READ: Psalm 71:22-24
“You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed; you have guided them by your strength to your holy abode.” – Exodus 15:13 (ESV)
Redemption is the manifestation of forgiveness and great mercies. Without the strength that redemption brings, there would be no one in the house of God. The church is filled with people who still continue to sin because they are helplessly programmed to follow their flesh. And yet, all these people are redeemed or purchased by God at great price. God values each and every soul who gathers at His feet. The redeemed of the Lord are very grateful. They gather to praise the God who has shown them mercy.
If you do not accept sinners who are equally purchased and set free by the blood of the Lamb, you will have a very different church and a very different environment. It is important to believe in God’s redemption if you want to experience the presence of God. You can practically invoke the presence of God by believing in the atoning blood of Jesus. Do you want to experience the presence of God? Then you need to believe in redemption! You need to believe in forgiveness! You need to believe in restoration!
The television that should have been in the shop is now legally in your house because you bought (redeemed) it. The souls that should have been in Hell are now legally in the house of God because they have been bought (redeemed) by the blood of the Lamb.
Churches that have few people have a different atmosphere and a different feeling. Churches that have many people have an atmosphere that is beautiful and also powerful. That powerful atmosphere is the presence of God that comes from the presence of multitudes of unworthy but legally redeemed people.