CHAPTER 2
REDEMPTION OF MAN
DEFINITIONS
The REDEMPTION of man shall be understood as a CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP OF MAN from that of Satan to that of God, where God redeemed man through the Blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, (Rev. 5:9// 1Pet. 1:18,19) and opened the door for that man to be reconciled back to God. (Rom. 5:10// 2Cor. 5:18) Man can receive his redemption through faith (Eph. 2:8) AND the decision of his will to confess that faith with his own mouth (Rom. 10:9,10) and thereby choose life and not death. (Deut. 30:19) This new possession of God is then sealed by His Spirit. (Eph. 1:13)
Furthermore, the REDEMPTION of man shall be understood as a CHANGE IN THE SPIRIT OF MAN which spirit is now RESURRECTED, MADE ALIVE by being born from above by the Spirit of God (Jn. 3:3) and where this Holy Spirit of God now dwells and makes that man the Temple of God. (1Cor. 3:16) There is now deposited into the SPIRIT of that man a New Life from Heaven which is from God Himself and which was never there before, except for the First Adam, who had the Spirit of God in all his being, but he lost Him through his disobedience to God and became a soulish, sinful man.
Furthermore, the REDEMPTION of man shall be understood as THE BEGINNING OF A CHANGE IN THE SOUL OF MAN by receiving the “earnest of the Spirit” which was given to his HEART which is the organ of his SOUL. (2Cor. 1:22) We may also visualize this gift as a “vanguard of the Spirit” which must in time fill his whole soul and subdue it! We may also visualize this gift as a “seed of the Kingdom of God” which Kingdom is in the spirit of the redeemed man and now must be enforced into his soul by seeking first the Kingdom. (Mt. 6:33) The Spirit must then subdue his entire soul and eradicate the existing kingdom of the powers of darkness and evil which powers have been ruling his soul during all of his past pagan life and have NOT departed from his soul at his redemption or at his water baptism.
Therefore, the REDEMPTION of man shall also be understood as THE BEGINNING OF MAN’S FULL SALVATION where his SOUL and BODY will also be similarly reborn, resurrected, delivered from death and corruption, cleansed, renewed, recreated and transformed by the same Spirit of God. This will happen at a later time and in a uniquely different process for the soul and for the body.
His SOUL will be delivered, cleansed, revived, recreated and thus perfected through overcoming (Rev. 2:7,11,17, 26; 3:5,12,21) by denying of his self and taking up his cross and following the Lord daily (Lk. 9:23), by working out his own Salvation in fear and trembling. (Phil. 2:12b) This process may also be summarized by saying: By fighting a good fight of faith (see more in Chapter 3).
His BODY will be delivered from death and corruption, transformed, recreated and glorified at his rapture. (1Cor. 15:53// Phil. 3:20,21)
His OWN HUMAN SPIRIT though it is revived from above must also grow up and be cleansed and perfected as his soul must. The spirit of a redeemed man is not yet one with the Spirit of God though His Spirit dwells there. His conscience may yet be weak and defiled. (1Cor. 8:7// Tit. 1:15; Titus does not write about pagans as vs. 16 shows) His intuition and communion are still “non-functioning” after his redemption. These parts of man’s spirit need the same strengthening, maturing, cleansing and perfecting as the three parts of his soul need, that is, his mind, heart and will.
There are therefore two basic truths that influence every true believer from the time of his redemption right unto the end of his Full Salvation and they are the following:
a) The Word of God tells us “That if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved (redeemed). For with the heart man (1) believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth (2) confession is made unto salvation (redemption).” (Rom. 10:9,10)
In response to our (1) faith and to our (2) confession, which confession is THE WORK OF OUR FAITH, we are “born-again” by the Spirit of God (Jn. 3:3) and sealed with that Spirit of Promise as a new possession of God. (Eph. 1:13)
This is OUR REDEMPTION which is THE BEGINNING OF OUR FULL SALVATION, NOT ITS END! The end of our Full Salvation will be the end of our faith (1Pet. 1:9) and of the works of our faith! We will not need new or more faith any longer because being fully saved, we will be perfect in all three parts of our being and will live the Eternal Life; our faith was needed to guide us to that Life and the works of our faith have brought us there.
Our Saviour paid in full the price demanded by God and thus we are redeemed in full. Satan has lost his legal possession of us which he had while we were yet pagans! Yet, Satan has not lost all his legal possessions in us (see more later).
It is very important to see and realize at this point that had we believed in the Lord but never confessed that faith with our mouth, we would not have been redeemed! The above truth also means that those, who believed in the Saviour intellectually, mentally – in their mind and not in their heart – were never “born-again”, they never received the Spirit of God into their spirit and thus were never redeemed! They do not belong to Christ (Rom. 8:9b), but remain pagans that have received some religious information from the Bible or from the Church and believed that information in their mind and understanding. They are often called “paper Christians”, that believed in Christ, yet, never received the Holy Spirit (Acts 19:1,2); and there might be multitudes of them.
This fact also shows the utmost importance for us not to confuse various organs of our soul and of our spirit as it may lead to very grave errors, to our self-deception and even to our destruction and death. Also, what we believe in our mind and what we believe in our heart may be two completely different things. Furthermore, faith comes from our conscience into our heart, not into our mind (see more on p. 61[8] and in “Truth about Salvation[9]”).
b) The Word of God also tells us clearly that “That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” (Jn. 3:6)
Therefore, we must at this point make the following important declaration, namely, that at this beginning stage of our Salvation, which means, at our Redemption…
WE ARE“BORN-AGAIN” IN OUR SPIRIT ONLY AND NOT IN OUR SOUL! OUR SOUL IS NOT SPIRIT! (1THES. 5:23) THEREFORE, OUR SOUL MUST BE “BORN-AGAIN”, RENEWED BY THE SPIRIT AND WORD OF GOD IN A DIFFERENT (slower, more painful) PROCESS! THE RESULT OF THIS PROCESS IS THE FULL SALVATION, FULL DELIVERANCE, FULL CLEANSING, FULL REVIVAL OF OUR ALREADY REDEEMED (paid for by Blood) SOUL. (see more in Chapter 3)
I MUST AGAIN REPEAT THAT THE KINGDOM OF THE POWERS OF DARKNESS AND EVIL IN OUR SOUL, OUR SINFUL NATURE, OUR FLESH, WAS NOT DESTROYED OR ERADICATED BY OUR REDEMPTION, BY BEING “BORN-AGAIN” IN OUR SPIRIT OR BY BEING BAPTIZED IN WATER.
These above two facts and truths are very important for us to realize and remember for the rest of our Christian life. They do affect our daily life, our destiny and also the way on which we reach our destiny.
The concluding Truth from the Lord and His Word, which is NEVER PREACHED, TAUGHT OR EXPLAINED because it cannot be seen, understood and thus believed by natural human soul, is this:
A REDEEMED MAN IS NOT A FULLY SAVED MAN AS YET! ANY REDEEMED MAN HAS THE POWER TO LOSE HIS SALVATION AND LIFE ETERNAL BY HIS OWN WILL AND DECISIONS!
The above truth is based on the Scripture which is absolutely clear concerning this fact, which will be presented and discussed in more detail in the following Chapters. The fact that the above Scriptural truth is never preached and believers are never warned is another “great victory” of Satan and another proof of our pride. Satan managed to concoct this most terrible deception and through it to keep multitudes of believers in the danger of losing their life eternal! How many has he already claimed back? Only the Lord knows.
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To be continued next week in chapter 2 – part 2
brother Hanola
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