An Old Concept

Psalms 31:5 (KJV) Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.

(Proverbs 9 also read)

Ever since the cross on Calvary we have tended to think of Jesus as our redeemer.  We probably think of it in New Testament terms, as if it’s a new concept delivered in the gospels, but we can see that it is rooted in the Old Testament.  This idea of being redeemed, or as the NASB calls it, ransomed, goes all the way back to Genesis.  The need to be redeemed goes back all the way to the Garden of Eden.

So?  Jesus is our redeemer, we sing that.  We should also be singing that God the father has been our redeemer since the beginning.  We were lost.  We had a great price on our heads.  We’ve been left at the pawnshop to gather dust.  Now we have been redeemed.