One of the best-selling books of modern times was called The Purpose-Driven Life. Author Rick Warren hit a collective nerve in society because so many people sometimes feel aimless and struggle for a clear purpose to point their lives at.
The amazing truth is that we are bought and owned by God. He tells us the purpose that should drive us to focus on how we use our river of time that rushes past us at 60 minutes per hour.
The Redemption-Driven Life of Revelation 5:9 is:
1. Redemption will be the theme of our songs in Heaven.
2. Redemption will be the focus of our worship around the Throne.
3. Redemption should be the purpose that directs our lives on Earth.
To help us calibrate our lives, the Lord shows us this scene we have been watching in Revelation 5. Please read along with me and hear God speak through His Word:
Revelation 5:9 And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
Last week, we began to unpack the three layers of meaning God has built into this one word in English: redemption. We have seen so far that God explains:
Redemption’s Three Purposes
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