Introduction A. Redemption Characterized 1. The definition Redemption is God's paying the ransom or price for sin Himself.
Redemption is deliverance by the payment of a price.
During New Testament times the Roman empire had approximately twenty million slaves, and the buying and selling of them was major business. If a person wanted to free a loved one or friend who was a slave, he would buy the slave for himself and then grant him freedom. He would testify to that deliverance by a written certificate. Lutroo was used to designate such a transaction. The consequence of sin Sin demands a price be paid.