The sonnet Redeemed by Blood Divine, inspired by 1 Peter 1:18-19 (KJV), celebrates the redemption of humanity through Christ’s sacrifice. It contrasts the fleeting value of earthly treasures like silver and gold, which cannot free the soul from sin, with the eternal, priceless blood of the unblemished Lamb, Jesus Christ. Vivid imagery—crimson streams, radiant light, rivers from the skies, and shining stars—evokes the majesty of His sacrifice, which cleanses guilt and restores the soul. The poem emphasizes God’s boundless grace and love, portraying redemption as a divine act that secures believers as God’s cherished children.

I 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.

No silver’s gleam, nor gold’s resplendent blaze,
Could free the soul from sin’s unyielding hold;
Earth’s treasures fade beneath time’s fleeting gaze,
Their fleeting worth too frail to save the soul.
Yet see the Lamb, unblemished, pure, divine,
Whose sacred blood upon the cross was poured;
Its crimson stream, more radiant than sunshine,
Redeems the lost, their brokenness restored.
O grace that flows like rivers from the skies,
To cleanse the heart from guilt’s enduring stain!
His sacrifice, a beacon that outvies
The stars above, and breaks the captive’s chain.
Eternal love, majestic, undefiled,
Secures us as God’s own, His ransomed child.