1 Peter 1:18-19 "Forasmuch as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold...but with the precious blood of Christ..."
During the time that Jesus walked this earth, a slave was redeemed when and if someone paid money to buy his freedom. One of the definitions of the word redeemed in the dictionary is to buy something back or to recover ownership of it.
We, as children of the Most High, have been redeemed...Jesus has purchased our freedom...and we are His...but this purchase was not carried out with money. As this verse states, money would have been corruptible..(perishable, even dishonest). We were redeemed with His precious blood. And the blood of Jesus is incorruptible...everlasting, not subject to death or decay, imperishable, indestructible, enduring. Christ's sacrifice for us was not an afterthought. This plan was set in motion by the eternal God long before the world began.
By laying down His life, Jesus showed every one of us how great His love for us is. When you stand at the foot of the cross, you see His hands, His feet. You see His side that was pierced...pouring forth crimson streams of precious blood. It is precious because of it's redeeming and atoning value. By it, we have been forgiven. By it, we are reconciled to God. By it, we are cleansed and made whole. By it, we are made complete in Him.
Because of His blood, there is no spot of any kind left on the life of any believer. We stand accepted before God. We can approach our Abba Father with complete confidence that we are loved and accepted. We are His.
Beloved, one day, everything on this earth will be gone...possessions, accomplishments...but the love of your Savior is permanent. Today is a good time to remind ourselves that there is no motive for devotion to Him so great, as that which streams from the veins of Jesus.