Gal4:4 preceptaustin
SETTING FREE BY
PAYING A PRICE
One English dictionary defines redeem as "to recover possession or ownership of by payment of a price or service." Webster has "to buy back; to free from what distresses or harms: such as to free from captivity by payment of ransom; to extricate from or help to overcome something detrimental."
So that -
term of purpose - Gives the purpose for which God sent forth His Son and it was that He might be the Redeemer of men in bondage to the Law and sin. In
Galatians 4:4 Paul
He might redeem those who were under the Law - The implication of being under the Law is also of being under the curse (
Gal 3:13). See also
Ro 2:12 Ro 3:19 1 Cor 9:20,
21 Gal 3:10,
23. Like all men, Jesus was obligated to obey God’s law. Unlike anyone else, however, He perfectly obeyed that law (
Jn 8:46;
2Co 5:21;
Heb 4:15;
Heb 7:26;
1 Pe 2:22;
1 Jn 3:5). In Paul's day a slave could be purchased in a Roman city and the purchaser could either keep the slave for himself or he could set the slave free. Jesus was our "Purchaser" Who paid the price to set us free. The paradox is that while we are now at liberty, we are also His possession (
Titus 2:14).
Might redeem (
1805)(
exagorazo from ek = out or from +
agorazo = acquire in exchange for money with result that whatever has been bought is buyer's possession <> agora = market place) means literally to buy out of (ek = out of) the market place. The idea is not just to redeem but to completely redeem. Exagorazo is used only 4x in NT -
Gal. 3:13;
Gal. 4:5;
Eph. 5:16;
Col. 4:5. Paul has already used this verb in Galatians 3
Christ 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”– (
Gal 3:13+)
NOTE - Redemption. Three ideas are involved in the doctrine of redemption:
(1) paying the ransom with the blood of Christ (1 Co 6:20+; Rev 5:9+);
(2) removal from the curse of the law (Gal 3:13+; Gal 4:5)
(3) release from the bondage of sin into the freedom of grace (here and in 1 Pe 1:18+). Redemption is through Jesus' blood; i.e., through the death of Christ (Col 1:14+).
Jesus had to take on flesh and blood in order to qualify as our Kinsman-Redeemer (our Goel) and thus even be able to pay the ransom price:
1 Peter 1:18; 19+ knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
Hebrews 2:14-15+ Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.
Hebrews 2:17+ Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God,
to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
Sent forth (1821)(exapostello from ek = out, forth + apostello = to send away) means to send away or send forth as on a mission (Acts 17:14, Acts 7:12, Acts 11:22). Both here and Gal 4:4 the sending forth is a divine mission from the Father to fallen men to save them (Gal 4:4) and then to sanctify them (Gal 4:6), for the Spirit in the redeemed is the "Power Source" for daily living, daily sanctification (2 Th 2:13, 1 Pe 1:2). Are you learning to lean on the everlasting arms of the Spirit of God for the power to live the Christian life? If not, you are likely experiencing frustration, failure, futility, etc. Our new supernatural life necessitates daily dependence on God's supernatural Source, the Spirit of His Son!