Lyrics
Intro
(I thought I wasn't worth it)
(He said I was)
Verse 1
I thought I wasn't worth it
He said I was
His grace I couldn't earn it
Thank God that He paid it all
There's a joy that I can't explain
I feel the rush running through my veins
My sins are gone and my debt is paid
And only He could do it, say!
Chorus
Hallelujah (Hallelujah)
Hallelujah (Hallelujah)
I've been redeemed
Hallelujah (Hallelujah)
Hallelujah (Hallelujah)
I've been redeemed, yeah!
Verse 2
I'm walking in my purpose
(I'm walking in my purpose)
I'm stepping out
Living in my inheritance
I'm a child of God
It's His favor not a flex
I could never take the credit
I'm only boasting in my weakness
Tell me why? 'Cause only He could do it.
Chorus
We say Hallelujah (Hallelujah)
Hallelujah (Hallelujah)
I've been redeemed
Hallelujah (Hallelujah)
Hallelujah (Hallelujah)
I've been redeemed! (If you've been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb, let me hear you shout one time tonight!)
Bridge
When the Son sets free, is truly free indeed
All the guilt and the shame, no it can't stop me
I've been bought with a price, I have been redeemed
Only He could do it, we say!
When the Son sets free, is truly free indeed
All the guilt and the shame, no it can't stop me
I've been bought with a price, I have been redeemed
Only He could do it, only He could do it!
Outro
Only He could do it
He saved my soul, made me whole
Only He could do it
He saved my soul, made me whole
Only He could do it
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
I've been redeemed
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
I've been redeemed!
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Meaning & Inspiration
“Redeemed” by Roosevelt Stewart is a song of praise about being bought back by Christ. It opens with a memory of doubt, “I thought I wasn’t worth it,” answered by “He said I was,” and continues that grace could not be earned and that a debt has been paid. The chorus shouts “Hallelujah, I’ve been redeemed.”
The second verse claims a new life of walking in purpose and inheritance as a child of God, credits favor rather than self, and boasts only in weakness, close to 2 Corinthians 12:9-10. The bridge says that when the Son sets free, the freed are free indeed and “bought with a price,” which quotes John 8:36 and recalls 1 Corinthians 6:20 and Ephesians 1:7.
The repeated line “only He could do it” keeps credit with Christ. The song’s message is that redemption is a gift, and gratitude is best expressed in joyful praise.
Related Scripture
- Ephesians 1:7 Redemption through His blood
- John 8:36 Free indeed when the Son sets free
- 1 Corinthians 6:20 Bought with a price