Redeemer (Christianity)

This refererences the salvation he accomplished, and is based on the metaphor of redemption, or "buying back".

[1] Although the gospels do not use the title "Redeemer", the idea of redemption occurs in several of Paul's epistles.

Leon Morris says that "Paul uses the concept of redemption primarily to speak of the saving significance of the death of Christ.

In particular, his universal role means that through him the deadly forces of evil are overcome, sin is forgiven, their contamination purified, and the new existence as God's beloved, adopted children has been made available.

[citation needed] This sense of his all-determining role in the whole redemptive drama is suggested by a fact: unlike the Old Testament, where various human beings could be called "saviour" (e.g., Judges 3: 9, 15, and 31), the New Testament gives the title "Saviour" only to God (eight times) and to Christ (sixteen times).