TO redeem is to buy back. Because of his sins the Jew was sold under the curse of the law. The same applies in principle to Gentiles, who now have the knowledge of the law, which the Galatians to whom Paul wrote had not, in their unconverted days. But Christ died not only to free believing Jews from the curse, but that the blessing of Abraham, that is, of justification by faith, might come to the Gentiles also. All who believe are delivered from the law’s condemnation, Christ having taken our place in judgment and borne what our sins deserved, in His own body on the tree. He became a curse for us. He was made sin for us. In the fullest possible sense He answered for us before God. Now we go free.
“He bore on the tree
The sentence for me,
And now both the Surety and sinner are free;
And this I shall find,
For such is His mind,
He’ll not be in glory and leave me behind.”