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  THE EFFICACY OF REDEMPTION
  by Watchman Nee
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Summary: The red heifer sacrifice and its ashes embody the efficacy of
redemption, making Christ's atonement always available for our need.

Topics: "Redemption", "Atonement"
Scripture References: Numbers 19:2, John 4:14, Romans 5:9, Ephesians 1:7, Colossians 1:14, Hebrews 9:14, Hebrews 10:14, 1 Peter 1:18-19, 1 John 1:7, Revelation 1:5

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Watchman Nee emphasizes the unique role of the red heifer in the
sacrificial system of Israel, highlighting that while other sacrifices
addressed immediate needs, the red heifer was intended for future
cleansing. The ashes of the heifer, mixed with water, provided a means
of purification for the unclean, symbolizing the efficacy of redemption.
In Christian terms, believers have access to the finished work of
Christ, which serves as a perpetual source of cleansing without the need
for repeated sacrifices. This illustrates the completeness of Christ's
atonement and its continual availability for our spiritual needs.

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"Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer
without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never some yoke."
Numbers 19:2

While all Israel's other sacrifices were offered to meet current needs,
the red heifer alone was different, it was offered to provide for future
eventualities. The whole heifer was to be burned. Then the ashes were
collected and stored, so that as the need arose they could be mixed with
running water and sprinkled on an unclean person to make him clean.

In those ashes was embodied all the efficacy of redemption. Whenever a
man was defiled, he had no need to slay another heifer; he needed only
to he sprinkled with this water. Putting this in Christian terms, a
believer today does not need the Lord Jesus to work for him a second
time; he has the incorruptible ashes and living water of Christ's
finished work fur his cleansing. The atonement which God has wrought for
us in Christ is always at once available for our need.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/watchman-nee/the-efficacy-of-redemption/
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