Message topic: Christ our Savior Redeemer
Scripture: Titus 2:12-15 & 1st John 4:12-15.
While reflecting on the topic that I would like to share with you this morning, Christ our Savior- Redeemer; it came to me that there are two incidents which happen in the last three weeks, one in Texas and one here in California in which we could see both redeeming and Saving at work.
I am referring to the news which tells of the flooded river in Texas in which the last count was one hundred and sixty dead and over one hundred stilling missing: while here in the Wilmington area of Los Angeles, on July ninth, thirty one construction workers were initially trapped Four hundred feet underground.
These workers were part of a team constructing a new wastewater management tunnel, which was eighteen feet wide, seven miles long, and about four hundred feet underground. The collapse occurred about 5-6 miles from the tunnel’s entrance, creating a mound of loose soil, between 12 and 15 feet high, which separated some of the workers from the main group. Fortunately, all 31 workers were able to escape safely without any major injuries, they were then transported to the entrance in groups, using a tunnel vehicle and later hoisted out in a cage by a crane.
Now as we reflect on our topic for sharing today, can we see the act of a Savior, or a redeemer at work? Now think of it, 31 men trapped 400 feet under ground with a pile of loose earth 12-15 feet high between them and the only exist to freedom is 5 miles away before they could be hoist 400 feet to the surface and be free again.
Who do you believe that were with them all through this k-as? They had a Savior/ Redeemer who was with them leading them all the way, they should be able to say all the way our Savior leads us, there was no other who could have protected and saved our life, because of His loving mercies to mankind.
Are there any differences between the Savior and redeemer? And are these the only cases in which men are in need of a saver? If that were so I can say that none of us in this room would need a saver or a redeemer.
Who then needs a Savior or a Redeemer? All mankind needs a Savior ever since the day our first parents were put out of the Garden Eden because of disobedience.
In religious contexts, particularly within Christianity, both “Savior” and “Redeemer” are titles for Jesus Christ, but they emphasize different aspects of His role. A savior delivers someone from danger or difficulty, while a redeemer goes a step further by paying a price to liberate someone from bondage or sin.
Here’s a more detailed breakdown: Savior: this term generally refers to the act of rescuing someone from a perilous situation, in a religious context, Jesus as Savior delivers humanity from the consequences of sin and spiritual death. Redeemer implies a more specific act of buying back or paying a price to free someone from bondage or debt.
In Christian theology, Jesus is the Redeemer who atone for humanity’s sins through his sacrifice, thus freeing them from the bondage of sin and death. Essentially, a savior provides rescue, while a redeemer provides both rescue and the means by which that rescue is made possible, often through a sacrifice or payment.
In a simpler term, a savior is like a lifeguard pulling someone from drowning, while a redeemer is like someone paying off a debt so that the debtor is freed from that obligation.
Both terms are powerful and interconnected when describing Jesus’s role in Christian theology, highlighting His dual function as both the one who delivers and the one who pays the price for that deliverance.
Christ is called both Savior and Redeemer. As they used in the scriptures, these two roles are closely related, their meaning are often thought of as synonymous. However each title expresses blessings uniquely for the saved versus the redeemed.
There are two primary ways that Jesus Christ saves, from our sins and from the grave, but there are other ways the Son of God saves. In Matthew 11:28-29 He call come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest, take my yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your soul.
Christ saves us from every affliction and sorrow: there is no hardship or heart ache that His tender mercies cannot cure. Isaiah said this of our Savior’s solace: the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces,(Isaiah 25:8)
We rejoice knowing that Jesus paid the redemption for us when by dying on the cross at Calvary for our sins which no other could have done. Jesus redeemed us because He did not trust in riches or wealth, He trusted and obeyed God. He lived a perfect life without sin.
We call on Jesus in baptism to save us, to redeem us, because He is the only one who was able to save and redeem mankind from eternal destruction. Now redeemed, we will live forever in the presence of God for ever in all His glories.
Now that we are redeemed, we will have incorruptibility we will be once again be in a body as our fore parents with no disease, no sin that will ever separate us from the presence of God our heavenly father, we will be with Him forever: redeemed how I love to proclaim it, redeemed by the blood of the lamb Christ Jesus.