{"id":864,"date":"2009-02-24T00:53:07","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T06:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=864"},"modified":"2009-02-23T08:54:35","modified_gmt":"2009-02-23T14:54:35","slug":"christ-our-kinsman-redeemer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=864","title":{"rendered":"Christ, Our Kinsman-Redeemer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIn whom we have redemption through his blood, even for the forgiveness of sins\u201d<\/em> <\/span>(Colossians 1:14).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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As I prepared the outline with titles and scriptures, as I usually do, I felt it fitting to insert today\u2019s devotion. Boaz was like a foreshadowing of Christ. Boaz was considered, under Jewish law to be a \u201cgoel\u201d and this was what Ruth needed for our story to have a happy ending. We needed more than a \u201cgoel\u201d or \u201ckinsman.\u201d We needed a \u201ckinsman-redeemer.\u201d Thanks to Him we will live happily ever after.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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J. Vernon McGee has written an excellent commentary about Ruth and also Esther. I would like to share what he says about a person being a \u201ckinsman-redeemer.\u201d There were five qualifications that needed to be met. As I list these, you will be able to see a portrait of Christ.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>The redeemer must be a near kinsmen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>The redeemer must perform in willingness his work of redemption.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>The redeemer must possess the ability to redeem.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <\/span>4.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The redeemer must be free himself.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The redeemer must have the price of redemption.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn His humanity, Christ fulfilled the first two. In His deity He fulfilled the next two. And by becoming God-Man, He met the final requirement.\u201d Our redeemer was willing to pay the price for our souls to redeem us from the bondage of sin. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In the story of Ruth, Boaz would meet the requirements so everything would be legal. Christ met all qualifications but with a much deeper love than that of Ruth and Boaz. He paid the highest price for our redemption as He gave His life\u2019s blood on a cruel cross. O What A Savior!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sue Winchester<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Missouri<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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PRAY TOGETHER:<\/strong> Children and grandchildren are a blessing from the Lord. Pray for them by name today.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIn whom we have redemption through his blood, even for the forgiveness of sins\u201d (Colossians 1:14). \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As I prepared the outline with titles and scriptures, as I usually do, I felt it fitting to insert today\u2019s devotion. Boaz was … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-devotional"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":865,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864\/revisions\/865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}