WEBVTT - Redeemed

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Abides Daily Christian Meditations. I'm Tyler Boss. Today's

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to this Abide Meditation. Many things and people try

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<v Speaker 2>to own you, but you belong to Christ. As we

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<v Speaker 2>begin today's meditation, take a deep breath and exhaling. Release

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<v Speaker 2>any distractions that want to claim your attention. You belong

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<v Speaker 2>to Christ. What does that mean to you? To convey

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<v Speaker 2>the fullness of our salvation through Christ? The Apostle Paul

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<v Speaker 2>uses several different images. One of those is the image

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<v Speaker 2>of redemption, an image from the slave market. The language

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<v Speaker 2>of redemption was used in Paul's day to describe the

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<v Speaker 2>freeing of slaves by the payment of a price. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the picture that would have come to reader's minds when

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<v Speaker 2>they came across these words in Romans three, verse twenty four,

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<v Speaker 2>and all are justified by His grace as a gift

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<v Speaker 2>through the redemption that is in Christ, Jesus. Let that

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<v Speaker 2>image of Jesus Christ paying the price to set you

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<v Speaker 2>free unfold in your heart. Once you were enslaved to sin,

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<v Speaker 2>and even now the powers and principalities of this world

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<v Speaker 2>are at work trying to enslave you again. But in

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<v Speaker 2>Christ you are free, free to choose what is right,

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<v Speaker 2>free to resist the powers and principalities in the strength

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<v Speaker 2>of the Holy Spirit, free to follow Jesus. You have

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<v Speaker 2>been bought with a price, So what will you do

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<v Speaker 2>with your freedom? Salvation comes to us as a free

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<v Speaker 2>gift because Christ paid the price to set us free.

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<v Speaker 2>Please pray with me, Jesus. There aren't words to express

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<v Speaker 2>my gratitude for all you've done for me, for all

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<v Speaker 2>you've given me. Before I knew you, I was lost

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<v Speaker 2>and enslaved. But through your life, death and resurrection you

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<v Speaker 2>saved me and set me free. You've shown me how

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<v Speaker 2>to use my freedom, how to live a life that

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<v Speaker 2>overflows with God's love. Help me to live that way

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<v Speaker 2>to day In your name, I pray, Amen. Right now,

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<v Speaker 2>take a deep breath, inhaling the freedom of redemption and

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<v Speaker 2>breathing out push away the sins that try to enslave you,

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<v Speaker 2>just let them go. Breathing in, choose freedom and life.

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<v Speaker 2>Breathing out reject the things that keep you from walking

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<v Speaker 2>in freedom. Inhaling freedom in Christ and exhaling slavery to sin.

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<v Speaker 2>Pray with me, God, thank you for sending your son

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<v Speaker 2>to save me, to make me righteous before you, to

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<v Speaker 2>set me free from sin, and to reconcile me to you.

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<v Speaker 2>I confess that sometimes I don't act like a free person.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes I act like I'm still a slave to addictions,

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<v Speaker 2>to money, to my phone. God, please help me to

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<v Speaker 2>abide more and more in the freedom You've given me

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<v Speaker 2>through Christ. Give me courage to walk in your ways.

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<v Speaker 2>It's in Jesus's name that I pray. Amen. Remember it

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<v Speaker 2>is for freedom that Christ has set you free. So

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<v Speaker 2>don't let yourself be burdened any longer by that old

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<v Speaker 2>slave master sin. Walk as one who is free. We

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<v Speaker 2>so look forward to spending time with you again tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 2>and in the meantime, may you meditate and abide in Christ.