By this redemption he is freed from sin, from death, and from the power of Satan.
172. In what way is the believer freed from sin by the redemption of Christ?
1. The guilt and punishment of sin are removed from him.
Col. 1:14. We have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.
2. Sin rules over him no longer.
Rom. 6:14. Sin shall not have dominion over you.
3. When he dies, sin is entirely rooted out from him.
173. In what way is the believer freed from death by the redemption of Christ?
Spiritual death has lost its power over him, temporal death is but an entrance into perfect life, and eternal death he no longer fears.
John 11:25, 26. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.