REDEMPTION AND REMISSION

REDEMPTION AND REMISSION

In whom we have redemption through his 

blood, the forgiveness of sins, according 

to the riches of his grace 

(Ephesians 1:7).

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“Redemption” in the verse above, is the Greek 

word, “apolutrosis” and it means riddance. 

In Christ, we have our riddance. He rids or plucks you 

out of trouble, and rids your life of anything that’s 

wrong. So, you can say, “I have my riddance in Christ, 

no matter what!” That’s redemption. It doesn’t matter 

what mess you may think you’re in, you can trust Him 

to get you out.

In Christ Jesus, we also have remission of sins. The 

King James translation uses the word “Forgiveness” 

of sins, but the Greek word is “aphesis” and it means 

remission; the total removal or blotting away of sins. 

God did much more than forgive us; He blotted out 

our sins. There’s no trace or record of your sins; it’s as 

though you never sinned.

That’s why it’s wrong for a Christian to keep a 

consciousness of sin. Some are forever praying and 

asking God for forgiveness, because they’re always 

overwhelmed by the burden of sin-consciousness. 

The truth is that the Bible never tells us to ask God 

for forgiveness. God never made provision for your 

“forgiveness.” This might upend some people’s 

theology, but it’s a present truth.

To forgive means to pardon, in which case 

the record of wrong remains, though you’ll not be 

punished. But that’s not the case with God and us. The 

actual Greek rendering is “to take away completely, to 

put away, blot out, separate from.” You might want to 

ask, “How about 1 John 1:9 that says,  “If we confess 

our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, 

and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness?”

What that simply means is that if we acknowledge 

(confess) our sins, God is faithful and just to put them 

away, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. There’s 

an automatic cleansing going on. That’s what it says in 

the seventh verse:  “But if we walk in the light, as he is 

in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and 

the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from 

all sin” (1 John 1:7).

God wants you to walk free of guilt or condemnation! 

He wants you to walk in the light of your riddance, your 

righteousness, your justification, your holiness, and your 

sanctification in Christ Jesus, not snowed-under by guilt 

or sin-consciousness.

PRAYER

Thank you dear Father for this glorious truth in 

your Word! Christ is my riddance; He rids me of 

trouble, and of anything that’s inconsistent with the 

provisions of the Gospel. I walk victorious, conscious 

of my right-standing with you, and my triumphant 

life in Christ, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER S TUDY:

Romans 3:2-25; Romans 6:14; Luke 24:46-47