Redeemed(From Our 9-1-24 Worship)

West Side Church of Christ - Elkton Ky

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Transcript:
They're, uh, they're basically worthless to most people. I dare say probably half the people in the room here today probably never even seen one, let alone had to use it. If you had to go, had to go find one, I would say that probably your parents or your grandparents house, probably in an attic or a closet would be the best place to go look.

You see, at one time this was an absolute necessity, but The world's kind of moved on. The mechanical typewriter, when it was invented, was an absolute game changer. And if you've ever seen one, handled one, they're heavy, they've got all these moving parts and pieces, and you think, How in the world did somebody design that the first time?

Right? How did they come up with that? But as important as they were, Today, you think, well, There's no need for that. You probably couldn't get, I mean, you could expect to find something like that at a yard sale, maybe with, with 50 cents wrote on it. Although there was no telling what they cost when they were brand new.

But like I say, they're almost worthless to most people. But this typewriter right here, the one you're looking at, this specific one, um, it sold at auction in 2009. For $254,000, that's like new house money, y'all, $254,000. And on top of that, this one here, it's broke. You literally can't even use it to type on anymore.

Now, the reason it's broke is because it was used by famous author or famous author. McCormick McCarthy. I think I got that right. And for 50 years, he wrote some of the best fiction novels. And he did it on a old typewriter that he bought at a Knoxville pawn shop for 50 bucks. Bought it for 50 bucks, sold it for 254, 000.

I mean, woo, it's an investment. You think about that.

My question to you is, do you think that it's worth it? And I'm actually, I'm going to stop interrupting you for a second.

Let's put the top runner on hold this month. What happens at an auction or when you go to a store? Okay, you walk in there and you look at something, maybe it's a bottle of, a bottle of Tide, and you think to yourself, Self, I need that. You pick it up, you take it up front, you set it on the counter, And then, in some way, shape, form, or another, you trade something of value that's equal to the price tag on the item.

You basically have to trade value for this item to be able to carry it out to the store without the police chasing you.

Now, we call that buying, but there's a really fancy word for it called redemption. When you redeem something You give something of value in exchange for it. You buy that munchmeat on that laundry detergent, and you give something of equal value, you trade it for it. You'll take it home. So that, that word in my addiction, okay?

Let's go back to our top reference for a moment. Now this is probably going to sound silly, but I need you to work with me here, okay? I won't teach nobody. This moment, you're in this time, right?

Okay.

Imagine what it would be like to be this time, right? You're I don't know, 60, 70 years old. You're completely worn out. You're a racial function and purpose of piping. You can no longer do any more. You probably think, what? Want to work? No good. And you probably imagine that someday somebody is going to come in and pick you up, and you're going to hear this thud as you hit the bottom of the trash can.

You just figure it's coming. But instead, one day, someone comes in and picks you up, and you're just crawling out there waiting for it. You know you're going to the trash can, but you walk outside past the trash can, they put you in the back of the vehicle, and they start driving.

They drive in this place, seems to be pretty fancy. Everybody in there's got their got their suits on. You know, they look nice and smelling good and they put you out on a table and you're still not confused. You don't know what's going on. There's all this talking, meeting with and chatter going on in the background and you're there for several hours.

And then all of a sudden, this guy that talks really fast starts to talk and everybody gets quiet.

He's talking fast. You can't really understand even what he's saying, but eventually he gets down to the end, boom, boom, whacks that guy, $254,000. You thought you were going into the trash pile and someone has just paid for you $254,000. You thought you were worthless, and now someone has given an immense value for you.

They traded this money that they worked hard for. They traded it for you. Why'd they do that? How can they see value in me? But all of a sudden, the instant you feel like you were destined for the bottom of the trash can, and now you're someone's valuable possession.

And, you know, you don't understand why, but at the end of the day, all you know is you're grateful that you're not headed for the crash game. How do you think the time we're underfoot should probably

not be the same way that we feel?

When we realize that God has not only given us life and breath, that God has also not only given us all these blessings, But on top of everything else, he had to give his son to die for my sins. Are you kidding me? 254, 000 for a broke top rider is a steal compared to God having to give his son to die on a cross for my weakness.

And for your weakness.

You see this morning, this sermon is little bit different. I can't help it. I struggled and I struggled and I struggled. It's kind of like quicksand. The more I dug, the bigger I got. I come up with all these points, and all these possible applications, and everything I come up with might have been slick, it might have been cool, but nothing was better than this one point that God sent his son to buy us, to redeem us back.

I don't have a better point than that today. That's what God has done for us. And he's given something worth incredibly more than 254, 000 to do it. I don't have anything better than that. I wish I did. I wish I had three points to bowl, but I ain't got it today. All I've got is this one point that God gave the ultimate price to redeem us.

So what I today, instead, is I want to show you what the Bible has to say about redemption. This isn't an exhaustive list. By any stretch of the imagination, but it's nothing you can't pull off. And I would love to be able to make some grand application in your life, but honestly, I don't know how to make an application in your life.

I don't know what you can do, but you can make an application in your life. Right? Let's start out in Romans chapter 3, verse 21. Now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the law and the promise bear witness to the righteousness of God. For faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe, for there is no distinction, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by His grace as a gift through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation, a payment, if you will, by His blood, to be received by f...