Tuesday, 8 November 2011

The Result of God's Remedy for Man's Ruin


1 Peter-1:18,19

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

God did not redeem us with corruptible things, silver and gold, that we may become His slaves. Neither are we redeemed by our good works, that we may have grounds to boast; nor did He send angels to redeem us , that we may become angels. He sent his only begotten Son to redeem us "with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot" (v 19), so that we might become sons of God. This is accomplished through believing that "Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures" (1 Cor 15:3,4).

Christ is our Redeemer. His blood was the price He paid for our redemption. Jesus paid the price required by God the Father for the forgiveness of our sins. "The Lord [God the Father] has laid on Him [God the Son] the iniquity of us all" (Isaiah 53:6). "Withour shedding of blood there is no remission," that is, no forgiveness of sin (Hebrew 9:22). The precious blood of Jesus is upon the mercy seat in heaven's tabernacle, which was not made with hands, and is not of this earth. "With his own blood [after His resurrection] He entered the Most Holy Place once for all". Jesus our Hight Priest, sprinkled His own blood upon the mercy seat,"having obtained eternal redemption" (Hebrew 9:11-15). Jesus paid sin's debt in full on Calvery when He came the first time to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself on the cross (Hebrew 9:25-28). It is no wonder that Peter called the blood of Jesus "precious blood" (v. 19)

A new creation in Christ Jesus. "Old things have passed away; behold all things have become new"(2 Cor 5:17, 2Peter 1:4). Because believers are now partakers of the divine nature of God, they are born-again children of God (v.23). Because they are born again of the incorruptible seed of God, they will never be the same.

All who have been redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus (who are new creations in Christ) will join the four creatures and the twenty-four elders around the throne of God to sing the new theme song of heaven:Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. It will be the theme song on earth during Kingdom, and forever in the new heaven and the new earth(Revelation 5:8-14).

Without the faith in the precious blood of Jesus that cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1:7), there is no remedy for your ruin by sin.

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