Q1. Ancient Slavery

[t-c]

In the New Testament world, what class of humans were freed by payment of a redemption price or a ransom?

Slaves.

Why do you think that Jesus, Peter, and Paul used this analogy in this week's theme verses.

Slavery was very common in that day.They illustrated the fact that we all needed a redeemer to pay the ransom for our slavery to sin. The price for our freedom had to be paid by Jesus Christ and His sacrificial atonement for our sins.

What aspect of the Christian life does it help explain?\

That we once belonged to the world and were slaves to sin, but we have been redeemed, brought at a high price and we now belong to Jesus Christ and are slaves to righteousness.

[tgandy]

Slaves were freed by payment of a redemption price.  We are all slaves to sin if we let it be so.  Christ redeemed us on the cross.  If we serve the Kingdom of God we are free. This analogy was used because so much of the world in the time of Jesus was using slaves. We too like I said are slaves to sin if we let it become so.

[JoanG]

Those people that were either slaves or indentured servants were freed by payment of a redemtion price.

 

I feel that Jesus, Peter and Paul used this analogy to show how common man was a slave to sin and the evils that were so common in the world back then. And I feel that this explains people's backsliding into sin now.

[lighthouse2014]

Q1. In the New Testament world, what class of humans were freed by payment of a redemption price or a ransom? Why do you think that Jesus, Peter, and Paul used this analogy in this week's theme verses. What about the Christian life does it help explain? Exposition

In the New Testament class humans that were freed from slavery were usually those who were in debt, forced into labor and kidnapped, these were usually paid for with a price or ransom.

Jesus, Peter and Paul used this analogy of slavery to indicate we were all sinners since the time of Adam. There was no way to ransom or free people from sin except by the blood of Christ on the cross.

In Christian life this ransom for our sins and reconciliation back to God was through the blood of Christ on the cross. This blood was the payment for our sins, it was our spiritual life that it cleansed and our physical live changed.   

[hinckster]

In the New Testament world, what class of humans were freed by payment of a redemption price or a ransom?

 

In the New Testament world slaves were freed.

 

Why do you think that Jesus, Peter, and Paul used this analogy in this week's theme verses?

 

For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect." (1 Peter 1:18-19).

 

"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body." (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).

 

"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." (Mark 10:44-45).  

What aspect of the Christian life does it help explain?

 

Christians, like slaves, have been bought, and God now owns them. "Bought" means "to acquire things or services in exchange for money, buy, purchase." This idea extends to persons as well: "to secure the rights to someone by paying a price, buy, acquire as property."



 

 

 

[Jen]

Q1. In the New Testament world, what class of humans were freed by payment of a redemption price or a ransom? Why do you think that Jesus, Peter, and Paul used this analogy in this week's theme verses. What about the Christian life does it help explain?

 

In the New testament world the slaves were the class of humans who were owned by someone else.  They could not free themselves.  They needed someone to pay the price demanded for their freedom.

Christ has paid that price for us.  We have been freed from slavery to sin.  We are redeemed, pardoned, forgiven by a just and holy God who because of His great love for us and His great mercy, came to earth and paid the required price for those who want to be free from their sin and it's price which is death.

 

God bless

Jen

Romans 15:13

 

[elaineer]

Slavery was common in the Old Testament. Relatives had to pay for them to be freed. We are freed by Jesus's blood on the cross.

[DawnMc13]

       Slaves were the class of humans that were freed by payment of a redemption price or a ransom. 

       I think that Jesus, Peter and Paul used this analogy because slavery was a part of their culture and was very well understood by the people of that time.

       We are all born as sinners and therefore are slaves to sin. This puts us under the control of the devil.  When Jesus died on the cross He bought us back to the ownership of the Father to those who accept Him as their Saviour.

          Romans 6:22 But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life. 

[Paul Irving]

On 2/22/2003 at 10:57 PM, Pastor Ralph said:

Q1. In the New Testament world, what class of humans were freed by payment of a redemption price or a ransom? Why do you think that Jesus, Peter, and Paul used this analogy in this week's theme verses. What about the Christian life does it help explain? Exposition

The class of humans were slaves not redeemed with corruptible things like silver and gold. Nor with the vain conversations received by the tradition of their fathers.  God sacrificed his only begotten Son to save humans from the sins of the world and to eventually defeat the devil forever.  Jesus plainly says no person gets to God but through me.  I am the light, the life, and the resurrection those who believe in me though they shall die they are passed from death into life eternal.  The Christian life has to center on Jesus Christ as the head of the Church.  

[Nandita]

Q1. In the New Testament world, what class of humans were freed by payment of a redemption price or a ransom? Why do you think that Jesus, Peter, and Paul used this analogy in this week's theme verses. What aspect of the Christian life does it help explain?  

Jesus, Peter, and Paul use this analogy because it explains our situation perfectly. All of humanity is held in slavery. We are slaves to sin. And because only the sinless can save the sinner from sin, only Jesus has the power to save us. The price for our freedom was his blood. When he shed it sin had no hold over us and we were free. When he died he took away our sins and made us right with God. Or, as in this analogy, he rescued us from the fate that awaited us—death as slaves to sin, in sin. 

 

 

The analogy helps explain why Christians label things as 'sinful' or not, why we constantly try to avoid sin, and what our attitude towards sin is. We know that sin is bad and to be avoided, but also that it doesn't have a hold on us and with redemption we can leave the guilt it brings behind. Our understanding of sin, its consequences, its hold on us, and our subsequent freedom frees us mentally and spiritually.  Non Christians who don't have any concept of sin may divide the world into right and wrong—but their definitions of 'right' and 'wrong' are incomplete and not necessarily true. Their definitions also don't offer them the strength to walk away from sin. And their definitions certainly don't promise them freedom from guilt or death. .