Jesus Christ is called our Redeemer because his precious blood is the price by which we were ransomed.
To redeem means to buy back or set free by paying a price. Humanity had fallen under the power of sin and death and could not free itself. Jesus Christ redeemed us through His Passion, Death, and Resurrection. The New Testament frequently speaks of believers being purchased or ransomed by the precious blood of Christ. This language highlights the immense value of Christ's sacrifice and the cost of our salvation. The Church does not teach that God paid a literal price to someone, but rather that the sacrifice of Christ perfectly accomplished what was necessary to reconcile humanity with God. Because Jesus is both true God and true man, His sacrifice possesses infinite value. Through His redeeming work, believers are freed from slavery to sin and invited into the freedom and dignity of the children of God.
The Son of God freely accepted his Father's plan of divine salvation. Christ's whole life is an offering to the Father. The redemption won by Christ consists in this, that he came to give his life as a ransom for many, that is, he loved his own to the end.
1 Peter 1:18-19
You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
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