Text: “You were bought with a price…” (1Cor 7:23)
Catechism Question: Why do you call him “our Lord”?
Answer: Because, not with gold or silver, but with His precious blood, He has delivered and purchased us body and soul from sin and from the tyranny of the devil, to be His very own.
Intro:
I. Redemption in Israelite Society
Redemption of property (Leviticus 25:13-28)
Redemption of houses (Leviticus 25:29-34)
Redemption of persons (Leviticus 25:39-55)
Jubilee (Leviticus 25:1-17)
II. Redemption in Greco-Roman Society
Number of slaves
Status of slaves
Manumission
III. Redemption in the New Testament
1 Corinthians 6:20
1 Corinthians 7:23
1 Peter 1:18
Application 1: Owned
Application 2: Our Identity
Who owns you?
Application 3: Jubilee!
There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His slaves will serve Him; (Revelation 22:3)