1 Peter 1:18-19 The Precious Blood of Christ

1 Peter 1:18-19 (KJV)  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: 

Redemption is made only through the precious blood of Christ. Not any temporal things that man holds dear in this life can save him from his sins. Rather the shed blood of the unblemished and spotless Lamb of God.

And yet, there is a misplaced trust that seemed so prevalent among the redeemed to still esteem the things that corrupt and perish! Has life not been transformed by the cleansing blood of Christ? If it has, our affections ought to set be in the eternal things!

1 Peter 1:15 (KJV)  But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 

This is the exhortation for our meditation, the new nature has new affections. Therefore, we seek the Lord to take away worldliness in us, take away the affections that bring ultimate misery to life.

Let the fruit of holiness abide and abound in the lives of His people. Amen.