Transcript The Scheme Of Redemption - Navarre Church of Christ

THE SCHEME OF
REDEMPTION
LESSON # 1
WHAT IS THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION?
DEFINITION OF A
SCHEME
1. A scheme is a plan, program, purpose for
attaining something.
2. Is this word used in the Bible?
IS THIS WORD USED
IN THE BIBLE?
Ephesians 4:14 Then we will no longer be infants,
tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here
and there by every wind of teaching and by the
cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful
scheming.
Ephesians 6:11 Put on the full armor of God so that
you can take your stand against the devil’s
schemes.
Psalm 33:11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
DEFINITION OF
REDEMPTION
1. To buy back.
2. To set free by paying the ransom.
3. To deliver from sin and its penalties, as by a
sacrifice for the sinner.
4. To make amends or atone for.
Webster’s New World Dictionary
STRONG’S
DICTIONARY
3084 λυτρόω [lutroo /loo·tro·o/] v. 1 to release on
receipt of ransom. 2 to redeem, liberate by
payment of ransom. 2a to liberate. 2b to cause to
be released to one’s self by payment of a ransom.
2c to redeem. 2d to deliver: from evils of every
kind, internal and externalv v: verb
IS THE WORD USED IN
THE BIBLE?
Luke 1:68 “Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, For
He has visited and redeemed His people,…
Luke 24:21 But we were hoping that it was He who
was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all
this, today is the third day since these things
happened.
Galatians 3:13 Christ has redeemed us from the
curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for
it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a
tree”),…
IS THE WORD USED IN
THE BIBLE?
Galatians 4:5 to redeem those who were under the
law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
Ephesians 5:16 redeeming the time, because the
days are evil.
Colossians 4:5 Walk in wisdom toward those who
are outside, redeeming the time.
Titus 2:14 who gave Himself for us, that He might
redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for
Himself His own special people, zealous for good
works.
IS THE WORD USED IN
THE BIBLE?
1 Peter 1:18 knowing that you were not redeemed
with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from
your aimless conduct received by tradition from
your fathers,…
Revelation 5:9 And they sang a new song, saying:
“You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its
seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us
to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue
and people and nation,…
GOD’S PLAN FOR
REDEEMING MAN
Ephesians 3:9-11 and to make all see what is the
fellowship of the mystery, which from the
beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who
created all things through Jesus Christ;
10 to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of
God might be made known by the church to the
principalities and powers in the heavenly places,
11 according to the eternal purpose which He
accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
MAN IS FINITE, GOD IS
INFINITE
Jeremiah 10:23 O Lord, I know the way of man is not
in himself; It is not in man who walks to direct his
own steps.
Isaiah 55:8-9 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.
9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so
are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts
than your thoughts.
MAN IS FINITE, GOD IS
INFINITE
Mark 10:27 But Jesus looked at them and said,
“with men it is impossible, but not with God; for
with God all things are possible.”
Psalm 147:5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in
power; His understanding is infinite.
Job 38:11 When I said, ‘This far you may come, but
no farther, And here your proud waves must stop!
TIME –MAN & GOD
Ephesians 5:15-16 See then that you walk
circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,
16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, do not forget this one
thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand
years, and a thousand years as one day.
Isaiah 57:15 For thus says the High and Lofty One
Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell
in the high and holy place, with him who has a
contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the
humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
BEGINNING & END OF
TIME
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in
the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from
the night; and let them be for signs and seasons,
and for days and years;…
2 Peter 3:10-11 But the day of the Lord will come as
a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass
away with a great noise, and the elements will melt
with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that
are in it will be burned up.
11 Therefore, since all these things will be
dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be
in holy conduct and godliness,…
TIME LINE CHART
Patriarchal
Christian
Mosaic
WHEN DID GOD
DESIGN THIS PLAN?
Ephesians 3:11 according to the eternal purpose
which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our
Lord,…
Hebrews 5:9 And having been perfected, He
became the author of eternal salvation to all who
obey Him,…
CAN WE KNOW THIS
PLAN?
Ephesians 3:2 if indeed you have heard of the
dispensation of the grace of God which was given to
me for you,…
Ephesians 3:4-5 by which, when you read, you may
understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ),
5 which in other ages was not made known to the
sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the
Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:…
Ephesians 3:9 and to make all see what is the
fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning
of the ages has been hidden in God who created all
things through Jesus Christ;…
“IF GOD HAS NOT SPOKEN IN
THE BIBLE…”
Deuteronomy 29:29 “The secret things belong to
the Lord our God, but those things which are
revealed belong to us and to our children forever,
that we may do all the words of this law.”
TO UNDERSTAND A
PLAN, WE MUST…
1. Understand or comprehend the entire plan!
“In order to understand fully and perfectly any one
part or element of a system, it is necessary to
have, in the first place, a general and
comprehensive knowledge of the whole. The
several elements must be viewed and
considered in their relations to each other and
to the whole scheme or system of which they
are the component and constituent parts”
(Milligan, page 11).
SOME EXAMPLES
1. The War in Iraq
2. Playing Monopoly
3. ?
Psalm 139:17 How precious also are Your thoughts
to me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself
approved to God, a worker who does not need
to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of
truth.
NEXT WEEK
The Patriarchal Age