Q1. (Ephesians 1:7) In what sense have you been "redeemed" from slavery? What do you think your life up to now would have been like, if you hadn't been redeemed? What would your future be like without redemption, do you think?
Before I accepted the gift of redemption I was a slave to sin. Having a good time, drinking alcohol -- stupidly, smoking cigarettes, going to nightclubs and parties as often as I can; they all had a stronghold on me. Truly, I was a slave to "peer pressure." Why peer pressure? The need to be accepted by, who I thought was the "in crowd," caused me to do those things that I listed above. I wanted to be the one everybody wanted to hang with. A slave to sin, a road to destruction.
At the rate I was going, if I had not been redeemed I probably would be living a miserable existence.
Thank God, I no longer desire to do those things I once craved. The death sentence is removed, I am alive and will live to the glory of God.
I hate to think what my future would be like without redemption.