1 Peter 1:18-21

The Priceless Nature of Christ's Blood

Further, Christians can approach this loving Father because they know He brought them back from sin with the blood of His own Son. Christians were not bought back with some of the perishable things men hoard up, thus they could not think they earned it or bought it for themselves. They were bought back from an empty life of sin learned from their fathers. This ought to warn those who simply become something religiously because their parents believed it that way. The word "precious" means highly valued. It is sad that so many pursue the getting of gold and material wealth all their lives with all their might and will spurn the blood of Jesus which is eternally valuable. Christ is our passover lamb that causes eternal death to passover us (1 Peter 1:18-19; 1 Corinthians 5:7; John 1:29; Isaiah 53:7).

Just as we buy insurance hoping we will never need to use it, God had a plan to save man from sin in the event man chose that course. That plan was made before the world was formed (Ephesians 1:4). Notice Paul said God chose all those who are in Christ, not God chose those who should be in Christ. While the plan was in God's mind for years, it was not made known until Christ came into the world (Romans 16:25-26; Ephesians 3:1-6; Colossians 1:25-27).

Christ was made known for the sake of believers. In fact, it is through Christ that one is made a believer in God. The act that really proves Jesus was God's Son, and indeed that there is a God, is his resurrection from the dead (Acts 2:32-36; Acts 3:14-15; Acts 4:10; Acts 5:29-32; Acts 13:29-33; Romans 1:4). Christ is now glorified in that he is seated at God's right hand. All of this, as has been noted, produces faith in God (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:16-23). Obviously, this is also the source of the Christian's hope for a home in heaven (1 Peter 1:20-21).