Our Redeemer

As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. - Isaiah 47:4

    We often use the terms “particular redemption” and “limited atonement” as we preach the Gospel of Christ. If we indeed use these terms scripturally, we are saying, “All for who Christ died shall be saved, no more—no less. The Word of God sets forth this grand and glorious truth from beginning to end.

    However, living faith, the faith that God Almighty gives in regeneration, is not in this doctrinal point, or in any doctrinal point. Saving faith has for its object the Redeemer, rather than any work that he wrought. There is a difference. The Bible does not say, “Believe in particular redemption and thou shalt be saved.” The Bible says, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. We often hear folks say, “I came to the doctrines of grace.” Our Redeemer says, Come unto me.

    What I am saying is this: the Lord Jesus Christ alone is our Redeemer. In him alone is all truth revealed. We trust the one who redeemed, he who made eternal redemption efficacious. Those who know Christ, believe on Christ, look to Christ and trust Christ for all their salvation. They believe he accomplished eternal redemption for them, and all for whom he died. But, as for our Redeemer, the Lord of Hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. We labor to preach Christ and all truth in Him. It is he that adorns all truth with his glorious person.

    We desire to point sinners to Christ, in whom alone is life. I fear that many may find a false security in some doctrinal truth rather than having a living faith in a living person, the Lord Jesus Christ. I realize that some will disagree with me. However, salvation is not in what we know and believe, salvation is in the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world. As for me, there is no argument or debate; Christ Jesus is my Redeemer. For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth (Jb 19:25).