Redemption Through The Blood

-April 24, 2024-

Good morning, happy Monday,

“Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”

(1 Peter 1:18-19).

The doctrine of redemption in the Bible is vast. It is precious, personal, and practical. It is indeed one of the greatest blessings we as believers have. Redemption is eternally linked with the blood of Christ. Redemption is the result of Christ’s blood, and Christ’s blood is the agent by which we are redeemed. Books have been written about it, hymns have written on it, and sermons have been preached about it, yet there is so much to know and fathom. It is like standing next to a vast ocean with a tiny pale to collect it. We simply can’t exhaust it.

All through the Bible, we find the subject of the blood sacrifice that must be made on behalf of sin. In the OT, so many lambs were offered that could never put away sin, but just cover it for time, up to a year. Christ came into the world to put away sin forever by His one sacrifice for sin on the cross. Hebrews 10:12 speaking of Jesus says, “But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.”

Redemption means to buy back. Jesus shed His precious blood to cleanse us, save us, restore us, justify us, and forgive us. We are so incredibly blessed to be a blood-bought people. Silver and gold are what we call precious metals, yet as great as they are, are perishable. They won’t last forever, but the blood of Christ will. It’s affect has no end. I love the subject of redemption through the blood of Christ. He is our Redeemer, we are the redeemed; His blood is like a fountain that cleanses us from sin. Paul wrote in Ephesians 1:7, “In Him we have redemption through blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.

The hymn writer Fanny Crosby wrote, “Redeemed—how I love to proclaim it! Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb; Redeemed through His infinte mercy, His child, and forever, I am.” There are so many other hymns, too numerous to count. Each one is beautiful. Lewis F. Jones penned, “Would you be whiter, much whiter than snow? There’s pow’r in the blood, pow’r in the blood; sins stains are lost in its life-giving flow—There’s wonderful pow’r in the blood.”

There is such a personal and practical aspect of redemption through the blood of God. It gives is power over sin. We no longer are held in the clutches of the devil and the power of sin and death. We have the power of the Holy Spirit to live holy and godly lives. Our sins are forgiven, our past is under the blood, and our present and future are forever covered by the blood.

Let us sing today, give thanks today, and rejoice in the precious blood of Christ and in the redemption we have in Him. We have been bought with a high price: the blood of Christ. Paul said, “For you are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are God’s.

Have a blessed day in the power of the blood. Stay safe and healthy.

Washed in the blood of the Lamb and victorious in the the Great “I AM.”

Dean