1 Peter 1:19

""The precious blood of Christ."" 
              — 1 Peter 1:19

Standing at the foot of the cross, we see hands, and feet, and side,
all distilling crimson streams of precious blood. It is ""precious""
because of its redeeming and atoning efficacy. By it the sins of
Christ’s people are atoned for; they are redeemed from under the law;
they are reconciled to God, made one with him. Christ’s blood is also
""precious"" in its cleansing power; it ""cleanseth from all sin."" ""Though
your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow."" Through
Jesus’ blood there is not a spot left upon any believer, no wrinkle nor
any such thing remains. O precious blood, which makes us clean,
removing the stains of abundant iniquity, and permitting us to stand
accepted in the Beloved, notwithstanding the many ways in which we have
rebelled against our God. The blood of Christ is likewise ""precious"" in
its preserving power. We are safe from the destroying angel under the
sprinkled blood. Remember it is God’s seeing the blood which is the
true reason for our being spared. Here is comfort for us when the eye
of faith is dim, for God’s eye is still the same. The blood of Christ
is ""precious"" also in its sanctifying influence. The same blood which
justifies by taking away sin, does in its after-action, quicken the new
nature and lead it onward to subdue sin and to follow out the commands
of God. There is no motive for holiness so great as that which streams
from the veins of Jesus. And ""precious,"" unspeakably precious, is this
blood, because it has an overcoming power. It is written, ""They
overcame through the blood of the Lamb."" How could they do otherwise?
He who fights with the precious blood of Jesus, fights with a weapon
which cannot know defeat. The blood of Jesus! sin dies at its presence,
death ceases to be death: heaven’s gates are opened. The blood of
Jesus! we shall march on, conquering and to conquer, so long as we can
trust its power!

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