Yes—the shed blood of Christ is the full and only purchase price God accepts for redemption.
After Adam's fall, God lost the human race, and redemption means buying us back with a price. Scripture and Les agree that the price was the blood of Christ, applied through faith, and that believers are thereby bought out of the slave market and set free.
Romans 3:23-25 — Paul's most direct statement that redemption is through faith in Christ's blood and that all have sinned.
Hebrews 9:22 — States the mandatory principle that no remission takes place without the shedding of blood.
Ephesians 1:7 — Connects redemption to the blood of Christ and forgiveness according to God's grace.
1 Peter 1:18-19 — Identifies the price of redemption as the precious blood of Christ, not silver and gold.
Scripture is explicit that every person has sinned and comes short of God's glory (Romans 3:23). In that same context, God is said to have set forth Christ Jesus as a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins (Romans 3:24-25). The divine requirement is absolute: without shedding of blood there is no remission (Hebrews 9:22). Scripture also directly attaches redemption to blood. In Christ, believers have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace (Ephesians 1:7). Peter likewise states that believers were not redeemed with corruptible things, 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 Feldick consistently teaches that God lost the human race when Adam fell, and the only way to get it back was through redemption—buying us back with a price. He emphasizes that the only price God can accept is blood, specifically the shed blood of Christ. This redemption is not automatic; it is received through faith in the blood of Christ, as Romans 3:25 states. Les also pictures redemption as being bought out of a slave market. The believer is totally removed from everything that tied him to that market, and is set free. Using the Roman slave illustration, he explains that a freed servant, treated with such grace, would willingly choose to stay with his gracious master. That, Les says, is exactly how salvation works.
Les defines redemption in terms of buying back. He uses the illustration of a pawn shop: if something has been pawned, you have to redeem it by buying it back with a price. He then applies this to the human race—Adam fell, God lost the human race, and the only way He could get it back was to pay the price at the cross. That, Les says, is redemption.
Les says the blood is the only thing God can use to purchase mankind's redemption. God in His sovereign way decided that it would be through the shed blood that He would forgive sin, and there is no other way. He also points to the two mandatory statements of Scripture: without the shedding of blood there is no remission, and without faith it is impossible to please God.
Les emphasizes that redemption is not automatic apart from faith. He highlights Romans 3:25, which says Christ is set forth as a propitiation through faith in His blood. We are redeemed when we believe what God says about the shed blood, His death, burial, and resurrection. You cannot skip either the blood or faith.
Les pictures the redeemed believer as bought out of the slave market and totally removed from anything that ties him to that market. He uses the Roman slave illustration: the master says, 'I have given you your freedom; you are free to go anywhere in the Roman Empire.' Because of such kindness, the slave more likely says, 'You have done so much for me; I want to stay right here and be your servant.' Les says this is exactly how salvation works.
The Bible's answer to the question of price is the precious blood of Christ. Peter writes that believers were not redeemed with corruptible things like silver and gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. Paul adds that in Christ we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace.
The Little Boat That Was Twice Owned
Les illustrates redemption with a boy who made a little boat, lost it, and later bought it back—'twice over mine.' He says the same is true of mankind: God had us in Adam, then paid the price to buy us back at the cross.
Blood Is the Only Purchase Price
Les teaches that God lost us when Adam fell, and the only thing God can use to purchase redemption is blood. He ties this directly to Romans 3:25, where redemption comes through faith in Christ's blood.
Two Mandatory Requirements
Les pairs the shedding of blood with faith: without shedding of blood there is no remission, and without faith it is impossible to please God. We are redeemed when we believe God's testimony about the shed blood, death, burial, and resurrection.
The Precious Blood Is the Price
Les calls the precious blood of Christ the price of redemption and insists that no one can be redeemed without recognizing the shed blood, because God is sovereign, holy, and just.
God Bought Us Back With His Own Blood
Les says God lost the human race when Adam fell and immediately put redemption in motion; the price was His own blood, and there is power in that divine blood.
Redemption Means Buying Back
Using a pawn shop illustration, Les defines redemption as buying something back with a price. The human race was lost in Adam, and God redeemed it by paying the price.
Bought Out of the Slave Market
Les uses the Roman slave illustration to explain that believers are bought out of the slave market, set totally free, and respond by willingly remaining in the service of the gracious Redeemer.
God Mandated the Shed Blood
Les says God sovereignly decided that it would be through shed blood that He would forgive sin, and no other way. Redemption through His blood also brings forgiveness according to His grace.
Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Foundation for why redemption is needed: all have sinned.
Romans 3:24: Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Defines redemption as being in Christ Jesus, freely by God's grace.
Romans 3:25: 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;
Shows the means of redemption: propitiation through faith in His blood.
Hebrews 9:22: And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
States the non-negotiable principle that remission requires blood shedding.
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.
Complements the blood requirement with the necessity of faith.
Ephesians 1:7: In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Explicitly ties redemption and forgiveness to Christ's 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:
Identifies the actual price of redemption as Christ's precious blood.
Les teaches that God sovereignly decreed that forgiveness of sin would come only through shed blood. Scripture confirms that without shedding of blood there is no remission. Therefore, the blood of Christ is the indispensable price God requires for redemption.
To be bought with a price means to be redeemed by someone paying what is owed. Les illustrates this with a pawn shop—if you want your item back, you have to buy it back. God paid that price for the human race with the blood of His Son.
No. Les says believers are bought out of the slave market and are totally removed from anything that ties them to it. The Roman slave master granted freedom, and the freed servant chooses to remain with the master out of gratitude.
Redemption is applied through faith. Les points to Romans 3:25—propitiation through faith in His blood—and pairs the shedding of blood with the necessity of faith to please God. Redemption comes when we believe what God says about the shed blood of Christ.
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