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RTT 111 - Redemption in Stories and in our Story What is redemption?  (vs. innocence?) How are we different from the angels? 1 Peter 1:10-12 - Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what person or time[a] the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look. We wish we could do it over or wipe it away or that it never happened - but what we get instead is redemption. Angels don’t have anything to wish away - they are innocent - but they don’t really get redemption. Redemption is part of the human story - this Big Story we are in (and angels only play a part in this story - maybe they have one of their own). Redemption isn’t bad to good.  It is bad to redeemed bad. Angels can’t relate, because they were never bad … Redemption in stories Edmund in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe … post redemption, he is different (and better) than if he would have never needed it. How? What does redemption give us if we grasp it? What do we lack if we never grasp it? If we think of ourselves as good instead of as redeemed bad, will we ever have true humility? Will we have grace for others? Will we be in a place of forgiveness? Clint Eastwood’s character in Gran Torino … think how different the story would be if he was a great guy his whole life … think how much he had to change to sacrifice himself redemptively as he did … You are the tax collector or the Pharisee … Luke 18:9-14 - He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed[a] thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ 13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” The two sons in the parable … one is redeemed - one thinks he is good - the one who knows he is redeemed is the one we are to emulate. Do we struggle with this? Try to convince ourselves and others that we are good instead of redeemed bad? What does that do to us? We have a story of redemption In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace (Eph. 1:7) Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,  (Ps 107:2) That is different from a story of innocence - --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/roguetabletalks/message