls and our spiritual situation it is easy to see what is really going on.
God owns each of us by reason of original creation. When we sin Satan has a legal right to our life and may rightly exert absolute control as a slave master. Then the Son of God lives an innocent life as a human being and was unjustly put to death on account of sin (ours) thereby buying us back for God, the One to whom we now belong. Jesus redeemed us from Sin, Death and Devil and brought us back to God; now we are free from the control of anything outside of us. We freely choose to submit ourselves to God, the Eternal Father and Creator of all.
God promises to buy me (Israel) from all my sins (iniquities). Sin was my master; sin controlled me; sin brought me to rule of Death and to the power of the Devil; Sin deceived me and killed me; it is no longer I who do it, but Sin that dwells within me. Now that I am redeemed I am under new management. The promise of redemption has eternal significance, but even more, it actually changes me. I need changing.