Do we need both faith and a blood sacrifice to be saved?
Yes. Scripture shows salvation requires both: God provided the necessary blood sacrifice, and the individual must believe what God said. The principle is that it has to be faith plus the blood offering, for without the shedding of blood there is no remission, and without faith it is impossible to please God.
Les explains that the principle is not faith alone or blood alone, but both together. Because God had provided the way back to Himself by Adam’s faith, He also provided the blood sacrifice that was necessary. Faith is one of the prerogatives, so it has to be faith plus the blood offering. Hebrews says that without the shedding of blood there is no remission, and Hebrews 11:6 says that without faith it is impossible to please God. That pattern held for Adam and Eve: God provided the blood sacrifice, but they had to believe what He said.
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
More Questions
Is faith necessary for salvation?
Salvation requires faith: without faith it is impossible, and a person's salvation must believe.
Why must faith be part of the salvation experience?
Salvation has to be by faith and it is all of faith, because Hebrews says without faith it is impossible to please God — so a sermon on salvation that never uses the word faith is deficient.
Why is faith plus the blood offering necessary for salvation?
Salvation requires faith plus a blood offering, as God provided the blood sacrifice but Adam and Eve still had to believe what He said.