But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel:

“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.”  When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.  For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.  I give Egypt as your ransom,

Cush and Seba in exchange for you.  Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life. Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you.  I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth, everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”

“Fear Not: I Set You Free” - Isaiah 43:1-7

Fear Not: I Set You Free

Isaiah 43:1-7

I. RANSOM AND REDEMPTION A. FROM A KINGDOM OF DARKNESS

Babylon symbolizes the world in opposition to God (Genesis 10; Isaiah 39).

B. AT HIGH PRICE

1. God’s ransom points to the value of His People to Him (43:3-4)

C. PAYING THE GREATEST RANSOM

See Luke 4:17-21; Mark 10:45

D. TO THE GREATEST RESULT

See. Revelation 5:9

II. RELEASE AND FREEDOM A. FREEDOM FROM A FUTILE LIFE

1 Peter 1:18-19

B. FREEDOM FROM RELIGION

2 Corinthians 3:17

C. FREEDOM FOR FREEDOM

Galatians 5:1