The Resource of Our Redemption

But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. – Galatians 4:4-5 (KJV)

Most of us  who believe in Jesus as our personal Savior understand that we all were saved by the Savior’s singular sacrifice.  We accept the fact that it took His shed blood and substitution for us to allow us to experience the joy of redemption and salvation into a right relationship with God the Father.  Yet, we may not fully embrace how such a sacrifice came about long before He was hung high from a cross for us.

Sent for the Sake of Sinners

He was sent when the fullness of the time was come and by God the Father under the earthly rules of man.  He was born of a woman and under the Law.  Check the gospel  records of Matthew and Luke.  Joseph, Mary and Jesus Himself did as was custom and according to the Law.  All of this was done to redeem those of us who were under the Law and who would then receive the adoption of sons.

Sacrificed for the Salvation of Sinners

The sacrifice of Jesus was about our redemption.  An innocent man hung and bled for the transgressions of the world.  As Isaiah so eloquently spoke of the Man of Sorrows, “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5,KJV).” 

Shared with Sinners who Become Sons

Christ Jesus died and did not simply leave it as that.  Paul tries to drive the point home in this letter to the Galatian believers in verses 4 and 5.  In verse 4, Paul makes it certain to the brothers and sisters that God sent forth his Son, leaving no doubt about the deity and dichotomy of Jesus Christ.  Then, in verse 5, Paul assures the brothers and sisters that God’s plan for us was that we might receive the adoption of sons.  You see the resource = Jesus Christ, while reason = the adoption of sons, no longer called sinners.