God redeems humanity by paying the price for sin through the shed blood of Christ Jesus, applied by faith.
According to the transcripts, God lost the human race when Adam fell and immediately set in motion the process of redemption, buying us back with a price—His own blood. Redemption is a free justification by God's grace through faith in the blood of Christ, who was set forth as a propitiation. This is demonstrated in the Passover, where the blood on the doorposts secured Israel's safety, and applied to us today as we rest on the blood of Christ.
Romans 3:23-25 — This passage explicitly states that all have sinned and are justified freely by grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation through faith in His blood.
Romans 3:23-25 declares that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, and that we are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation through faith in His blood. This shows that redemption is a gift of grace, not earned by human works. The Scripture also emphasizes that without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins, indicating that blood is the mandated price for redemption. Additionally, the Exodus account illustrates redemption through the Passover lamb, where the blood applied to the doorposts protected the Israelites from the death angel, providing a picture of security through blood.
Les Feldick teaches that God lost the human race when Adam fell, and since that time God has been redeeming humanity by buying us back with a price. The price required is blood, specifically the shed blood of Christ Jesus, which is the only means of redemption. He emphasizes that redemption is not achieved through human effort but through faith in Christ's blood, which is applied when we believe the gospel of His death, burial, and resurrection. Les uses the example of Israel's redemption from Egypt through the Passover lamb's blood to illustrate how believers today are secure when they rest on the blood of Christ. He also notes that God's hands are tied by giving humanity free will; He cannot force redemption, but He redeems those who willingly believe. Ultimately, redemption involves the forgiveness of sins according to God's grace, not according to what we deserve.
Les Feldick explains that God sovereignly decided that without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins. He personally reasons that life is in the blood, and new life comes only through the death of a previous life, pointing to the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. Thus, blood is the mandatory price for redemption, and it is through faith in that shed blood that we are redeemed.
Les teaches that redemption is realized when we believe what God says about the shed blood of Christ, His death, burial, and resurrection. Both the shedding of blood and faith are mandatory—without blood there is no remission, and without faith it is impossible to please God. Faith is the means by which we apply the blood to our lives, just as the Israelites applied the blood to their doorposts by faith.
Les points to the Exodus account as a beautiful picture of salvation. Israel, God's covenant people, were slaves in Egypt, and God purchased them out of slavery through the blood of the Passover lamb. The families that applied the blood to their doorposts were secure from the death angel, and they rested in that security by faith. In the same way, believers in this Age of Grace rest on the blood of Christ for their redemption.
Security Through the Blood
Les uses the Passover to show that just as Israel was secure by faith in the blood on the doorposts, believers today are secure when they rest on the blood of Christ.
Redemption Defined
Les explains that redemption is buying back what was lost, and that God had to put a process in motion to buy the human race back with the price of His blood.
Faith and Blood Required
Les emphasizes that redemption requires both the shedding of blood and faith, and that we are redeemed when we believe the gospel.
Redemption as Buying Back
Les defines redemption as being bought with a price, and that God lost the human race at Adam's fall, so redemption is the only way to buy us back.
God's Initiative and Human Will
Les explains that God initiated redemption, but because He gave us free will, He cannot force redemption; we must want to come out of the slave market.
Redemption and Justification
Les connects redemption to justification by grace, noting that God lost us when Adam sinned and had to buy us back with a price.
Redemption Through Sacrifice
Les shows that from the beginning, God redeemed humanity through animal sacrifice, which was only the beginning of the redemption process that continues through Scripture.
Blood as Mandatory for Forgiveness
Les teaches that God mandated blood shed for forgiveness, and that redemption through His blood includes forgiveness of sins by grace, not by merit.
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;
This passage is central to answering the question, as it explains that redemption is through Christ's blood and received by faith.
Hebrews 9:22: And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
This verse underscores the necessity of blood for the remission of sins, which is the basis for redemption.
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:
Peter confirms that redemption is not with perishable things but with the precious blood of Christ, as Les alludes to in the clips.
God lost the human race when Adam fell into sin, and since then, all humans are descendants of Adam and are in need of redemption. God, in His love, initiated a process to buy us back to Himself because He did not want to lose us forever.
The price for redemption was the shed blood of Christ Jesus. As Les Feldick teaches, blood is the only price God can use to secure redemption, and it is through faith in that blood that we are redeemed.
We receive redemption by faith in the shed blood of Christ. This means believing that Christ died, was buried, and rose again for our sins, and trusting in His sacrifice alone, not in our own works or efforts.
The result of redemption is forgiveness of sins and being justified freely by God's grace. Believers are brought back to God and secure from eternal death, just as the Israelites were safe from the death angel by the blood of the Passover lamb.
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