1 Peter 1:18

1 Peter 1:18

The Ransom.

Note:

I. The foreordination of the sacrifice.

II. The preciousness of the sacrifice.

III. The efficiency of the sacrifice in accomplishing its twofold object (1) in satisfying Divine justice, for "God raised Him up from the dead, and gave Him glory"; (2) in effecting the emancipation of men from the dominion of sin and the corruption of their nature, redeeming them from their vain conversation, received by tradition from their fathers.

J. C. Jones, Studies in First Peter,p. 149.

References: 1 Peter 1:19. Spurgeon, Sermons,vol. xi., No. 621; Ibid., Morning by Morning,p. 107; H. J. Wilmot-Buxton, Sunday Sermonettes for a Year,p. 203; Homilist,3rd series, vol. x., p. 286; A. C. Rice, Christian World Pulpit,vol. vi., p. 108; J. Stannard, Ibid.,vol. xiv., p. 232. 1 Peter 1:21. L. D. Bevan, Ibid.,vol. xxvii., p. 299.