How are believers redeemed according to 1 Peter 1:18-19?
According to 1 Peter 1:18-19, believers are not redeemed with corruptible things such as silver and gold, from their vain conversation received by tradition from the fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
Les teaches that Peter wrote these verses shortly before his martyrdom, long after his early Acts preaching. Peter declares that redemption does not come through corruptible things like silver or gold, nor through the vain conversation received by tradition from the fathers. Instead, the precious blood of Christ alone can pay our sin debt. Les further connects this to Exodus 12, where the lamb had to be without blemish and without spot, prefiguring Christ.
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
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Where does the lamb without blemish in 1 Peter 1:19 point back to?
The spotless-lamb language of 1 Peter 1:19 takes the reader all the way back to Exodus chapter 12.
What Old Testament passage does 1 Peter 1:19's lamb without blemish point back to?
1 Peter's description of Christ as a lamb without blemish and without spot takes us back to Exodus chapter 12.