Wednesday Devo
Scripture:
1 Peter 1
18 For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value. 19 It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. 20 God chose him as your ransom long before the world began, but now in these last days he has been revealed for your sake.
18 For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value. 19 It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God. 20 God chose him as your ransom long before the world began, but now in these last days he has been revealed for your sake.
Commentary:
1:18–19 The reason for the call to fear (v. 17) is given in vv. 18–19. Believers were ransomed by Christ’s precious blood. “Ransom” recalls Israel’s deliverance from Egypt (Deut. 7:8; 9:26; 15:15; 24:18), which in turn points to the greater deliverance accomplished by Jesus Christ. Believers are delivered from a life of futility and meaninglessness to one of great significance. you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers. Christ’s sacrifice breaks the inevitability and power of “generational sin,” the idea that the sins of parents and grandparents are often repeated in later generations (cf. Ex. 20:5–6). Christ’s sacrifice is compared to a lamb without blemish or spot. The references to “lamb” and “blood” point to the OT sacrifices and especially to Christ as the Passover Lamb (Exodus 12) and the servant of the Lord (cf. “lamb,” Isa. 53:7). As the perfect sacrifice, Christ atoned for the sins of the unrighteous (cf. John 1:29; 1 Pet. 3:18).
Questions:
- The first takeaway from Sunday was that Jesus is the LAMB who was SLAIN. In this, He fulfilled the Old Covenant by becoming the perfect and spotless Lamb who was sacrificed once and for all to take away the sin of the world. Isaiah 53 says that it was the Lord's good will to crush Him in our place, a ransom that Jesus paid to save us from the penalty of our sin. What is our response to be? BELIEVE the LAMB. We are to put our faith and trust in Jesus for the forgiveness of our sins and adoption into the family of God. Have you fully believed? Have you put your faith in what Jesus did for you on the cross and made the Lamb the Lord of your life?
- But this isn't just an intellectual belief. It's got to be more than that. It must be an active faith, a decision to make Jesus Lord of your life. How would you explain the difference in these two types of faith? Do you know anyone in your life that has an intellectual belief that Jesus is Lord, yet has most likely never actually made Jesus Lord of their life? How do you know?
Prayer Topics:
- That you would believe in the Lamb.
- That you would make Him Lord.
This Week's City 7:
Try to commit to memory!
6. Is the Bible God’s Word? Jesus proved He is God by rising from the dead and said the Old Testament was God’s Word and gave authority to the Apostles to write the words of the New Testament, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, so that all the words of the Bible are God’s Word.
(Matthew 5:18; Luke 24:27, 44; John 14:25-26, 15:27, 16:12-13, 17:20; Acts 2:42; Ephesians 3:5; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:16-21)
(Matthew 5:18; Luke 24:27, 44; John 14:25-26, 15:27, 16:12-13, 17:20; Acts 2:42; Ephesians 3:5; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:16-21)
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