Psalms 100:3 …” It is He that made us and we are His, we are His people and the sheep of His pasture…”
Notice the word “His” in this verse. Because God made us, He owns us by divine ‘right’. When you ‘create’ something, you ‘own’ it. We are His people. We are the sheep of His pasture. In the secular world, we have both national and international ‘copyright’ laws to protect the ownership rights of creative works.
Not only does God ‘own’ us by virtue of creation; He also ‘owns’ us because He bought us. We were ‘sold’ into slavery due to sin. When Adam sinned, and subsequently, we all sinned, Satan became our Father. We transferred our rightful place originally given to us by the Creator, and gave it away to Satan. Just like Esau selling his birthright for a bowl of porridge, Adam sold our birthright for a bite from the forbidden fruit.
The redemption price was pure and sinless blood that man was unable and unwillingly to pay. When Jesus, the sinless Son of Man, came, lived without sin, then willingly sacrificed His life for our sin, the purchase price for our souls was paid. We were ‘redeemed’. God bought us back. Now, we are twice owned. Ownership was first by creation and then secondly, by the blood of Jesus. 1 Cor. 6:18-20 says, “Shun immorality. Every other sin which a man commits is outside the body; but the immoral man sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? You are not your own; you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”
I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you… Isa 44:22
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree” Gal. 3:13
Praise God that He is our Redeemer. Praise God that we are NOW His possession.
