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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.
1 Peter 1:18-19

O the unspeakable depths of the goodness and mercy of God! O the riches of His super-abounding grace! When there was no other way of redemption, God sent His only-begotten Son, that by His precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, we might be redeemed from all the consequences of our vain way of life; and not only from all its consequences, but from its power and practice. It is a knowledge, a personal, experimental knowledge of this redemption, which lays us under a spiritual obligation to walk worthy of our high calling. And it acts in this way.

A view by faith of the bleeding, dying Lamb of God, a seeing and feeling what He suffered in the garden and on the cross to redeem us from hell, will ever make sin hateful in our eyes, and holiness longed after, as the soul’s happiest element. If ever sin is mourned over, hated, confessed, and forsaken; if ever there be ardent desires after a conformity to Christ’s image; if there ever be a longing after union and communion with Him, it is at the foot of His cross. By it and it alone is the world crucified unto us, and we unto the world; and well may we say that our highest attainment in grace is to have the experience of the Apostle–“I am crucified with Christ–nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me–and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me” (Gal. 2:20).

To the reader…

It may be that you mourn over your sins and yet keep longing to be holy, without knowing how. Then do not seek it in your own efforts, but go to the foot of the cross. There, by the bleeding, dying Lamb of God, sin becomes hateful in your eyes, and there the longing is awakened to be conformed to His image. You were not redeemed with silver or gold, but with His precious blood.

O what a depth of God’s goodness and grace! When there was no other way of redemption, He sent His only-begotten Son. That blood redeems not only from the consequences of your vain way of life, but also from its power and dominion. Stay there, then, where the world is crucified unto you and you unto the world. There you may learn to say with the apostle: He loved me, and gave Himself for me.

With warm regards,
The compilers of jcphilpot.nl