Yes—the blood of Christ is essential because God set it as the price that buys fallen humanity out of the slave market of death and provides forgiveness.
Scripture says we have redemption through Christ's blood and that without shedding of blood there is no remission. Les Feldick teaches that the blood of Christ paid redemption's price in full and that no one can bypass or detour around it. Faith in His shed blood is the one way God has provided for redemption.
Romans 3:24-25 — This passage directly joins redemption to Christ Jesus and says God set Him forth as a propitiation through faith in His blood.
Ephesians 1:7 — It plainly states that redemption and forgiveness of sins come through Christ's blood.
1 Peter 1:18-19 — It contrasts silver and gold with the precious blood of Christ as the true price of redemption.
Hebrews 9:22 — It establishes the foundational principle that without shedding of blood there is no remission.
Scripture explicitly ties redemption to the blood of Christ. Romans 3:24-25 says believers are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood. Ephesians 1:7 states plainly that in Christ we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace. First Peter 1:18-19 contrasts corruptible payment, silver and gold, with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish and without spot. Hebrews 9:22 adds the foundational declaration that without shedding of blood there is no remission.
Les Feldick teaches that redemption is the process of buying the human race back from the slave market of death that came when Adam fell. God lost the human race at Adam's fall, and the only way to redeem it was with a price. Les insists that the price God requires, and the price Christ actually paid, is His blood. The blood of Christ paid redemption's price in full, and those who believe are not only bought out of the slave market but are set free. He uses the picture of a rich Roman purchasing a slave and then granting that slave his freedom—the purchase was real and the freedom was real. Les stresses that God sovereignly mandated shed blood as the means of forgiveness and redemption. There is no shortcut, no detour, and no way to manipulate God. He points to Romans 3:25, that God set forth Christ as a propitiation through faith in His blood, and to Ephesians 1:7, that we have redemption through His blood. He also echoes 1 Peter 1:18-19: believers were not redeemed with corruptible things such as silver and gold, but with the precious blood of Christ. For Les, the two mandatory statements are that without the shedding of blood there is no remission, and without faith it is impossible to please God. Both must be faced head-on, because the blood of Christ cannot be bypassed.
Les explains that redemption means being bought back with a price. He uses pawn shop imagery: if something is pawned, it has to be redeemed by paying what is owed. For the human race, God lost mankind when Adam fell, and the only way to redeem humanity was to pay a price. Les teaches that the blood of Christ is that price, and that believers are not only bought out of the slave market but set free.
First Peter 1:18-19 makes a direct contrast between corruptible payment and the blood of Christ: believers were not redeemed with silver and gold but with the precious blood of Christ. Les teaches that God, in His sovereign way, decided that He would forgive sin and provide redemption through shed blood and no other way. Les also offers a personal observation that life is in the blood, and new life comes out of the death of a previous life—which he connects to Christ's death, burial, and resurrection. That is why the shed blood is mandatory and cannot be bypassed.
Les teaches no. He points to Romans 3:25, where God set forth Christ to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, and says the two mandatory statements are that without the shedding of blood there is no remission, and without faith it is impossible to please God. These cannot be shortcut or detoured. Les says if someone does not like the blood, they should not expect to be redeemed, because that is the way God has put it. Recognizing the shed blood of Christ is inseparable from redemption.
Redemption as Buying Out of the Slave Market
Les compares redemption to a rich Roman purchasing a slave from the market and setting him free; the blood of Christ paid the price in full and brings believers out of the slave market.
Two Mandatory Statements
Les pairs the shedding of blood with faith, showing that redemption comes only when a person believes what God says about Christ's shed blood, death, burial, and resurrection.
The Blood Cannot Be Bypassed
Les insists the precious blood of Christ is the price of redemption; without recognizing it there is no redemption because God is sovereign and cannot be manipulated.
Purchasing Mankind's Redemption
Les says God lost the human race at Adam's fall and that blood is the only thing God can use to purchase redemption; Romans 3:25 ties propitiation to faith in His blood.
God's Sovereign Choice of Blood
Les explains God sovereignly chose shed blood as the only way to forgive sin, and links redemption and forgiveness through His blood to God's grace rather than what we deserve.
The Price of Our Redemption
Les quotes 1 Peter 1:18-19 and says believers were purchased with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish, and that this price cannot be bypassed.
The Power of Divine Blood
Les repeats that God lost the human race when Adam fell and had to buy it back with a price, which was His own blood; redemption is through faith in His blood because divine blood has power.
Redemption Defined as Buying Back
Les illustrates redemption with pawn shop imagery—something must be bought back for a price—and applies it to the human race lost at Adam's fall, leading to Peter's question about silver and gold versus what is far greater.
Romans 3:24: Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
This verse locates redemption in the person of Christ Jesus and shows it is given 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;
This verse directly connects Christ's blood to faith and to the remission of sins, making blood central to redemption.
Ephesians 1:7: In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
This plainly states that redemption and forgiveness come through the blood of Christ according to God's grace.
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:
This contrasts earthly wealth with the precious blood of Christ as the actual price paid for redemption.
Hebrews 9:22: And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
This establishes the mandatory principle that remission and cleansing come only through shed blood.
Yes. Les teaches that the precious blood of Christ is the price of redemption and that God does not change His requirements. He says if you do not like the blood, do not expect to be redeemed, because God has laid down that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.
It purchases redemption—being bought out of the slave market of death—and it brings forgiveness of sins. Scripture says in Christ we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, and Les explains that believers are freed even as they have been bought.
Les says God, in His sovereign way, decided that sin would be forgiven through shed blood and no other way. Les personally sees significance in the fact that life is in the blood, and new life comes only through death, which is what Christ's death, burial, and resurrection fulfill.
No. First Peter 1:18-19 says believers were not redeemed with corruptible things such as silver and gold, but with the precious blood of Christ. Les stresses that the price of redemption is the blood of Christ, not earthly wealth.
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