We are redeemed by the precious blood of Christ, received through faith in Him.
Redemption means being bought back by a price paid on our behalf. First Peter 1:18–19 says we were not redeemed with silver and gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. Romans 3:25 adds that God set forth Christ as a propitiation through faith in His blood. Les Feldick puts it plainly: blood is the only thing God can use to purchase mankind's redemption (Clip 4).
1 Peter 1:18-19 — Directly states that the price of our redemption is not silver, gold, or tradition, but the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish.
Romans 3:23-25 — Declares that redemption is in Christ Jesus and that God set Him forth as a propitiation through faith in His blood.
Hebrews 9:22 — Supplies the foundational principle Les cites: without the shedding of blood there is no remission.
The Bible defines redemption as being bought back with a price. To Israel, God promised, 'I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm' (Exodus 6:6). The same purchase language applies to every believer. In 1 Peter 1:18–19, Scripture says believers '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.' The corruptible currencies of this world and the traditions of men cannot purchase redemption. Romans 3:23–25 makes the means clear: 'For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood.' Two companion truths frame the whole matter: 'without shedding of blood is no remission' (Hebrews 9:22), and 'without faith it is impossible to please him' (Hebrews 11:6).
Les Feldick teaches that redemption is God buying the human race back. When Adam fell, God lost the human race, so God had to redeem it — and the only way He could redeem it was to pay the price (Clips 2, 7). Redemption is experienced, Les says, when we believe what God says about the shed blood of Christ, His death, His burial, and His resurrection (Clip 1). Les points to 1 Peter 1:18–19 as the plain statement of how redemption is accomplished: not with silver and gold, nor from a vain conversation received by tradition from fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ. He stresses that Peter, writing decades after his earthly ministry, had come to the same revelation Paul proclaimed — you cannot make it plainer, and you cannot leave the blood out of the picture (Clips 3, 5, 6). Les also emphasizes two mandatory statements of Scripture that frame redemption: without the shedding of blood there is no remission, and without faith it is impossible to please God. Redemption through faith in His blood is the only way; it is God's way, and God is absolute, sovereign, holy, and just (Clips 1, 4, 5). Les connects this all the way back to the Passover night in Egypt — the same setting of redemption by blood (Clip 4).
Les Feldick explains that redemption means being bought back with a price. He uses the picture of a pawn shop: if you have pawned something and then bring enough money, you have to redeem it by buying it back. That is the picture of the human race — Adam fell, God lost the human race, and He had to pay the price to redeem it (Clips 2, 7).
Scripture is explicit: we were not redeemed with corruptible things such as silver and gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot (1 Peter 1:18–19). Les adds that blood is the only thing God can use to purchase mankind's redemption, and that Christ was ordained before the foundation of the world for this purpose (Clips 4, 6).
Romans 3:25 says God set forth Christ to be a propitiation 'through faith in his blood.' Les teaches that the two mandatory statements of Scripture are 'without the shedding of blood, there is no remission' and 'without faith, it is impossible to please God' — you cannot shortcut or detour them. We are redeemed when we believe what God says about the shed blood, His death, His burial, and His resurrection (Clip 1).
No. First Peter 1:18 says believers were not redeemed with corruptible things as silver and gold, 'from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers.' Les points out that this is why the blood cannot be left out of the picture — the traditional manner of life and earthly valuables cannot pay the price of redemption (Clip 3).
Covenant Backdrop for Redemption
God's covenant faithfulness to Israel in bondage is the Old Testament backdrop for redemption — God redeems His people, and He never forgets His covenant.
Redemption Through Belief in the Blood
Redemption is received when a person believes what God says about the shed blood of Christ — His death, burial, and resurrection — because both the shedding of blood and faith are mandatory.
Redemption Defined as Buying Back
Redemption is like buying back a pawned item: God lost the human race when Adam fell, and the only way to get it back was to pay the price.
Redeemed by Blood, Not Tradition
The Bible makes it plain — even Peter, decades later, affirms that we are not bought with silver, gold, or tradition, but with the precious blood of Christ.
Blood: The Only Purchase Price
Blood is the only currency God will accept to purchase mankind's redemption, and faith in that blood is the only way to experience it — the same principle as the Passover in Egypt.
God's Terms Are Non-Negotiable
The price of redemption is the blood of Christ, and God's terms are absolute: without the shedding of blood there is no remission, and it will be done His way.
Purchased as a Lamb Without Blemish
Believers are purchased with the precious blood of Christ, the lamb without blemish and without spot, chosen before the foundation of the world.
Buying Us Back with His Own Blood
Because Adam's fall cost God the human race, God set redemption in motion from the beginning, buying us back with the price of His own blood through faith.
Romans 3:23-25: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
The key passage Les repeatedly turns to — redemption is in Christ Jesus and is applied through faith in His blood.
1 Peter 1:18-19: 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:
States directly that the price of redemption is not silver, gold, or tradition, but the precious blood of Christ.
Hebrews 9:22: And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
The foundational statement Les cites for why the blood cannot be left out of redemption.
Hebrews 11:6: 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.
The companion statement — faith is mandatory alongside the blood.
Exodus 6:4-6: And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
The Old Testament backdrop — God redeeming Israel out of Egyptian bondage, which Les ties to the Passover setting of redemption.
Redemption means being bought back by a price paid by someone. Les Feldick explains that God lost the human race when Adam fell, so He had to pay the price to buy us back (Clips 2, 4, 7).
The price of our redemption is the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot (1 Peter 1:19). Les emphasizes that blood is the only thing God can use to purchase mankind's redemption (Clip 4).
No. First Peter 1:18 says we were not redeemed with corruptible things such as silver and gold, nor from a vain conversation received by tradition from our fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ (Clip 3).
Romans 3:25 says Christ is set forth as a propitiation through faith in His blood. Les teaches two mandatory statements — without shedding of blood there is no remission, and without faith it is impossible to please God — and says we are redeemed when we believe what God says about the shed blood, His death, His burial, and His resurrection (Clip 1).
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