Believers are saved and kept by God's grace alone, through faith in the blood of Christ—not by anything they earn or deserve.
Les Feldick shows that Israel's safety in Egypt was based on the blood applied to the door, not on their goodness. He applies the same truth to believers: being 'under the blood' makes them safe and secure, even when they sin, because security rests on God's grace and Christ's work. This security never gives a license to sin.
Romans 8:38-39 — This is the New Testament promise that nothing—death, life, angels, powers, things present or to come—can separate a believer from the love of God in Christ Jesus.
Exodus 12:13 — This is the Old Testament picture of security: God promised to pass over every household covered by the blood of the Passover lamb.
Exodus 12:12–13 records God's promise to Moses and Aaron: He would pass through Egypt, smite every firstborn in the land, and execute judgment on the gods of Egypt. The blood of the Passover lamb was to be a token on the houses, and God declared, 'when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you.' The safety of each household rested on the blood that God saw on the door. Romans 8:38–39 gives the New Testament assurance that this security is not fragile. Paul was persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Scripture grounds the believer's safety in a divine promise, not in human performance.
Les Feldick uses the Passover in Egypt as the defining picture of grace and security. The Israelites were absolutely safe under the blood on their doorposts, not because they had earned anything or because of their goodness, but simply because the blood had been applied in faith. He emphasizes that every Jewish household in Goshen evidently had the blood on the door, and none of them lost their firstborn. Les applies this directly to believers: if we are under the blood of Christ, we are safe and secure, just as Israel was safe in Egypt. Even when a believer sins, they are still under the blood and nothing can touch them. This is not a license to sin—Les repeatedly says God's grace is never a license—but it does mean our security does not depend on our own ability to hold on. Justification is entirely God's work, and we are secure simply because we have placed our faith in the blood and resurrection of Christ. Les also stresses that this grace is not a New Testament invention. Grace was evident in the Garden, it is why God did not destroy Israel after the golden calf, it is why He did not wipe Israel off the map after they rejected and crucified the Messiah, and it is why the whole human race has not already been destroyed. God's grace is God's undeserved mercy toward sinners.
No. Les says the Israelites in Egypt had nothing to worry about or fear, not because of anything they had earned and not because of their goodness, but because of the blood on the door. Without that blood, they would not have been safe—even if they had been good people. The blood was the sole basis of their protection.
Les draws a direct parallel: if we are under the blood of Christ, we are as safe and secure as Israel in Egypt. Our security is not because of anything we do or deserve, but because we have placed our faith in the blood and resurrection of Christ. Just as the blood of the Passover lamb sealed out judgment, Christ's blood seals out judgment for the believer. This is why Paul can be persuaded that no power on earth or in heaven can separate us from the love of God in Christ.
No. Les repeatedly qualifies that being under the blood never gives us license. God's grace is not license. Even though a believer who sins is still under the blood and is forgiven and cleansed, that assurance does not remove the reality of sin or make it permissible.
Grace was not unknown until Paul. It was already evident in the Garden. It is why God did not destroy Israel when they worshiped the golden calf, and it is why He did not wipe Israel off the map after they rejected and crucified the Messiah. It is also why God has not destroyed the human race, even though humanity deserves it. God's grace is shown to undeserving people.
The Promise of the Passover Blood
God promised that the blood on the houses would be a token, and when He saw it He would pass over those households, so the plague would not destroy them.
Security Under the Blood
The Israelites had nothing to fear because the blood was on the door; their security did not come from anything they earned or from their goodness but from the blood applied in faith.
Our Security Under the Blood
Les applies the exodus pattern to believers today: if we are under the blood, we are safe and secure, just as Israel was in Egypt—but that security never gives us license.
Still Safe When We Sin
Even when a believer sins, they are under the blood and nothing can touch them, just as Israel was protected from the death angel; this assurance still never gives license to sin.
Justification Is God's Work
Justification is accomplished by God; we have no energy of our own in it, so we are not left hanging by our own ability to hold on.
Faith Alone in the Blood
Believers are secure because they trust in the blood and resurrection of Christ, not because of what they do or deserve—just as blood sealed out judgment and pitch sealed out the flood.
Nothing Can Separate Us
Since believers are under the blood, no power on earth or in heaven can separate them from the love of God in Christ; they are as safe as Israel in Egypt.
Grace at Work in History
God's grace was evident from the beginning—in the Garden, with Israel at the golden calf, after they rejected and crucified the Messiah, and in His patience today.
Exodus 12:13: And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
This verse is the foundational Old Testament promise that the blood on the door is the basis for safety from judgment.
Romans 8:38-39: For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
This is the New Testament assurance that nothing in all creation can separate a believer from the love of God in Christ.
No. Les teaches that Israelites were safe in Egypt not because of anything they earned or their goodness, but because of the blood on the door. Likewise, believers are secure not because of anything they do or deserve, but because they have placed their faith in the blood and resurrection of Christ.
No. Les quotes Romans 8:38-39 to show that nothing—death, life, angels, principalities, powers, things present or to come, height or depth—can separate us from the love of God in Christ. He says we are under the blood, and no power on earth or in heaven can take us out from under that protection.
No. Les repeatedly states that being under the blood and God's grace never gives us license. Even though a believer who sins is still under the blood and is forgiven and cleansed, that is not permission to sin.
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