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Friday, April 17, 2009
MORNING:
"We are come to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better
things than that of Abel."
-- Hebrews 12:24
Reader, have you come to the blood of sprinkling? The question is not
whether you have come to a knowledge of doctrine, or an observance of
ceremonies, or to a certain form of experience, but have you come to
the blood of Jesus? The blood of Jesus is the life of all vital
godliness. If you have truly come to Jesus, we know how you came-the
Holy Spirit sweetly brought you there. You came to the blood of
sprinkling with no merits of your own. Guilty, lost, and helpless, you
came to take that blood, and that blood alone, as your everlasting
hope. You came to the cross of Christ, with a trembling and an aching
heart; and oh! what a precious sound it was to you to hear the voice of
the blood of Jesus! The dropping of his blood is as the music of heaven
to the penitent sons of earth. We are full of sin, but the Saviour bids
us lift our eyes to him, and as we gaze upon his streaming wounds, each
drop of blood, as it falls, cries, "It is finished; I have made an end
of sin; I have brought in everlasting righteousness." Oh! sweet
language of the precious blood of Jesus! If you have come to that blood
once, you will come to it constantly. Your life will be "Looking unto
Jesus." Your whole conduct will be epitomized in this-"To whom coming."
Not to whom I have come, but to whom I am always coming. If thou hast
ever come to the blood of sprinkling, thou wilt feel thy need of coming
to it every day. He who does not desire to wash in it every day, has
never washed in it at all. The believer ever feels it to be his joy and
privilege that there is still a fountain opened. Past experiences are
doubtful food for Christians; a present coming to Christ alone can give
us joy and comfort. This morning let us sprinkle our door-post fresh
with blood, and then feast upon the Lamb, assured that the destroying
angel must pass us by.
EVENING:
"We would see Jesus."
-- John 12:21
Evermore the worldling's cry is, "Who will show us any good?" He seeks
satisfaction in earthly comforts, enjoyments, and riches. But the
quickened sinner knows of only one good. "O that I knew where I might
find HIM!" When he is truly awakened to feel his guilt, if you could
pour the gold of India at his feet, he would say, "Take it away: I want
to find HIM." It is a blessed thing for a man, when he has brought his
desires into a focus, so that they all centre in one object. When he
has fifty different desires, his heart resembles a mere of stagnant
water, spread out into a marsh, breeding miasma and pestilence; but
when all his desires are brought into one channel, his heart becomes
like a river of pure water, running swiftly to fertilize the fields.
Happy is he who hath one desire, if that one desire be set on Christ,
though it may not yet have been realized. If Jesus be a soul's desire,
it is a blessed sign of divine work within. Such a man will never be
content with mere ordinances. He will say, "I want Christ; I must have
him-mere ordinances are of no use to me; I want himself; do not offer
me these; you offer me the empty pitcher, while I am dying of thirst;
give me water, or I die. Jesus is my soul's desire. I would see Jesus!"
Is this thy condition, my reader, at this moment? Hast thou but one
desire, and is that after Christ? Then thou art not far from the
kingdom of heaven. Hast thou but one wish in thy heart, and that one
wish that thou mayst be washed from all thy sins in Jesus' blood? Canst
thou really say, "I would give all I have to be a Christian; I would
give up everything I have and hope for, if I might but feel that I have
an interest in Christ?" Then, despite all thy fears, be of good cheer,
the Lord loveth thee, and thou shalt come out into daylight soon, and
rejoice in the liberty wherewith Christ makes men free.
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