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  What is redemptive theology?

 

 

Sin = falling short
 my definiton = greed, hate, rebellion, immorality and
     exploiting others eg sexual abuse

 The Saviour

God loved the world so much

Jesus died that we might live

Salvation

deliverance

 the call to repent and believe

   I found repenting of my sins brought freedom.

 

 

 How is redemptive theology relevant to us as survivors of sex crimes ( sexual abuse) against us?


 lets look at parables,  words of encouragement  and Jesus proclamation

 In the parable of the Good Samaritian

 an innocent man was beaten up and left wounded

 The Good Samaritian stoped
cleaned his wounds
bound up his wounds
took him to a safe place to recover


 

In Psalm 23 we read
"He restores my soul"

 

The powerfull  love of God  casts our fear         ( and trauma)

 Jesus is the great shame remover.

we are accepted in Him

 

Jesus proclaimed
 the promise in Isaiah 61
was fulfilled in Him.

 He is announcing
The Spirit of the Lord is upon Him

  • to preach Good news to the poor possably dignity  see Barkley's commentary)
  • to heal the broken hearted
  • to set the captives free."
   I have been praying for such a ministry of God  in our lives for around 25 years.


     

    Evangelical and Orthodox Christians and most protestants

  • believe in an all knowing , all powerfull God
  • The God who knows truth and has revealed truth in His word, The Bible.
  • The God revealed Himself in nature
  • The God who created us
  •  God who sent His Son to save us from our sin.  ( greed, hate, selfishness, rebellion, immorality and exploitating others)
  •   God who restores lives

 

 Jesus Christ is the shame remover. 

     "There is no condemnation in Christ Jesus."    Romans 8 verse 1
      Perpetrators of sex crimes where there is an abuse of power  are known to dump their guilt and shame on we the victim.  ( the legal term )
  but we are the survivors.
      Now if I'm walking along a footpath and someone in front of me drops a $10 note  it is not mine.  I call out. I run up to the pedestrian in front of me and say
   " here is your $10 note you droped" as I give it to it's rightfull owner.
        Likewise,  I feel the Lord gave me a profound insight,
               that  any guilt or shame dumped on me is not mine
               the guilt and shame of the sex crime committed against me  does not belong to me but the abuser.
         I figuritively handed it back.
         I imagined I handed it back.
    As Christian survivors we should be and can be shame free.